Foxes are one of my favorite animals. If you don't raise chickens, and don't mind an occasional roadkill being left in your yard, they are kinda fun to have around. They do NOT make good pets, and are a significant carrier of rabies, but watched from a distance, they can be a lot of fun. This time of year, the foxes have kits. In urban settings, they can often be seen as a whole family playing in a yard. Unfortunately, there are times that they must be relocated. The adults are notoriously difficult to lure into a live trap, but there are ways to move them out of your area. Predator Impact will often trap and relocate the kits to a rural area and then treat the area with the scent of a large coyote, the fox's mortal enemy. The kits at this stage are able to fend for themselves and we release them in a protected area where they have the best chance of surviving.
Once the mother (vixen) smells the presence of the coyote, she will gather up any remaining babies and move them to another location where there is less "threat" of coyotes. If you have foxes in your yard and don't have chickens, pigeons, or other small livestock, enjoy watching them grow up. If they need to be relocated, Predator Impact is here to help! Predator Impact, LLC (918) 397-4091
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AuthorMark Runnels is a professional engineer and owner of Predator Impact, LLC. Archives
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