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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I was doing the washing up yesterday and noticed a TINY fox cub come trotting down the garden right up to the house. It was the size of a large kitten/smallish puppy.

Since ive lived at the house we have had a vixen regularly in the garden and two weeks ago noticed she came with a male.

I live in centralish Bristol, an urban area but my garden is large and very overgrown at the bottom and quite private.

Question-should a fox cub that young be away from the vixen?

Google has been unhelpful!

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By *ogistical NightmaresCouple
over a year ago

Manchester Area

You could try calling the rspca, they are very helpful

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes mum has probably moved the litter and she does that one by one the chances are she will come back for the cub.

Keep an eye on it though and if its there in the morning call the RSPCA

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By *oe_Steve_NWestCouple
over a year ago

Bolton

What an amazing sight, it might just be a small cub but I'd keep my eyes open to make sure it's ok! Z

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By * Jay69Man
over a year ago

Bridgwater - Somerset

The Mum often leaves the cubs for some time.

They're supposed to stay put in the safe place she's chosen.

The more precocious, adventurous cubs will explore.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Our resident couple bring their 4 cubs into the garden and one of them is always running off, only to be grabbed by mum/dad and brought back to the others. RSPCA is a good place to start with advice

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By *oby BestMan
over a year ago

the shires

Whatever you do - Do not feed the cub - will cause all sorts of problems regardless of how uncaring this may seem these are wild animals

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yeah the cubs are a few weeks old now so the vixen will leave then for a few hours here and there, to get food , and they do tend to wander but not too far though, the den is probably closer than you think and the vixen well know where they all are. Just leave them be. My advice tbh is never phone the rspca about foxes, because they do more harm than good when it comes to foxes. They'll raise fox cubs and then release them with no hunting skills or knowledge of living wild and they are the foxes that cause the biggest problems on farms and such

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Thanks

Just wanted to make sure it would get back to them-im sure the den is only at the end of the garden!

Very attatched to the mother, she was in a terrible state this time last year with mange and we managed to sneak her some medication through food and she recovered!

The cub was only visible for a few minutes, it then ran back to the hedge. No need to call the RSPCA i dont think-theyre wild animals and if its in trouble theres not much we can do unless we catch it which would be difficult!

Thank you guys!

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By *asey369Woman
over a year ago

London

I hate them. I have them come into the house if I leave the back door open and they dig up my plants in the garden.

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