New Kit in Town

[urbpan]

From the email my coworker sent to staff:
Also, we have received a brand new baby red fox. She is about 13 weeks old and is living in WC until she is a little bit bigger. She will then go out with the silver fox through a long introduction process. The timing of all this is not certain yet, but for now she is in quarantine for 30 days per the vets orders. She has already met our vet and has come back with a clean bill of health...no blood work problems!!! Yippy!! Her story in a nutshell is this...she was found with her brother at about two weeks old in Leverette. MA starving and covered in some sort of crude oil. Mommy probably tried to clean them eventually dying herself, but we'll never know. Both foxes were nursed back to health by a rehabber, but our little girl has remained imprinted while her brother is being released. She is very sweet. Come and check her out and wish us luck with the introduction.

Comments

[agelena.livejournal.com]

Foxes seem like the link between canines and felines.

[pipu.livejournal.com]

yes yes.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

She was found as a baby, with her brother, I guess orphaned, and apparently covered with tar.

Well, SOMEONE had to say it

[hissilliness.livejournal.com]

That's what she gets for listening to Bre'r Rabbit.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I added the story above.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

We do train for handling, but it's pretty informal.

[klandaghicat.livejournal.com]

Now that is just adorable! I love foxes, even though they do smell worse than skunks! Or because they do? I dunno! I love foxes, anyway. Is this a rehab/releasable or a permanent?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

She's unreleasable. We're going to (hopefully) put her in with this guy.

[klandaghicat.livejournal.com]

Oh, he's just gorgeous! What a fine attitude, too! I believe I know of a pair of Arctics that are still in need of placement, if you have any suggestions? I know their current care-giver has been very particular about placement.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Don't know off-hand. We can only take species native to Massachusetts, so not us... Around us there are some good facilities--the exploratorium in Worcester might be interested.

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

how are you planning to handle introductions? can you keep her in the adjacent cage so that they can get used to each others proximity at first?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

The current fox enclosure is going to be divided.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

That is so adorable!

[barbmg.livejournal.com]

It's almost hard to believe something that cute is real. She/he is perfect.

[bluelinegoddess.livejournal.com]

Oh, how I'd live to cuddle with her.

[mellawyrden.livejournal.com]

She is so cute, and looks very alert and intelligent!

[maybethecat.livejournal.com]

we have a he, looks bout the same other than he only has three legs

[bellelvsbeast.livejournal.com]

That is such a cute little Kit!!! :) Lucky you get to see it!!! :)

[bunrab.livejournal.com]

I love how elegant foxes' legs look.

[ms-cantrell.livejournal.com]

what a sweetheart! and really does seem rather feline. are fox an introduced species here? i think i heard somewhere that the english imported them for hunting (sick sick sick).

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

There's some controversy there--they definitely were introduced for hunting, but they were already here. The controversy is whether they are the same species on either side of the pond. I think the consensus is that they are, but the question may be moot.