Wednesday 19 May 2021

Foxes and eggs


I had a couple of time-expired eggs in the fridge which I thought the foxes might like.  I put one out and the first to turn up was the vixen.  She wolfed down all the meaty bits and then carefully picked up the egg and took it off to hide it. Moments later she was back for some biscuits before leaving again, probably to enjoy the egg.

The next night the dog was here first.  He licked and sniffed the egg and decided to keep it while he ate the meaty bits.

Unfortunately for him, the half-tail arrived and made a grab for the egg.

The dog chased her off but the egg was broken.

He still wanted to keep it for later but half-tail was prowling around.

In the end he decided to eat the egg, even though she got the last of the meat.



After finishing the egg he took his time eating biscuits while the half-tail sat waiting.  When the dog had gone she came over to finish off the biscuits.

This is the first time I have seen these two together and it was interesting that they seemed to meet on equal terms. I can't be sure that the half-tail has cubs although it looked as though she did a few weeks ago.  If she has I also don't know who is the father (this dog fox is not her father).

4 comments:

  1. Great photos. Thanks for posting. We’re about to put iut some boiled eggs for ours.

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  2. Great photos. Thanks for posting. We’re about to put out some boiled eggs for ours.

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  3. Maybe just giving them an egg EACH would have been better and helped with hunger!

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  4. Maybe giving them an egg each would have helped their situation!

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