Mrs. Fox and I have had several run ins. While I was gardening, I heard her god awful screech coming from the top of the rock. I had the cat outside with me so I figured trouble. I ran up the hill... as fast as I could, considering... Actually I made up pretty good, but heaving at the top, hehe. There is the cat at the top in the exact same spot the vixon had fed her kits that morning. I had seen the kits at the shed again at dawn. Then I caught her running by the deck with something in her mouth around coffee time. I yelled at her and chased her. She disappeared for a little while then reappeared coming down the face of the rock, gathered up her kits behind her, back up the rock where she stared me down across the expanse of the yard.
So there was Smooch, sitting at the top and I saw her come out of the bush straight at him, fangs bared, ears back, snaring and screaming. I intercepted her and she melted back into the woods. Back down the hill, cat goes down the rock and we met at the bottom in the clearing. But, omg, she came down too and was heading towards the cat again. Then it was my turn to go into screaming mama mode and I chased her off again. Smooch did seem a bit nervous now.
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| All photos stolen from Google |
No vixon, no kits for a while. Actually I haven't seen the little ones again. I was feeling relieved. She now knew there is a crazy lady at the bottom of the hill. Cats are out for the evening, I'm feeling relaxed, Vern and I are outside too, on the deck. Then we see a blur of something around the corner of the driveway and it's moving fast. As the blur goes by its the vixon. She runs to the road and into the woods. Quite a few minutes later Smooch comes down out of a very big hemlock tree. And very inelegant at that since he is a big cat with a big round belly. So maybe he is frighted of her now, but maybe he was what she was chasing so fast...
Again no vixon for a few days, again I am feeling relaxed and let up on cat babysitting. We are having a tea at the supper table and there is that screech again. I am so tuned to it now that I am up and out the door before Vern really hears it. I pinpointed the sound from the side of the driveway, she is screaming loudly and doesn't Smooch came out of the woods at the same spot! He is clearly scared and as I bend down to him, the vixon comes out right at us. I ran at her again and she runs back into the woods but lets us know with her screaming and caterwauling that Smooch had better learn to stay away.
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| Maybe they can get along, maybe they will learn to fly too |
So far so good, cats are still safe and no fox for awhile now but ...when are the six little ones going to start exploring?
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