FABlux's foxes

Post by **Wills** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:27 pm

Yes please need update before departing for Sunny Luxor. :cc :cc

Post by **FABlux** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:32 am

A really weird week with virtually no contact. The males have been down for food, but not the vixens. Kinkie & Tufty, the 2 males have been down together this week, very politely taking it in turns to grab a mouthful of food & backing off for the other one. No rivalry at all. Tufty is accepted as Missie's partner & therefor OK!
Today I was out at on site & Mum popped in to look around & say she was pregnant, saw the workmen & left!
This evening BB was feeding them & felt compelled to make jam furs! A female thing! (A bit like chocolate)

Shortly after Kinkie came down & ate one, every time he went for a second he backed off & ate dog food, somebody was obviously saying NO!
Mum came down the steps, Missie came down the bank & waited whilst Mum had some treats (not jam furs) Tufty started to come down, got mugged by Missie who came down & grabbed 3 jam furs!
All in very high spirits, Mum & Missie have sorted out their concerns over food supplies etc, both earths are up & running.

Mum was eating, Missie said ignore her she's eating. I think I'm pregnant too!

They were playing together. Missie play chased Mum for the dried sausage that she had taken, just like a cub would. Mum is so happy she feels like bursting, I know I feel it too when I'm linked to her.

She has everything she ever wanted, her daughter is pregnant but still around. The 2 males get on well & she is having cubs. More this time I think.
They have told the other new cub that he can't stay around, Mum says they weren't nasty but there wouldn't be enough food for 2 families plus him.

Mum heard a mouse on the bank whilst she was eating but said "NO I eat rabbits Missie catches mice!" Hope there are enough of both otherwise our food bills will go up even more!
Our neighbour is feeding them for the first week we are away & then our son is taking over so they will be well taken care of.

Post by **sue** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:10 pm

I was visited by the Dog fox last night, he was so bold and had a wonderful tail/brush. Tonight the dear little vixen came, she stared straight at me, I felt awful because I had not managed to get home early enough to put any fat out or anything, she really looked disappointed in me. So I must make sure I do my bit for them tomorrow night.
I wonder how Frans foxes are doing without her.

Post by **Connie Tindale** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:18 pm

Sue it looks as though they are going to adopt you. How wonderful. Caring for them will take a lot of time and a lot of dedication but I think it will be worth it.

Post by **sue** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:25 pm

LL it is so nice to see them walk through the garden and wandering around. I can't tell you what a joy it is to see them, I so wish I had the chance to get a picture of them. I must find out how to take night time pictures with my camera. I have Stan's old one but I doubt if he would be able to remember so I shall have to find the book. It will be lovely if we get to see cubs in the spring as well

Post by **Connie Tindale** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:37 pm

If you do get any photos then remember to post them here for us to see.

Post by **sue** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:38 pm

I certainly will LL once I work out how again.

Post by **Connie Tindale** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:31 pm

I need my foxy fix.

Post by **FABlux** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:17 am

Just going to watch the foxes, will post update tomorrow.

Post by **Connie Tindale** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:12 am

Are they all OK?

Post by **Quinonostante** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:07 am

Luxorlover wrote:Are they all OK?

Yeah...need Foxy updates...

Post by **FABlux** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:07 am

Sorry LL & Q No chance to do a fox update until now, turned in to War & Peace!
They are all well, Mum, Missie & Tufty were down in the garden together Thursday night. Kinkie had been down a little earlier.
Although Mum says adult foxes donâ€™t play Missie obviously doesnâ€™t agree, she kept hiding behind the stone otters & shrubs and jumping out, looked very much like a game of BOO to me.

I was amazed that on take off from the UK Missie joined us. She didnâ€™t seem at all concerned by the noise or motion. She looked all round the cabin & said now I see what you mean about it being a BIG tin box. Apparently whilst we were looking out of the window I was sniffing fox style. She was intrigued by the climb through the clouds but I donâ€™t think she understood what they were, I tried to explain they were what she looked up at, at home in the sky. When we passed through the clouds she saw the lovely blue sky & thought the clouds below looked like the snow she saw from the top terrace of our garden the night it snowed. I drew the line at trying to get out & walk on it!! When we banked fairly steeply she said Ugh & made a rapid exit. :worry:

Mum arrived about 10 minutes later & looked out, when I started to show her round the plane she said Iâ€™ve seen that already Missie showed me. :yawn: She was quite intrigued by the mountains we passed over but couldnâ€™t understand why it wasnâ€™t hot as the sun was so bright.

We didnâ€™t have a great deal of contact once we got to Egypt, I think distance definitely has an effect. First contact was on the Thursday at Abydos when I was told off by Mum as I had said we were going to a hot place & it was bitterly cold.

That was the coldest day we had, she said she had seen one of halls in the Temple but it was boring, why were we interested in lots of stone walls? I hadnâ€™t realised she had been there at the time, so she obviously sneaks in and out now.
Missie explored the garden at the apartment. She sniffed the plants, and the pottery lights, & enjoyed the sun on her back. :sd:

She also appeared when we went to the Temple of Merenptah with their large Anubis statues & I thought how fox like they were, she immediately said foxes, foxes where? Oh only more stones!

Over dinner at Fayrouz Hotel they both arrived and it was really strange, the bull frogs immediately went silent and stayed that way for ages & the cat that was round our legs went wide eyed & left. Presence of a predator? :worry:
They seem to have the ability to go in to â€œPassive modeâ€

Post by **Connie Tindale** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:20 am

Wonderful - is Missy pregnant yet and is Tufty still settling in to the 'new' family he has gained? How could keefy not have read this line - Keefy is himself 'gifted' so shame on him I shall have words with him when I get back.

Fran stop crouching down ready to bite his legs.

Post by **FABlux** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 3:59 pm

Well she thought she was, but she may have been confused between being pregnant and having behaved in a way that could have got her pregnant

As she had never been pregnant I wondered how she would have known, especially as Mum had no idea she was with her first family.

Tufty is very much part of the family now, with both females helping him develop his empathic abilities.

Post by **Phantom** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:05 pm

Thanks for our foxy fix Fran - but this passive watching could be a bit of a problem, especially if they creep into the bedroom with you and BB.

Post by **BBLUX** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:09 pm

[glow=tomato]It has been known already!!![/glow] and the question that popped into Fran's head was "do you want cubs as well?"

Post by **FABlux** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:08 pm

I told her very firmly NO & GO AWAY

Oh alright

Funny thing was when we watched the tape next day she arrived about 3 minutes later & stood in the garden looking up at our window. No privacy as BB said a voyeur vixen!!

Post by **chelle** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:31 pm

foxy little minx

Post by **Quinonostante** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:07 am

BBLUX wrote:[glow=tomato]It has been known already!!![/glow] and the question that popped into Fran's head was "do you want cubs as well?"

Great little update....weird to think they've ben to Egypt too!

Post by **Phantom** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:27 pm

BBLUX wrote:[glow=tomato]It has been known already!!![/glow] and the question that popped into Fran's head was "do you want cubs as well?"