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We have now taken in our first fox cub of the year. We normally start to get them in during March, although we have had them in as early as the beginning of February before.This little female cub was found on her own with no sign of any siblings or her mum. She is much too young to be without the vixen so the finder had no choice but to take her in. In this case it was the right thing to do, but often, young fox cubs should be left alone. If in any doubt, ring us or your local wildlife rescue centre for advice.
We really need to get another cub of a similar age with her as soon as possible to avoid her becoming imprinted on people, which is difficult to avoid when hand-rearing a single animal. If we do not get another one in soon, we will have to consider finding another centre with similar aged cubs that we can pass her on to.
We have also had a fledgling tawny owl in which was found sitting on a trampoline beneath a huge tree. Although tawnys are well known for their ability to climb back up trees to their nests, there was no way that this one would have got to that height and it was far too high for us to get him back there.
Despite his fall, he was totally uninjured and is doing very well with us, now feeding himself. We will shortly be passing him on to The Barn Owl Centre where they have adult tawny owls which adopt any youngsters which are put with them. This is obviously much better for the youngster and he will eventually be released back into the wild, probably with other young tawny owls.
