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So, yes the foxes have been spotted during the day. I think the earliest was around 5:00-6:00am, this was on video tape. The foxes were in the neighbors yards, very close to the door step. When I saw them it was around 7pm and my husband saw them much later around 9:00-10:00pm. I was not there when this happened, but my husband saw the fox across the street from our driveway when he was with my dog. The fox and my dog saw each other and my dog started barking. When my husband went inside, he looked out the window and the fox had come into our yard and was making a loud pitch barking noise. He tried to make the sound, and I guess it sounds more like a bird call. He said my dog then ran up to his window where he looks out and the fox and my dog were going back and forth barking, I guess.
My husband told me no need to call animal control, but I kind of want to. I don't want to be out walking my dog early evening and a fox try to attack us!
Foxes are mostly nocturnal. If you are encountering one during the day, that's not a good sign.
I found this while googling:
[SIZE=3]Q: I just saw a coyote/fox during the day – doesn’t that mean he is rabid?[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]A:[/SIZE] It is actually not unusual to see a coyote or fox out during the day. Coyotes and foxes will venture out during daylight hours in search of food. Both animals are opportunistic feeders, meaning they will hunt for food as the opportunity presents itself – regardless of day or night. Additionally, both coyotes and foxes eat squirrels, and squirrels are only active during the day! So, if you see a fox or coyote outside during the day, he is most likely in pursuit of a squirrel, small rodent, or other daytime food source.
My husband told me no need to call animal control, but I kind of want to. I don't want to be out walking my dog early evening and a fox try to attack us!
Why on earth not call them? All they can say is no, and likely they can recommend further action. At least it would be documented that you called.
[SIZE=3]Q: I just saw a coyote/fox during the day – doesn’t that mean he is rabid?[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]A:[/SIZE] It is actually not unusual to see a coyote or fox out during the day. Coyotes and foxes will venture out during daylight hours in search of food. Both animals are opportunistic feeders, meaning they will hunt for food as the opportunity presents itself – regardless of day or night. Additionally, both coyotes and foxes eat squirrels, and squirrels are only active during the day! So, if you see a fox or coyote outside during the day, he is most likely in pursuit of a squirrel, small rodent, or other daytime food source.
Saw a coyote this afternoon on 96 near Youngsville. See them during the day fairly often in North Raleigh/Wake Forest area near Falls Lake. While both types of fox are primarily nocturnal, it is not unusual for them to be spotted during the day. Have seen them many times.
Nothing really is a cause for concern in their behavior. I agree that you should avoid them but I've never heard of them bothering people. I think that they can become desensitized, and therefore appear somewhat bolder and indifferent to humans when they don't associate humans with packs of hounds and guns. If you want to be able to trap and remove you need to prove damages, like them getting into a hen house and killing chickens.
Otherwise, your measures are along the lines of a paintball gun, super soaker, slingshot, maybe a red ryder bb gun depending on your neighbors.
Why can't they just peacefully coexist? It's their home, too. Our neighborhood misses the fox family that used to live here. We would see them day and night. I was in my hammock once and looked up to see one going past me on its usual trek through my yard. Beautiful creatures. We have a wildlife photographer in our 'hood, and he took many wonderful pics over the years of the foxes visiting his yard. The foxes liked to hang out at one particular house--probably because of the hotdog treats they got there. Now that our foxes have died out (hope it wasn't a cholesterol issue, lol), we've seen a resurgence of the bunny population. We much preferred the foxes--they left the garden alone.
Foxes are mostly nocturnal. If you are encountering one during the day, that's not a good sign.
If you see them during the day, it DOES NOT MEAN they are rabid. That is from expert sources.
A healthy "teen" fox screamed at me from 20 feet from my back door a few years ago. When they make noise, they sound like they're screaming. So they're not always afraid. And if it's daytime, it doesn't mean they're rabid.
I have also seen a couple of rabid foxes -- I was shooting video of a nuclear plant (my employer) from up on a hill, looking down on the plant. The fox walked from the right to the left, very slowly. He looked raggedy and gray and in a bad mood.
I saw the other one in the boonies of NY state as I was driving by, and it popped its head up above the tall grasses. He looked rapid, too -- raggedy and crazy.
If you see them during the day, it DOES NOT MEAN they are rabid. That is from expert sources.
A healthy "teen" fox screamed at me from 20 feet from my back door a few years ago. When they make noise, they sound like they're screaming. So they're not always afraid. And if it's daytime, it doesn't mean they're rabid.
Sounds like most other teenagers.
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I have also seen a couple of rabid foxes -- I was shooting video of a nuclear plant (my employer) from up on a hill, looking down on the plant. The fox walked from the right to the left, very slowly. He looked raggedy and gray and in a bad mood.
I saw the other one in the boonies of NY state as I was driving by, and it popped its head up above the tall grasses. He looked rapid, too -- raggedy and crazy.
I'm told the rabid ones appear to be drunk...
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