Red Fox Kits

Red Fox Kits / Red Fox Cubs

Finding fox frustration

A few years ago, I saw a fox for the very first time and I was hooked.
A few months later I had my first encounter with a fox kit and I was lost 😉
Since then I spent uncountable hours searching for these cute foxy youngsters.
By ploughing heavily packed through the hot sand, in search for a glimpse of them oh so cute fox kits. By joggling for miles, hoping to find that occupied fox den.
When I finally found a used den and allowed myself dreaming of all the cute playing fox kits that I was about to witness, they so often played their old ‘hard to get game’ with me, by just moving without leaving a note. And the great fox kits quest could start all over again….
The senses of foxes are better developed than ours. They see, smell and hear us humans long before we traced them. And in their way they are much smarter, too. So how could I ever win this game, with such tough competition?

Just a little help from a fox

At times, I wondered if my chances of finding a fox family weren’t close to zero.
Fortunately, besides skilful and smart, foxes are very kind animals as well and on very few occasions, they helped me by deliberately spreading subtle hints. Like leaving some clearly visible fox droppings, which obviously is a perfect clue! Sometimes I found traces of their presence by the prey remains they left, such as gnawed deer heads or half-eaten mice. And on my best days, I could even see their footprints, directly leading me towards their den.

Fox Affection
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) mother grooming her fox daughter

Cute Overload

Punky FoxI
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) kit

Cute Fox Kit Portrait
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) portrait

Cute Fox Kit Portrait
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) portrait

Cute Overload – Cute fox kit

Young Fox Hiding Behind a Tree
Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes)

Red fox kit in warm sunset light
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) portrait

Cute Fox Kit Portrait
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) portrait

Cute Fox Kit Portrait
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) portrait

Cute red fox kit

I smell, I smell…
Fox with a flower

Cute Baby Fox

Baby Fox Kit

Pinocchio

Curious Kit
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) kit

Young Red fox kit (Vulpes vulpes) sitting on the grass

Baby red fox in the grass

Curious Fox Kit

Two young fox kits ‘playfighting’ to resolve a conflict and practise their future fighting skills
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Mother fox removing ticks from her fox kit
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Soaking wet fox kit during some heavy raining
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

A wet fox kit after a heavy raining
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Soft Fox
Young fox kit lying in the grass

Cute little fox kit

All Good Things Come From Above

Sleeping Cutie
Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes)

Yawning Fox Kit I
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) yawning

What Jumping Fox
Red fox doing a perfect mouse pounce

Cute Baby Fox

Two Fox Kits in the Rain
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Cute Fox Kit Portrait
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) portrait

Yawning Fox Kit II
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) yawning

Fox kit with a prey (goose)
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub exploring the world

Exploring Fox Kit
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub exploring the world

Sandy Nose
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) kit shaking of the sandd in front of the den

Young Red fox kit (Vulpes vulpes) sitting on the grass

Baby Red Fox

What Does The Fox Think?
Young fox kit lying in the sand

Soft Fox
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) kit