AnswersDriveFoxes are omnivorous, i.e. they will eat anything. Their diet depends on the food available in the area where they live. In Bristol, London and Oxford the largest component of their diet is scavenged items such as meat, bones, bread and bird food. Wild mammals, birds and invertebrates are also common.
What does the red fox eat?
The red fox eats a wide variety of foods. It is an omnivore and its diet includes fruits, berries and grasses. It also eats birds and small mammals like squirrels, rabbits and mice. A large part of the red fox's diet is made up invertebrates like crickets, caterpillars, grasshoppers, beetles and crayfish.
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Do fox bite?
Not all pet dogs attack, but once bitten twice shy. Rabid foxes are also, like urban foxes, less wary of humans than their rural counterparts. You will more likely see a fox at dusk, or at night, but they do not attack people so there is no worry about exploring an area either at day or night.
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What kind of fruit does a fox eat?
Foxes have one of the most diverse diets in the animal world. They are expert hunters, catching rabbits, rodents, birds, frogs and earthworms as well as eating carrion. However, foxes aren't carnivorous; they are actually omnivores who also dine on berries and fruit.
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What do you feed your pet fox?
Pet foxes eat things that are similar to what we feed our pet dogs and cats. Foxes are omnivores (like dogs) therefore a balanced diet for a pet fox includes vitamins, minerals, meat, vegetables, and other foods.
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What is a predator of a fox?
Fruit and vegetable matter is also eaten sometimes. Although the red fox tends to kill smaller predators, including other fox species, it is vulnerable to attack from larger predators, such as wolves, coyotes, golden jackals and medium- and large-sized felines.
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Can a fox eat chocolate?
- Chocolate: this tasty treat for humans is poisonous to canids. They can't digest it. It can make them very sick and even kill them (though if you have been feeding chocolate to foxes, don't feel guilty. I've heard stories of dogs and foxes that could eat chocolate quite happily.
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Do foxes eat chicken?
If a fox gets into a small run or chicken house and there are a number of birds in there, they can get into a killing 'frenzy' and will kill 30 or more birds, usually taking only one bird with them. Typically, they will bite the heads off the birds. Sometimes, they will bury the bodies if there is enough loose soil.
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Do a fox hibernate?
Foxes do not hibernate when it gets cold in the winter. They remain active throughout the year and generally live and hunt within a 1- to 2-mile radius. When extreme weather hits, foxes sometimes seek shelter for a couple of days, but they resume their normal activities once the weather passes.
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How do you poison a fox?
Strychnine is the best poison to kill foxes. However, permission may be required to use it. It can be added to a bait such as chunk of meat which when consumed by fox would result in death. Foxoff is pre-poisoned bait with a small amount of sodium fluroacetate in it.
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Do foxes like water?
Maybe some particular kind of fox can swim, may catch fish but not the gray foxes of central California (Urocyon cinereoargenteus Townsendi). They are much like cats. They do not like water and will go to extremes - some of them - to avoid getting their paws wet.
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Do foxes eat owls?
The main food largely depends on the species of Owl. For example, Scops and Screech Owls feed on insects mostly, while Barn Owls eat mainly mice, shrews and voles. Larger Owls such as the Eagle Owl will prey upon hares, young foxes and birds up to the size of ducks and gamebirds.
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Do foxes eat bird eggs?
Foxes generally carry eggs away from nests. They may then eat them or they will cache (bury) them for consumption later. The whole egg is taken in the mouth, crushed and the contents eaten.
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Do foxes eat hedgehogs?
Foxes. Foxes are known to sometimes predate hedgehogs, though usually an adult hedgehog will be sufficiently protected by its spines. The stomachs of urban foxes are quite often found to contain parts of hedgehogs, though it is likely that this is from scavenging road kill rather than through active predation.
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Are all foxes nocturnal?
Although primarily nocturnal (active at night), fox are often seen in suburban or urban areas during the day. Fox are also fairly transient animals and frequently move from place to place. Fox present no danger to humans unless they are rabid, which is rare, or if they are being captured or handled.
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What is a red fox's favorite food?
The red fox eats a wide variety of foods. It is an omnivore and its diet includes fruits, berries and grasses. It also eats birds and small mammals like squirrels, rabbits and mice. A large part of the red fox's diet is made up invertebrates like crickets, caterpillars, grasshoppers, beetles and crayfish.
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Do foxes eat snakes?
Although a ton of animals prey on snakes, from owls, coyotes, bobcats, foxes, raccoons, weasles, snapping turtles, alligators, even crows, it is not easy to come by trainable pet animals that eat snakes, if you're looking for a type of animal that kills rattlesnakes or any venomous snakes, to help you with a snake
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What does a fox live in?
Grey foxes who live in North America are the only type of dogs who can climb trees! A fox's home is called a “den”. It can be a hole in the ground or elsewhere, such as under a garden shed. Hunters often try to scare foxes out of their dens by sending in dogs so that the hunter can then shoot the foxes.
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Do foxes attack you?
The reason they do not attack dogs, cats or humans is because they are not something that a fox sees as prey. Though it could happen that a fox tries to attack a dog or more likely a cat, they will be scared off when the noise begins or when a cat's claws come out.
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Do foxes eat cats?
When asked the question 'will foxes kill my cat' they had this to say: It's possible but very unlikely. A typical urban fox home range can be also occupied by upwards of 100 cats, and most of these are out at night. Foxes and cats meet many times every night, and invariably ignore each other.