Do not feed foxes

[MXRod]

Because our dog Mia , a 9 month old Labradoodle is in the vet hospital with a suspected chicken bone lodged in her gut .
Someone in our neighbourhood is putting out chicken carcases and other bones , the foxes are picking these up and burying in our and other gardens .
Our dog being a bit of a scavenger has dug the bones up and eaten them , I caught her with a wing a couple days ago , and got it off of her , but could not retrieve the carcase which she was crunching up last weekend .
I went to the vet yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon as the dog had eaten very little since Sunday . and did not drink at all yesterday .
After an examination , and finding discomfort in her belly , the vet said without question , I should leave the dog for rehydration , scan , and x-ray, and if bones are found , surgery
Estimated cost £12/1300 . thank heavens for insurance
Hoping the news will be good today

[Jasandjules]

Don't feed COOKED bones.

[cbmotorsport]

Some people need their head wobbled. Why would you feed a wild fox? They're very skilled at fending for themselves. More to the point, why would you feed a wild fox cooked chicken bones that is possibly going to kill it.

Lots of stupid people out there.

Hope your dog's ok OP

Edited by cbmotorsport on Thursday 5th December 09:53

[HTP99]

The wife has a vegan hippy friend who feeds the foxes, the wife wanted to do it aswell, I told her that she was a moron and all that would happen is that the foxes would constantly be in our garden stting and pissing everywhere and winding our dogs up.

Thankfully she has gone off the idea.

Hope your dog is OK OP.

[MXRod]

Jasandjules said:

Don't feed COOKED bones.

Where did I say I fed cooked bones .we have the menace of urban foxes and what they leave around

[Jasandjules]

MXRod said:

Jasandjules said:

Don't feed COOKED bones.

Where did I say I fed cooked bones .we have the menace of urban foxes and what they leave around

I did not say it was you. It could be whomever it is leaving stuff out. If you have the local facebook group for them to not feed cooked bones as they injured your dog. Hopefully then the message would get through

[bonerp]

MXRod said:

Because our dog Mia , a 9 month old Labradoodle is in the vet hospital with a suspected chicken bone lodged in her gut .
Someone in our neighbourhood is putting out chicken carcases and other bones , the foxes are picking these up and burying in our and other gardens .
Our dog being a bit of a scavenger has dug the bones up and eaten them , I caught her with a wing a couple days ago , and got it off of her , but could not retrieve the carcase which she was crunching up last weekend .
I went to the vet yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon as the dog had eaten very little since Sunday . and did not drink at all yesterday .
After an examination , and finding discomfort in her belly , the vet said without question , I should leave the dog for rehydration , scan , and x-ray, and if bones are found , surgery
Estimated cost £12/1300 . thank heavens for insurance
Hoping the news will be good today

you should put polite messages through all the neighbours doors

[MXRod]

I pleased to report , that the dog is back at home (£850 bill picked up by insurance )
X-ray showed no bone fragments , so likely to have passed through .
Although the dog did not throw up , the vet thinks the likely cause was rancid meat upsetting her .She was dehydrated which was cured by drip , and today is as bright as a button
Another by-product of foxes .
Might drop a note to neighbours as suggested , in particular one , asking to be careful about disposing of food by-products .
The one , actively encourages foxes by leaving food out , also homeopathic medicated eggs to cure mange, and nothing will stop her

[Jasandjules]

At least your pooch is ok.

Just politely "remind her" that cooked bones are dangerous....

[bexVN]

I imagine cooked bones are potentially dangerous to foxes as well, certainly not something I would put out if I was goi g to feed foxes!

[cbmotorsport]

MXRod said:

I pleased to report , that the dog is back at home (£850 bill picked up by insurance )
X-ray showed no bone fragments , so likely to have passed through .
Although the dog did not throw up , the vet thinks the likely cause was rancid meat upsetting her .She was dehydrated which was cured by drip , and today is as bright as a button
Another by-product of foxes .
Might drop a note to neighbours as suggested , in particular one , asking to be careful about disposing of food by-products .
The one , actively encourages foxes by leaving food out , also homeopathic medicated eggs to cure mange, and nothing will stop her

A few years ago we had a neighbour that would throw a loaf of bread a day over the back fence onto the steep bank to feed the local rabbit population. It didn't take long before we started to spot big rats running around amongst the rabbits, carting off whole slices of bread. I asked her to stop as we would have a vermin problem, and nobody likes rats. She said she would, but within a few days she was back at it.

After a few more polite requests and a lot more rat sightings, I waited until she was out and culled the rabbit population with my air rifle. Sad for the rabbits, but it soon stopped as there were none left to feed.