Untamed Tuesday: Red Fox
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The Red Fox has an orange-red coat and with white markings on it’s chest, and black markings on it’s legs. The fox can be found in numerous US locations as well as in Europe and Asia, and now recently Australia. While the fox eats prey of mouse and birds, the other part of its diet consists of berries and greens. It also eats mutiple insects as well.
While mating, the mother fox will create multiple dens in case one is disturbed, and may have as few as one, and as many as ten kittens. They mostly are found at night, though at times will make day time appearances.
A red fox will live approximately three years. In captivity, they may live much longer. They weigh between 10-15 pounds.
One interesting piece of information I found is that the red fox is more of a loner, and doesn’t form packs like wolves do. They are more solitary creatures.
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Today’s Animal helper site is Squirrel Wildlife Rehabilitation which has connections all through out the states. By clicking on that link, it will take you to a page where you can locate help based on the state that you’re in. They have a page which discusses if squirrels are orphaned or not. They also offer instructions on how to stabalize a squirrel until somebody can help. Their FAQ page can be found here.
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I am in no way connected to the above organization, and for the series of Untamed Tuesday am merely spotlighting some organizations on wildlife.
