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EllieMay

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I’m amazed to be seeing so much of them because it’s been busy around here. We have had dump trucks bringing in loads of clay to fill all the washes and destruction from the gophers and the rains.. we have also had tree cutters thinning the trees up by the house.. along with the annual power washing... dozers and tractors running daily... I need some quiet time with the foxes!!!!
 

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I’m amazed to be seeing so much of them because it’s been busy around here. We have had dump trucks bringing in loads of clay to fill all the washes and destruction from the gophers and the rains.. we have also had tree cutters thinning the trees up by the house.. along with the annual power washing... dozers and tractors running daily... I need some quiet time with the foxes!!!!
I could use a couple foxes over here. Hopefully they pick up a 12 on the way ?
 

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Hey guys! Wow it has been like a year since I've been in here. I've missed a lot. We have been so busy getting our farm started. We got chicks 2 months after moving in, and then my brother surprised our 5 yo with 4 ducklings a week after we got the chicks. He just brought them to her birthday party. NO WARNING. I could have strangled him right then and there. So we were thrown into duck farming. Building a chicken coop and duck coop were a top priority. Getting our garden going was next. We finally were able to start enlarging our sulcatas' yards. Now we are putting up fencing to prepare for dairy goats. We love our farming life but my husband wishes he could have a day off occasionally. Oh, and we now have a gosling. His incubator buddies didn't hatch. We are waiting for another goose from our local feed store so he will have a friend. Goose Willis is getting all the attention right now. We also have a family of Canadian geese that love our yard. They hiss at us a lot. I did start a farming page on facebook and instagram if any of you want to follow, Creeping Acres Farm. Our projects this weekend, fill-in the torts' cool hides with dirt. Then plant my cactus in one and do tortoise forage seeds in the other. We need to do more goat fencing and build a compost bin. Our other one is too small for the amount of composting we need to do. The hardest thing we have done, growing food. We are awful at it. Our soil is terrible. We keep buying more dirt to raise it up to help with drainage and to have better soil. We still don't have enough. We have a lot of our yard that holds water. It really limited tortoise yard placement. The pond grows very quickly in a Louisiana down pour too. I think I'm done rattling on and on. Can't wait to get caught up with everyone.

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? wow! Looks like fun to me.
 

Cathie G

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It appears that I have 3-4 kits. 3 for sure.. the 4th could be the mother. I was able to get pretty close today ( withought my camera) and feed them. They were very curious and it looked like they were trying to play hide n seek with me.. it’s seems that they come out to play around 5pm if all is quiet.. View attachment 295868
It's those type of things when I wish my eyes were a camera. I've had a couple of little red foxes follow me in the woods also once. It's a special memory. I'm so glad for you.
 

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It appears that I have 3-4 kits. 3 for sure.. the 4th could be the mother. I was able to get pretty close today ( withought my camera) and feed them. They were very curious and it looked like they were trying to play hide n seek with me.. it’s seems that they come out to play around 5pm if all is quiet.. View attachment 295868
Useless fact: Fox babies are called cubs :)
 

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Lmao!!! I think I’m the only one around here that’s excited about it!! I love watching them.. I could probably get better footage of the snail... but hey, I’ll take what I can get ?
I would be as excited as you! They’re noisy at night and have a habit of rummaging through bins, but the cubs are so cute!
 

EllieMay

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Eric recently asked if I wanted to raise one. It was a firm no.
I don’t think I’d want to do the raising either but I really enjoy watching them naturally..
Useless fact: Fox babies are called cubs :)
Well that threw me for a loop! Over here, we have always used the term kits... even in the rescues.. so I googled.;-) turns out we are both right.. and look at all the other terms that apply;-)

10 Fascinating Facts About Foxes (With Photos) ... A female fox is called a “vixen”, a male fox is called a “dog fox” or a “tod” and baby foxes are called “pups”, “kits” or “cubs”. A group of foxes is called a “skulk” or a “leash”.Apr 26, 2012

 

EllieMay

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I would be as excited as you! They’re noisy at night and have a habit of rummaging through bins, but the cubs are so cute!

I can imagine that they would be quite the pest in urban areas.. but here, they can do what the do pretty naturally... I see that the mother has been bringing them birds... I don’t have chickens to worry about and the natural food sources available are abundant.. I don’t think they will get much closer to my house.. I’m going to try and get some better footage of the kits (or cubs) playing for you ;-)..
 

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Useless fact: Fox babies are called cubs :)

Here we call baby fox “kits”

10 Fascinating Facts About Foxes: . A female fox is called a “vixen”, a male fox is called a “dog fox” or a “tod” and baby foxes are called “pups”, “kits” or “cubs”. A group of foxes is called a “skulk” or a “leash”.

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