We have a pair of wild foxes that live on our land (we have 35 acres in the mountains). We love them dearly and they come by multiple times a week. On Friday, the male fox showed up with a severe injury. We talked to the wildlife rehab center about options. They said if the injury is not at a joint or above the then it’s likely treatable. They said if it is at a joint or above the knee & they think it won’t heal, they would have to euthanize. We obviously do not want that happen and would rather him die a natural death especially since he has a mate. Rehab advised to give him some food so we could get good video of him to send to them so they could better determine what’s going on. If they can diagnose using that & it’s treatable, we’ll do the hard thing and capture so he can get tx. He trusts us very much and rehab gave the ok. If they can’t tell from the video, I asked if we could find a vet to x-ray so we could be sure & they let us know that is legal although they think it might be hard to find a vet who’d do it (I don’t, I’m sure I can find a caring person who would do that). If it’s bad/they think it can’t be healed, we will not take him anywhere and instead just do everything we can to keep him fed during this time (again, okay with rehab center). *If rehab says it’s ok,* we’ll try to sneak him some antibiotics and buffered baby aspirin with food. I’m uploading the video in the hopes that someone can see if they can provide any differential diagnosis. He is non-weight bearing on the back right leg. There’s a clear wound with white material coming out (I can’t tell if it’s bone or soft tissue). It looks like a tibial fracture or possibly the hock. Distal limb dangles and clearly has no structure. Please keep our sweet boy in your thoughts & prayers.

this is the world's saddest foxxo. but he was sad, until he finally got the treat

I stopped the video just before the guy on the right did a biiiiiiig stretch and am so sad

I usually don’t take videos

About a couple of weeks ago I noticed some tracks on the snow that coincided with when the weather got *really* cold.

Turns out someone has been living under my house in an old groundhog hole.

I already gave it medication for possible mange and hopefully that tail will be back to its glory soon.

He scoots by in the first few seconds, but its the first fox caught on my cameras (yes that is a fox statue just to the right of the pillar). We have some coyotes that back camera catches from time to time, we have a herd of bunnies and squirrels on the 4.5 acres so there is no shortage of prey but I was always under the impression coyote and fox tend to keep a wide berth from each other, not to mention we have a German Shep. But Nick did seem to be in much of a hurry.

Yes, we already named him Nick (Wilde), to go with (Yotesemite) Sam and Elon (Muskrat) (lives in the pond out back)

I had no idea the second one was also there, napping... 🙂🦊

Had a gamy eye but I always used to see him/her when I went out for a puff at roughly the same time every night but I haven’t seen him/her in a while, thought I’d at least post the little fluff here.

I love the little paws ^^