Odd Behaviour

[gness]

Beautiful evening so I went to sit outside, enjoy a nightcap and gaze at the stars. A fox came running up and started to nibble my shoe!
We feed many wild animals, birds and passing walkers in the field but don't want them to become used to humans....certainly not confident enough to come that close!

[douglas9401]

[Buenchico]

At least it was better than what my cat, Chequers, was nibbling a few days ago.

I've often mentioned that my cats regard me as their substitute mum and I've also mentioned that I'm developing breasts (due to using women's HRT patches as a medical trial for prostate cancer). However I wasn't really ready for Chequers to try to get milk from my nipple, as he did when I was in bed the other day! He's got sharp teeth!!!

[FatticusInch]

It’s nice when wildlife to get quite close though.
They’ll scarper soon enough if they feel threatened.

[Barmaid]

Wow! We rarely see one round here - which is quite normal in the country!

It's both lovely and disconcerting. Brilliant to see but they need to stay away from humans.

We have a muntjac deer who visits the garden almost daily. Two days ago she turned up with a fawn. I've grinned for 2 days.

[gness]

Well if it starts singing that to me, Douglas, I'm off!

I have no intention of letting Foxy get that close, Chris.

It would be lovely to let the foxes and pine martens get close, Fatticus and this one is over confident. But letting them think all humans were kind would be a mistake.

[gness]

We have three visiting foxes, BM. This is one of the two young. When I moved my feet to stand up it didn't go away. Lovely but worrying.

[seekeerz]

Hi gness ….could you just enlighten us …..what are the ‘passing walkers’ ? that’s not a breed I’m familiar with, why would it be a problem if they became used to humans ? My initial thought was they were human, maybe I got that wrong

[FatticusInch]

gness
//Well if it starts singing that to me, Douglas, I'm off!

I have no intention of letting Foxy get that close, Chris.

It would be lovely to let the foxes and pine martens get close, Fatticus and this one is over confident. But letting them think all humans were kind would be a mistake.//

They’re probably wary enough when they need to be, their instincts kick in pretty much from birth.
I’m currently ‘training’ a Robin who’s getting braver each day that I move the seed tray a little closer to the patio door.

[gness]

Hi, Seek. We are yards from the finish for walkers, and runners of course, doing the Ring of Kerry.
They are red, breathless and can only gasp as they pass our house so we give them water and maybe a biscuit. Humans, yes. But only just. ;-)

[Hopkirk]

Gness is probably known as that mad woman who throws bread at people walking past.

[gness]

The instincts of two of the foxes is sharp, Fatticus. If I open the door they are off. This one will try to pass my legs to get inside.
It would be fine if not for lampers and hen keepers with guns. I want the foxes to be wary enough of them to scarper at the sound or smell of a human.
Lovely to get pictures on our wildlife camera....but not to be able to stroke them!
A robin is a different. We have very tame robins and that's fine. Nobody's going to shoot them.

[gness]

Don't be mean, Hoppy. That would be common. I have been know to throw the occasional croissant.

[William51]

It was lovely to have an animal investigating your foot, in our garden i used to feed a pheasant by hand but he stopped coming, probably died.