I've often mentioned in threads that i have a pack of these come to me every night. One in particular 'Clarkson' and i have grown close over the past years. I've been so worried for some weeks as i've not seen 'Mrs Clarkson' for some weeks and i feared she may have been hit by a car. I was so relieved when she appeared last night, HEAVILLY PREGNANT. Yeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaa:yh_party:yh_party:yh_party
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. R.L. Binyon
Does any one love these as much as i do??
do you have any pics of them?
feed mommy well now, she is expecting, yeah!
feed mommy well now, she is expecting, yeah!
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Odie;1145287 wrote: do you have any pics of them? The pics i posted are from a site. The problem i have of getting pics of mine is this:
They arrive at around midnight in the pitch dark outside my house where there is no street lighting.
I go out there with a flash light in one hand and the tray of food in the other and can't hold the camera as well.
I have tried in the past and because it's so dark, i just get pics of red eyes staring at me even though 'Clarkson' does come right to my feet to greet me.
If Pete comes out with me with a camera, the minute they smell him, they run off into more darkness.
Over the years, i have never tried to touch them or anything like that as i don't want them losing their fear instincts incase some-one tries to hurt them.
When the babies come each year, initially they are over friendly but as they grow, that instinct kicks in and they keep their distance.
I will try to get a pic of 'Clarkson' to post here as he is far bigger than the one's i have posted from the site and he's far more beautifull. I will try to work out a way of being able to use a camera in the dark and hold the flash light. Perhaps a member has any suggestions?
They arrive at around midnight in the pitch dark outside my house where there is no street lighting.
I go out there with a flash light in one hand and the tray of food in the other and can't hold the camera as well.
I have tried in the past and because it's so dark, i just get pics of red eyes staring at me even though 'Clarkson' does come right to my feet to greet me.
If Pete comes out with me with a camera, the minute they smell him, they run off into more darkness.
Over the years, i have never tried to touch them or anything like that as i don't want them losing their fear instincts incase some-one tries to hurt them.
When the babies come each year, initially they are over friendly but as they grow, that instinct kicks in and they keep their distance.
I will try to get a pic of 'Clarkson' to post here as he is far bigger than the one's i have posted from the site and he's far more beautifull. I will try to work out a way of being able to use a camera in the dark and hold the flash light. Perhaps a member has any suggestions?
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. R.L. Binyon
Does any one love these as much as i do??
Beautiful creatures they are and yes I have had Chickens and Ducks killed by them but I would never harm them and as for Fox Hunting..........well I wont start on that:-5:-5:-5
Women are bitchy and predictable ...men are not and that's the key to knowing the truth.
Does any one love these as much as i do??
Toronto, in one area, has an alert out now for a coyote....someone has been feeding it, and now its has taken the lives of some cats ffs!:-5:-5
owners are warned to keep their pets indoors, even dogs.
owners are warned to keep their pets indoors, even dogs.
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Does any one love these as much as i do??
oscar;1145284 wrote: I've often mentioned in threads that i have a pack of these come to me every night. One in particular 'Clarkson' and i have grown close over the past years. I've been so worried for some weeks as i've not seen 'Mrs Clarkson' for some weeks and i feared she may have been hit by a car. I was so relieved when she appeared last night, HEAVILLY PREGNANT. Yeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaa:yh_party:yh_party:yh_party
To Hounds!!!! To Hounds!!!!
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To Hounds!!!! To Hounds!!!!
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Beautiful creatures aren't they Oscar!
Were I walk my dogs there are quite a few foxes.... My dogs enjoy rolling in the their poo for some reason, I think it's a way to disguise their own scent from preditors, and it stinks to high heaven!.... pair of buggers LOL.
Were I walk my dogs there are quite a few foxes.... My dogs enjoy rolling in the their poo for some reason, I think it's a way to disguise their own scent from preditors, and it stinks to high heaven!.... pair of buggers LOL.
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Lon;1145316 wrote: To Hounds!!!! To Hounds!!!! Lon.... I won't rip into you big time as i have always liked you and i think your a gent. To post those pictures after i spent many many years lobbying to get fox hunting banned in this country and the fox a protected species, these pictures distress me.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. R.L. Binyon
Does any one love these as much as i do??
oscar;1145303 wrote: The pics i posted are from a site. The problem i have of getting pics of mine is this:
They arrive at around midnight in the pitch dark outside my house where there is no street lighting.
I go out there with a flash light in one hand and the tray of food in the other and can't hold the camera as well.
I have tried in the past and because it's so dark, i just get pics of red eyes staring at me even though 'Clarkson' does come right to my feet to greet me.
If Pete comes out with me with a camera, the minute they smell him, they run off into more darkness.
Over the years, i have never tried to touch them or anything like that as i don't want them losing their fear instincts incase some-one tries to hurt them.
When the babies come each year, initially they are over friendly but as they grow, that instinct kicks in and they keep their distance.
I will try to get a pic of 'Clarkson' to post here as he is far bigger than the one's i have posted from the site and he's far more beautifull. I will try to work out a way of being able to use a camera in the dark and hold the flash light. Perhaps a member has any suggestions?
Oscar, you can buy what are called 'headlights'
They fit on the head by elasticated bands, and the light is usually LED and quite bright. Leaves both hands free and are not too expensive from places like Halfords or Wilkinsons (Wilko). We have two and we use them for all sorts of things (like looking in unlit corners of the house etc.). Very useful for walking at night.
Yes we have some 'urban foxes'. One time, my hubby had just popped something in our wheelie bin and noticed a fox, sitting just the other side of our garden fence. He said hello to the fox, and started a conversation with it (like you do :yh_rotfl ). As he was talking, the fox looked at him and it's eyes were gradually closing and it slowly subsided onto the grass, curled up and nodded off ! Chris kept quietly talking to it for about five minutes, then I came out to see who he was talking to, and the fox lazily raised it's head to check the newcomer human, then laid it's head on it's paws, slowly blinking it's eyes (I wish I had my camera then grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr). Then a dratted car came by noisily, making the fox sit up and look at it across the playpark as it roared up the road. Then he decided he should go, and loped off into the shadows. By the way, the fox had lain down under a lamp post which was shining just outside our garden fence !
They arrive at around midnight in the pitch dark outside my house where there is no street lighting.
I go out there with a flash light in one hand and the tray of food in the other and can't hold the camera as well.
I have tried in the past and because it's so dark, i just get pics of red eyes staring at me even though 'Clarkson' does come right to my feet to greet me.
If Pete comes out with me with a camera, the minute they smell him, they run off into more darkness.
Over the years, i have never tried to touch them or anything like that as i don't want them losing their fear instincts incase some-one tries to hurt them.
When the babies come each year, initially they are over friendly but as they grow, that instinct kicks in and they keep their distance.
I will try to get a pic of 'Clarkson' to post here as he is far bigger than the one's i have posted from the site and he's far more beautifull. I will try to work out a way of being able to use a camera in the dark and hold the flash light. Perhaps a member has any suggestions?
Oscar, you can buy what are called 'headlights'
They fit on the head by elasticated bands, and the light is usually LED and quite bright. Leaves both hands free and are not too expensive from places like Halfords or Wilkinsons (Wilko). We have two and we use them for all sorts of things (like looking in unlit corners of the house etc.). Very useful for walking at night.
Yes we have some 'urban foxes'. One time, my hubby had just popped something in our wheelie bin and noticed a fox, sitting just the other side of our garden fence. He said hello to the fox, and started a conversation with it (like you do :yh_rotfl ). As he was talking, the fox looked at him and it's eyes were gradually closing and it slowly subsided onto the grass, curled up and nodded off ! Chris kept quietly talking to it for about five minutes, then I came out to see who he was talking to, and the fox lazily raised it's head to check the newcomer human, then laid it's head on it's paws, slowly blinking it's eyes (I wish I had my camera then grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr). Then a dratted car came by noisily, making the fox sit up and look at it across the playpark as it roared up the road. Then he decided he should go, and loped off into the shadows. By the way, the fox had lain down under a lamp post which was shining just outside our garden fence !
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G#Gill;1145434 wrote: Oscar, you can buy what are called 'headlights'
They fit on the head by elasticated bands, and the light is usually LED and quite bright. Leaves both hands free and are not too expensive from places like Halfords or Wilkinsons (Wilko). We have two and we use them for all sorts of things (like looking in unlit corners of the house etc.). Very useful for walking at night.
Yes we have some 'urban foxes'. One time, my hubby had just popped something in our wheelie bin and noticed a fox, sitting just the other side of our garden fence. He said hello to the fox, and started a conversation with it (like you do :yh_rotfl ). As he was talking, the fox looked at him and it's eyes were gradually closing and it slowly subsided onto the grass, curled up and nodded off ! Chris kept quietly talking to it for about five minutes, then I came out to see who he was talking to, and the fox lazily raised it's head to check the newcomer human, then laid it's head on it's paws, slowly blinking it's eyes (I wish I had my camera then grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr). Then a dratted car came by noisily, making the fox sit up and look at it across the playpark as it roared up the road. Then he decided he should go, and loped off into the shadows. By the way, the fox had lain down under a lamp post which was shining just outside our garden fence !
WOW Thanks Gill....... I will get some....... What a brilliant idea!!!!:):) I'll go up town in the morning to see if i can get them.
Clarkson and the wife have been coming to me for around six years now. Their babies grow and then become the outer pack. He's the alpha male and over the years, where as the rest will wait by the entrance of the field for me, Clarkson will curl up outside my gate. We have the most fantastic eye contact, he really does look right into my eyes. He'll come over to my feet, have a yawn, a scratch and a stretch and the amble alongside me into the field to the others while looking at me all the time to make sure i'm following him.
I remember one night recently, i had a police SGT in my house and it was late by the time he left. Being polite, i showed him out to the gate and he said, i don't believe it, there's a huge fox curled up in your drive. I just said 'yeah i know' :wah: I look after our friends fast food take-away weekends and any kebab meat, chicken etc left over all comes home for the foxes. We make them jam sandwiches as well as they have a very sweet tooth. Also they get 2 eggs each when she's pregnant. I'm in no doubt that Clarkson would let me touch him but i have resisted the urge as i don't want them to become too tame which could danger them.
Many nights, i will go out to the field where they are all waiting and next doors cat is sat in amongst them. This diss-proves the myths that a fox will kill for fun.
Glad to hear you like them too. Thanks again, I will get one of those and hopefully i can get some pics loaded up on here. :-6
They fit on the head by elasticated bands, and the light is usually LED and quite bright. Leaves both hands free and are not too expensive from places like Halfords or Wilkinsons (Wilko). We have two and we use them for all sorts of things (like looking in unlit corners of the house etc.). Very useful for walking at night.
Yes we have some 'urban foxes'. One time, my hubby had just popped something in our wheelie bin and noticed a fox, sitting just the other side of our garden fence. He said hello to the fox, and started a conversation with it (like you do :yh_rotfl ). As he was talking, the fox looked at him and it's eyes were gradually closing and it slowly subsided onto the grass, curled up and nodded off ! Chris kept quietly talking to it for about five minutes, then I came out to see who he was talking to, and the fox lazily raised it's head to check the newcomer human, then laid it's head on it's paws, slowly blinking it's eyes (I wish I had my camera then grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr). Then a dratted car came by noisily, making the fox sit up and look at it across the playpark as it roared up the road. Then he decided he should go, and loped off into the shadows. By the way, the fox had lain down under a lamp post which was shining just outside our garden fence !
WOW Thanks Gill....... I will get some....... What a brilliant idea!!!!:):) I'll go up town in the morning to see if i can get them.
Clarkson and the wife have been coming to me for around six years now. Their babies grow and then become the outer pack. He's the alpha male and over the years, where as the rest will wait by the entrance of the field for me, Clarkson will curl up outside my gate. We have the most fantastic eye contact, he really does look right into my eyes. He'll come over to my feet, have a yawn, a scratch and a stretch and the amble alongside me into the field to the others while looking at me all the time to make sure i'm following him.
I remember one night recently, i had a police SGT in my house and it was late by the time he left. Being polite, i showed him out to the gate and he said, i don't believe it, there's a huge fox curled up in your drive. I just said 'yeah i know' :wah: I look after our friends fast food take-away weekends and any kebab meat, chicken etc left over all comes home for the foxes. We make them jam sandwiches as well as they have a very sweet tooth. Also they get 2 eggs each when she's pregnant. I'm in no doubt that Clarkson would let me touch him but i have resisted the urge as i don't want them to become too tame which could danger them.
Many nights, i will go out to the field where they are all waiting and next doors cat is sat in amongst them. This diss-proves the myths that a fox will kill for fun.
Glad to hear you like them too. Thanks again, I will get one of those and hopefully i can get some pics loaded up on here. :-6
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. R.L. Binyon
Does any one love these as much as i do??
okay, now I want pics of mom and babies!:guitarist:guitarist
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Does any one love these as much as i do??
oscar;1145372 wrote: Lon.... I won't rip into you big time as i have always liked you and i think your a gent. To post those pictures after i spent many many years lobbying to get fox hunting banned in this country and the fox a protected species, these pictures distress me.
Sorry Oscar----no offense intended, just trying to show the barbarous and stupid behavior of "The Hunt".
Sorry Oscar----no offense intended, just trying to show the barbarous and stupid behavior of "The Hunt".
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Lon;1145477 wrote: Sorry Oscar----no offense intended, just trying to show the barbarous and stupid behavior of "The Hunt". No problem Lon. I can actually understand the problems if you have a farm for example but one bullet in the head is all that's needed should anyone have to keep the numbers down. Fox hunting is just an excuse for upper class Tory idiots to get dressed up and behave like yobs. If fox hunting was carried out by Hells Angels on Harley Davisons wearing leather jackets, it would have been out-lawed years ago.
Many wonder why a fox will kill a whole chicken coop. This is just down to their eating habits and not some-thing they will do for fun. A fox does not feed in one go. They return to food many times in the night due to small stomachs and will also bury any food they can't manange. This is their instinct and they can't change that. If they kill a whole coop, it is because they can only carry one chicken at a time. They know they are likely to be disturbed so they kill all of them with the intention of returning for the rest. However, most times, the noise will alert the farmer and fox doesn't get chance to return for the rest. As i said earlier, i often go out to mine and next doors cat in sitting amongst them waiting for the pickings. Most rescue foxes will play happily with dogs and cats in a home enviroment.
Even young kids hate foxes and want to hurt them without even knowing why. Alot of their behaviour is just myth. We keep our visitors very secret and never tell anyone where exactly they are or what time they come.
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Many wonder why a fox will kill a whole chicken coop. This is just down to their eating habits and not some-thing they will do for fun. A fox does not feed in one go. They return to food many times in the night due to small stomachs and will also bury any food they can't manange. This is their instinct and they can't change that. If they kill a whole coop, it is because they can only carry one chicken at a time. They know they are likely to be disturbed so they kill all of them with the intention of returning for the rest. However, most times, the noise will alert the farmer and fox doesn't get chance to return for the rest. As i said earlier, i often go out to mine and next doors cat in sitting amongst them waiting for the pickings. Most rescue foxes will play happily with dogs and cats in a home enviroment.
Even young kids hate foxes and want to hurt them without even knowing why. Alot of their behaviour is just myth. We keep our visitors very secret and never tell anyone where exactly they are or what time they come.
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. R.L. Binyon