This little fox cub is the runt of a litter of four but his sheer boldness ensures that he gets fed regularly - by us, though Mr G has issued words of warning regarding getting him so tame that he loses all fear of humans and falls foul of a local fox-hater. He comes and gazes through the patio doors, staring at us while we are eating, then sits and just waits, until we chuck something out for him. He eats it, then sits and waits for the next course, looking so cute that I have even sacrificed my favourite organic ginger and chocolate chip biscuits. I've named him Oliver, as in Twist, though it might be Olivia. He loves cherries and spits out the stones.
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Male foxes are a bit bigger than females, but, at this cubby stage, you can't tell. Unless you can turn the cub over to check its 'bits' then you will just have to see if a) it gets bigger b) It gets 'whiskery' (males have more, just like we humans unless we females have a hormone disorder).
Ooer! I just clicked on 'next blog' after yours... it is entitled 'Inane Taskers - Random musings of an old, overweight middle aged man somehow stuck between Old and New Alabama'
Must check what's after mine.
Checked. Encantos y desencantos It seems to be a Mexican female football fanatic, but she is Taurean.
Wonder what's before our blogs?
Hmm! Can't go backwards it seems. But the blog afte yours has changed again. This site must be very popular for blogging.
Yup! My next blog has changed again also, it's now Amber and Jeff McCleary
Begun 2007 during our move from Portland to El Paso.
I think this is probably a female as it sits down to pee. But then all young creatures do. Someone told me the tip of the brush was white for a vixen and dark for a fox, but I don't know if that's true, either. Must check those blogs out. Ramblings of a middle-aged man, eh? Following on from my ramblings of a middle-aged (ahem) woman?!
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