When Foxy Loxy came to visit.....
By Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (4521)
United Kingdom
August 22, 2025 9:34am CST
So last night just before 8pm my neighbour from the caravan opposite came over with a tub in his hand. He called me and I went out to him. He asked if he could put some leftover food .. the contents of the tub ...behind next doors can.
I said yes but asked him why
He explained that each evening around 8.30 a fox had come through a gap in the fence....he thought there was a family of them in the next field.
They had been putting leftovers out for them and it had all gone by the next morning.
He put the food out and I stood and waited ... Eventually Foxy Loxy came ... Sniffing out his supper.
He was so beautiful.
I didn't take a photo as I didn't want to scare him off.
I hope to see him again this evening.
Would you have put food out for a local fox ?
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6 responses
@porwest (105542)
• United States
17h
I guess I might. I mean, we have all sorts of wildlife around here. Raccoons, opossums and groundhogs mostly of that fare, along with the squirrels of course. Some I want to attract less than others. But I do sometimes put bread out for the birds and squirrels.
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@Traceyjayne (4521)
• United Kingdom
17h
Wow ...you do have a lot of wildlife. Do any of them do any damage ?
We have birds and squirrels but not the other animals you mentioned
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@snowy22315 (194813)
• United States
16h
No, it can be dangerous to feed wildlife. You don't want them to get habituated to it.
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@DaddyEvil (157587)
• United States
16h
I'm glad you got to see him and hope you can see him again.
No, I wouldn't. Food left out here calls raccoons, possums and skunks, not foxes. We'd prefer not to have any of those hanging around.
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@xFiacre (14183)
• Ireland
16h
@traceyjayne We had a one-eyed, one-eared tatty old fox who came calling at our last house. We also had a pheasant who loved our garden. You can guess what happened to the poor pheasant.
@xFiacre (14183)
• Ireland
15h
@Traceyjayne I suspect that it was also guilty of digging up a cat that I had inexpertly buried. The rest of the family don’t know that so please don’t tell.
@JudyEv (361458)
• Rockingham, Australia
6h
I have no love for foxes but I understand it would have been a very special sight.
