What is in my bedroom!?

I feed two foxes every night, they seem to be a pair and now will sit and wait in the shrubs until I lay the food down.. They are both very timid and will wait until I have gone back inside before they come to the food. They have a bowl each of fruit loaf, sausage roll, left over cat food, any kitchen scraps that are 'fox' suitable. I also put out calci worms. I will buy reduced Ham, Chicken pieces, Pasties and such like. I was also feeding the birds and had feeders all over the garden until rats moved in. Now I only have two feeders and a blackbird who will sit and wait for his raisins.

>RSPCA info - "It's rare for foxes to come into our homes as they're wary of people.

The animal support lobby tends towards very rose-tinted opinions on foxes. My experience is that they're completely shameless and will explore everywhere and anywhere. And that they terrorise my cat.

I am told that putting the Mange medicine in a jam sandwich works. The cats don't like bread and jam.

I have a feeling that I might end up with another cat, after saying "no more" when my sweet Pepper died 4 years ago. I have now named the visiting "community cat" George. It's up to him as to whether he wishes to move in or not. He is almost certainly a relation of Pepper, who came from the same house. The lady "loved cats", her Queen was constantly pregnant, the offspring were inbred and once they grew out of kittenhood the lady lost interest and it was up to the rest of us to look after them. Pepper chose me.

4allweknow

I'd never be finished feeding wildlife. I have deer, foxes,squirrels, rabbits all round. The foxes are quite sneaky but brazen too coming right up to patio doors. I have a squirreltgat looks like a eabbut from behind. His tail is like a large ball of cotton wool at the end. I do feed birds.

My beauty walked in to our lounge. Just stood there looking at me. My partner has fed her by hand.
Now we have a herring gull pecking on the patio door when he wants something 😊

Lovely to hear all this. From our fourth floor flat we see foxes and quite a lot of deer. I'd love to feed them.
It's interesting to look down on birds flying past. Certainly keeps the cat happy and chattering his teeth!

ExaltedWombat

>RSPCA info - "It's rare for foxes to come into our homes as they're wary of people.

The animal support lobby tends towards very rose-tinted opinions on foxes. My experience is that they're completely shameless and will explore everywhere and anywhere. And that they terrorise my cat.

Our lovely young cat staggered through the cat flap one evening and into the front room, blood spraying everywhere over the kitchen and hall like something from a horror film. He collapsed and we wrapped a towel round his neck and rushed him to the emergency vet, which thankfully happened to be our nearest. The vet gave him little chance but after microsurgery on his artery and a week’s observation and recuperation at the vet’s surgery we got him home. We were told it was a very rare fox attack. He was an all black cat and the theory was that they’d surprised each other in the dark.

How awful Maggiemaybe. Poor puss. Poor startled fox too I suppose.

This reminds me of years ago when we had a cat and it went into the neighbours house, up the stairs and got into her bed.
It terrified her and she couldn't wait to tell me off the next day. I could only see the funny side though- she wasn't the friendliest neighbour!

Brave cat!

Aveline

How awful Maggiemaybe. Poor puss. Poor startled fox too I suppose.

I’m sure! Knowing our Archie, he’d have put up a good fight.

Poor cat! At least he lived to tell the tale.