If you're considering keeping red foxes as pets, you'll need to be aware of all the food these animals require. Fish, eggs, boneless poultry, jams, wet or dry dog food, and peanut butter sandwiches are all on the list of domestic treats they seem to like.
Foxes do not eat grains in the wild; therefore, you should avoid feeding things like wheat, rice, oats, and other grain matter in their food. Since foxes instead eat small prey such as mice and birds that eat grains, this is how they get some of the carbohydrates they need.
Virtually anything. Being carnivores, they like cooked or raw meat and tinned pet food. Foxes also like other savoury items such as cheese, table scraps, bread soaked in fat, fruit and cooked vegetables. However, be aware that anything you put out for foxes could equally be taken by dogs, cats and other wildlife.
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.
Fox Food. Foxes are omnivores that eat nuts, fruits, insects, honey, leaves, acorns, other items from the forest and meat.
1080 is an odourless, tasteless white powder that has a special dye added for identification of the toxin. It is used for poisoning of foxes by incorporating it into fresh, dried or processed meat baits.
Occasional treats can include; Honey. Natural yogurt.
Foxes are omnivores, which means they will eat virtually anything they come across. They have a reputation for taking poultry, but more often eat such undesirables as rats and slugs, along with fruit, berries, roots, 'carrion' (animal remains) and in cities, discarded chips and pizzas!
However, you should avoid feeding your fox certain foods. These foods could prove toxic to your pet fox. Potentially problematic foods include: Avocados.
Foxes will also drink milk if it's there, but as with dogs and cats their digestive system isn't really equipped to digest milk and it isn't good for them.
Eggs tend to be a lot of foxes favorite food, and while they can have raw eggs occasionally, boiled eggs are actually better if you feed often. Too many raw eggs can cause a biotin deficiency due to the high levels of avidin, which binds biotin.
Foxes are omnivorous and eat a wide diversity of prey including small mammals, insects and windfall fruit. Cheese, boiled potatoes, chicken carcasses, bread and fat scraps can all be fed.
Foxes deposit their gifts as a way of marking a trail, food or territory. Raccoons like to create gift galleries, also known as latrines, thus they repeatedly go in the same place. When handling these gifts, be sure to protect yourself.
Generally we suggest people don't feed foxes, because it will undermine their territory if they can't be bothered to go farther afield. Also, foxes don't just take what they need – they take what's available and bury it for later.
A daily diet should consist of 80% dog food and 20% veggies and other treats. Fruit is more of a treat than a necessity and berries are a favorite of our foxes. Mealworms, crickets and feeder mice or rats (already killed) are a great way to add a varied source of protein for your fox.
Use smells to deter foxes
You can use certain smells to deter foxes, they are reported to dislike the smell of chilli peppers and garlic so try infusing in boiling water and spraying around your garden as a fox repellent.
Foxes will eat both wild and cultivated fruits (in some instances vegetables and crops, such as corn and barley, too) and those most commonly consumed include blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, cherries, persimmons, mulberries, apples, plums, grapes, dates, figs and even acorns.
Red foxes eat a lot of plants including grasses, acorns, tubers, grains, and even fungi. Although Red foxes enjoy vegetation, in the autumn, they prefer to eat fruits. Cherry, persimmon, mulberry (blueberry), grape, plum, apple, and raspberry are some of their favorites.
There are reports from the wild of foxes, badgers and even bears dying after having consumed too much chocolate. When you consider that chocolate also tends to be high in sugar and fat, the safest option is to avoid giving chocolate to any non-human animals.
DEAR TERRY: Grapes and raisins can be toxic to foxes and dogs, so it's best to keep the grapes away from them. Science has yet to identify what it is in the fruit that causes the problem, but in some animals it can lead to kidney failure.
The RSPCA “living with foxes” leaflet advises people that “cheese, boiled potatoes, raw chicken pieces, bread and table scraps” are suitable foods to put out to “help foxes living in the area”.
They also eat fruit such as berries, as well as seeds. To feed, raw, unprocessed food is best: meat scraps, raw whole eggs in their shell, peanuts, bird seeds, some fruit like ripe apple and pear slices etc. If you feed cooked meat, make sure it is off the bone as the bones are a choking hazard for the foxes.
Foxes will scout their prey, hanging back under cover before running up and plucking a chicken. They will take the entire chicken with them. If it was an easy catch for them, they will drop the first chicken off at their den and return over and over to get more chickens.
Foxes eat a very varied diet in the wild; from earthworms, insects, fruits, wild birds, and small mammals. However, the urban fox is pretty happy to eat most things from tinned cat and dog food, dry complete dog biscuits, and any cooked vegetables or table scraps.
Foxes will eat whatever you leave for them, just keep in mind that other animals may get to the food first so try to avoid onions, garlic, chocolate, and the other foods you wouldn't give a dog.