In the end it's all in God's Hands.
When talking to the folks that run the Aark Wildlife Rehabilitation facility, besides giving me the name of a medication to "bait" some meat with, in an attempt to treat this poor fox's mange, they also gave me the name of a Trapper that works with them. They said they most definitely could save this fox if they could access it, which of course would mean catching it.
I saw my "patient" today laying in a bed of leaves at the edge of the woods and went back to the house to get more food and medicine. It was still there when I got back, and let me get pretty close up on it........let me be clear, not too close, but still closer than a fox normally would let a human approach before it scurried off into the woods.
It was then I decided to call the trapper.
I stopped at the club office to explain what was going on and make sure it was okay to invite somebody onto the property to trap. After getting their full blessings, I came home and called a nice man named Chris, and told him about my little friend that seemed to be in so much trouble. He was very sympathetic to the situation, but told me that setting traps would be a waste of time. Evidently fox did not get their reputation for no reason. They are too darned smart, Chris explained, and he has never been able to trap one no matter how much yummy bait he's put in the trap. You will end up with every other critter in there BUT the fox!
His next suggestion was the same as the wildlife rehabers.....try to medicate it with a piece of bait meat, which I was already doing.
So I will say a prayer that this little fox finds the food and fills it's belly, and in the process get's what it needs to ease it's discomfort and possible demise.
Catch up with everyone soon.....have a good weekend!
In the end it's all in God's Hands.
When talking to the folks that run the Aark Wildlife Rehabilitation facility, besides giving me the name of a medication to "bait" some meat with, in an attempt to treat this poor fox's mange, they also gave me the name of a Trapper that works with them. They said they most definitely could save this fox if they could access it, which of course would mean catching it.
I saw my "patient" today laying in a bed of leaves at the edge of the woods and went back to the house to get more food and medicine. It was still there when I got back, and let me get pretty close up on it........let me be clear, not too close, but still closer than a fox normally would let a human approach before it scurried off into the woods.
It was then I decided to call the trapper.
I stopped at the club office to explain what was going on and make sure it was okay to invite somebody onto the property to trap. After getting their full blessings, I came home and called a nice man named Chris, and told him about my little friend that seemed to be in so much trouble. He was very sympathetic to the situation, but told me that setting traps would be a waste of time. Evidently fox did not get their reputation for no reason. They are too darned smart, Chris explained, and he has never been able to trap one no matter how much yummy bait he's put in the trap. You will end up with every other critter in there BUT the fox!
His next suggestion was the same as the wildlife rehabers.....try to medicate it with a piece of bait meat, which I was already doing.
So I will say a prayer that this little fox finds the food and fills it's belly, and in the process get's what it needs to ease it's discomfort and possible demise.
Catch up with everyone soon.....have a good weekend!