Sooo... I found a baby fox

[blairsh]

And call it foxy...or Michael Foxingtons.

Or Foxy McFoxface.

Or Michael J Foxingtons.

 

[Yossarian]

It does look a tiny bit bearish but a newborn bear wouldn't have a long tail like that - and its mother would probably have come through the door by now...

 

[Athos]

Hmm... it's tough. Does seem a bit big for a mink, but the snout looks a bit blunt for a fox, and the ears look un-foxy.

 

[wiskey]

Or you could feed it to the cat

I spent most of the night trying to avoid that.

It's still alive. I'll deal with it after the school run

 

[wiskey]

It does look a tiny bit bearish but a newborn bear wouldn't have a long tail like that - and its mother would probably have come through the door by now...

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Also ... We don't get many bears in Bristol

 

[wiskey]

You have to keep it and raise it as a pet!

Two thirds of my children agree with this course of action... The other one is still asleep but I suspect the vote will be unanimous once he gets up.

 

[tommers]

Two thirds of my children agree with this course of action... The other one is still asleep but I suspect the vote will be unanimous once he gets up.

Cool. Raise it as a human. Send it to school. Make it wear a jacket and outwit the local farmers.

 

[Athos]

Two thirds of my children agree with this course of action... The other one is still asleep but I suspect the vote will be unanimous once he gets up.

As a kid, my Dad and his mates regularly kidnapped and raised fox cubs. They also used to steal birds eggs and raise them; his mate had an owl, and Dad had a jackdaw that could count and talk.

 

[tommers]

Is everybody else now seeing adverts for Foxtons?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Is everybody else now seeing adverts for Foxtons?

There're ads on the internet?

#adblocker

 

[Micro]

Has it had a drink yet?

You could try using one of the baby neurofen or calpol syringey things maybe, if you still have any.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Cool. Raise it as a human. Send it to school. Make it wear a jacket and outwit the local farmers.

Plus get it to eat Peter Rabbit. Please.

 

[neonwilderness]

Call it Jerome, but don’t let it go to Dalston

 

[wiskey]

Has it had a drink yet?

You could try using one of the baby neurofen or calpol syringey things maybe, if you still have any.

That's exactly what I used, and yes I got a bit in it last night

 

[Athos]

Actually, looking at the pics more closely, I think you're right that it is a newborn fox - you can see some red hairs above the eye.

 

[Athos]

I think you can buy puppy milk; might be better for it than cows milk.

 

[Gromit]

I don't want to separate it from its mum but equally it's pissing down and blowing a gale out there.

Too late. It smells of humans now. Mother will reject it.

RSPCA probably would have told you to leave it alone. Mother would have returned eventually.

 

[Spymaster]

Actually, looking at the pics more closely, I think you're right that it is a newborn fox - you can see some red hairs above the eye.

If you google newborn fox you get loads of results that look like that. They don’t look how I’d have expected a baby fox to look either.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Another vote for wiskey raising at a pet.

The 'fox' cub in about a years time.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Too late. It smells of humans now. Mother will reject it.

RSPCA probably would have told you to leave it alone. Mother would have returned eventually.

Sadly I think this is correct.
I had baby foxes in my garden and they would be allowed to roam a bit even at that age, cry and eventually the mum would come and get them. As soon as they were bigger and more kitten like they were never seen with the mum.

 

[nogojones]

Or Foxy McFoxface.

Or Michael J Foxingtons.

Keep it. Charge it £1500 a month for the box and call it Foxtons

 

[JimW]

Call it Gary Lineker, he was a fox in the box as well.

 

[Yossarian]

It's apparently a myth about animals rejecting young that "smell like humans," though RSPCA recommends touching the cub as little as possible and leaving it in the exact place where you found it.

Fox cub found alone | RSPCA

 

[Orang Utan]

You must get it an Instagram account immediately

 

[wiskey]

Too late. It smells of humans now. Mother will reject it.

RSPCA probably would have told you to leave it alone. Mother would have returned eventually.

I appreciate what you are saying it but if I hadn't picked it up the cat would have had it in ten minutes or the weather in an hour.

 

[Athos]

If you google newborn fox you get loads of results that look like that. They don’t look how I’d have expected a baby fox to look either.

I've seen lots of baby foxes, but, from the op's pics, I thought it might be a mink. But, I think he was probably right. Bit big, and the reddish colouring on some of the fur coming through.

 

[wiskey]

It's apparently a myth about animals rejecting young that "smell like humans," though RSPCA recommends touching the cub as little as possible and leaving it in the exact place where you found it.

Fox cub found alone | RSPCA

I put it back where I found it (in the box) last night but brought it back in because storm Gareth was going to have it.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

How much does your new pet weigh wiskey?

 

[Orang Utan]

I put it back where I found it (in the box) last night but brought it back in because storm Gareth was going to have it.

You have to call it Gareth now

 

[Baronage-Phase]

As a kid, my Dad and his mates regularly kidnapped and raised fox cubs. They also used to steal birds eggs and raise them; his mate had an owl, and Dad had a jackdaw that could count and talk.

Your dad and my uncle..... same.

My uncle reared three fox cubs. They were never domesticated. Ate the sheets..tore around the house...smelled a little bit funny. But they were great fun.
He also had a jackdaw that stayed with him after he fixed the birds broken wing. He had the usual hens and a goat...and bees.
Right smack in the middle of an estate in Palmerstown in the 70s and 80s.