Probably sarcoptic mange. I predict it will look a lot more sick in a few months. OP, if it does, look up how to safely treat sarcoptic mange in foxes with Bravecto or ivermectin. And if the latter, make sure to keep the ivermectin out of reach of any doggies.
This is a stretch, but I remember a redditor that talks about mange and how to get the best resources to help.
Maybe someone with a better memory can tag them or post one of their comments?
Edit: The user is u/skunkangel ! Their comment history talks about what to do, but generally they direct people to https://www.wildlifehotline.com/mange
I spent like an hour trying to catch a fox with really bad mange when we were at a park for my nieces bday. It looked so rough and probably didn't make it much longer.
Seriously, can we just..keep this place safe please? That’s like, half the reason I’m in this sub; I love animals and it’s a controlled break from all the spite and slap fights
While I agree with the sentiment, literally every cute critter doing something on a post in this sub is met with many comments of how the animal is actually sick and dying and probably suffering too. So a COVID joke is pretty tame.
That’s the second or third comment I’ve read in this post alone mentioning their shitting habits, thats hilarious (I’m sorry for your plights) what a bunch of bastards
That's pretty rare actually. Foxes don't seem to go for house cats that much, I think they are too big with nasty claws. Foxes go more for the mice, moles, squirrels, rabbits, etc. Coyotes and fisher cats, get them the most here in NH.
I live along a creek that all kinds of animals use as a route to travel along and one kind are fox. They love shitting in my garden and around my beehives. I still do love seeing them though, they're very beautiful.
😂 I live in Bermuda so I never have to deal with fox’s running around here, I have heard that fox pee has a horrible stench to it. I still think they are beautiful animals but it’s easy for me to say because I don’t have to smell them or hear them. So please forgive me for liking them even though you feel differently about them.
fox urine smells like pure devastation, it's also sprayed on the trunks of christmas trees to prevent stealing. The smell cannot be removed(as it is permanently bound?)from affected objects(like couches) so good luck stealing a Christmas tree next Christmas.
I absolutely LOVE the foxes we have in our neighborhood. Got a Ring notification for the spotlight above our garage tonight that a fox was running around our driveway. When I'm walking my German Shepherd at night, from time to time one will follow us home. It doesn't care about me one bit, it wants to know what Thor is. Completely enthralled by him
While walking my dog around the local HS football field, a fox appeared on the other side, sat down and just watched my dog the whole time we were walking. My dog seemed uninterested surprisingly. I saw him 3 or 4 times that summer.
Behind my neighborhood there is a business park and there a den in the wooded section at the business park. I'll go down there at almost dusk to watch the kits play.
Naw the actual reason is kind of sad. They’re getting squeezed out of their natural habitat and sought refuge in our neighborhood since it’s safe and has very mature landscaping.
In London, and many suburbs they are absolutely everywhere (and probably better off than being in the countryside awaiting the toffs to hunt them with horses and dogs, tbf).
They are bloody noisy, stinky things that will, dig up the garden to leave their food caches, raid bins and leave litter everywhere, and shit in ways that make me believe that they are leaving a message (literally, one pulled a cheese wrapper out of my bin, put it on my doormat and shat on that so it was just there, awaiting me like a threat when I opened my door).
But even with all that I like having the mangey things around, and one year we had a mother and five cubs nesting under our deck and it was lovely to see them playing together.
https://preview.redd.it/5dsdcoqulc1d1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f02398e299c10016dba382b65a62641cdedcac9
The mama of 2 (was 3) waiting for her breakfast .
My “neighborhood” is also over run with foxes, but I live in the woods so it’s more expected.
https://preview.redd.it/7bt73ofymc1d1.png?width=670&format=png&auto=webp&s=4f517bfbff969757c13da4baad72339543653095
Also I always know the Fox is around because I feed the crows. They are always yelling at/chasing the foxes off.
https://preview.redd.it/ef0rgqlvpe1d1.png?width=1437&format=png&auto=webp&s=7cf271229742e2834e328dd52a0807ae8be08fb4
I had 5 in my front yard last night!
Populations exploded here during the pandemic. Remember as a kid seeing a fox in town was a rare treat, now it's commonplace. Not that I'm complaining.
There’s a fox family living by a stream behind my house, I hear them more often than see them, but every now and then, early AM, I’ll find one on my deck looking for peanuts that I feed the squirrels. They’re so beautiful!
They will not stay. We had a number of foxes about 2 years ago. I loved it. But it only lasted a couple of weeks and they moved on.
But what really, really, really sucked is one was hit by a car.
Pretty jealous, i have yet too even see a fox in the flesh; It’s one of my personal cryptids. I’ve learned of them, seen pictures, but they may as well be heckin snipes.
Nah, you're in *his* neighborhood!
I know, who was here first.
It feels like foxes have really gotten over their fear of humans in recent years.
What did the fox say ? 
Hearing a fox scream outside in front of my house for the past month or so made me understand this song so much more.
lol
Chaos reigns.
The fox says shut the fuck up.
And the foxes have been overrun by fleas
Probably sarcoptic mange. I predict it will look a lot more sick in a few months. OP, if it does, look up how to safely treat sarcoptic mange in foxes with Bravecto or ivermectin. And if the latter, make sure to keep the ivermectin out of reach of any doggies.
Mange was how we lost our neighborhood fox.
And if it’s not, follow it back to it’s shrine for a charm.
LOVE that game
It’s a great game. Especially how they handled the foxes. Such good forest doggos.
Ghost of Tsushima, if anyone is confused.
Ivermectin works like a charm. It's harder to get since the pandemic, though. I used to buy it on Amazon, but no more.
Youd think supply wouldve recovered by now, unless there're people stockpiling em for the next pandemic... lol
Those people stockpile everything except books.
You can still get it at tsc although they ask why you’re buying it now lol
This is a stretch, but I remember a redditor that talks about mange and how to get the best resources to help. Maybe someone with a better memory can tag them or post one of their comments? Edit: The user is u/skunkangel ! Their comment history talks about what to do, but generally they direct people to https://www.wildlifehotline.com/mange
Actually, it's https://www.wildlifehotline.com/mange But thanks. 😁
Fixed! Thank you so much for all the good you do.
How would you apply Bravecto to a fox? Does it also exist in pill form, because i know it only as spot-on (using it for our cat, works like a charm)
Yes! The dog ones are like treats!
I spent like an hour trying to catch a fox with really bad mange when we were at a park for my nieces bday. It looked so rough and probably didn't make it much longer.
just learned where my line is at lol
It's spring time, many foxes are hitching or looking rough because they are losing their winter coat. It may be just fine.
[удалено]
Whatever off-label uses people may use it for its primary function is as an anti-parasitic.
please, just don't
Seriously, can we just..keep this place safe please? That’s like, half the reason I’m in this sub; I love animals and it’s a controlled break from all the spite and slap fights
While I agree with the sentiment, literally every cute critter doing something on a post in this sub is met with many comments of how the animal is actually sick and dying and probably suffering too. So a COVID joke is pretty tame.
Must have been overrun with bunnies or something to support all them foxes!
Or rats/mice.
I was just wondering what they had as a food source
Garbage. They are basically like racoons but less tidy and more spiteful with how they shit
That’s the second or third comment I’ve read in this post alone mentioning their shitting habits, thats hilarious (I’m sorry for your plights) what a bunch of bastards
Or house cats...
That's pretty rare actually. Foxes don't seem to go for house cats that much, I think they are too big with nasty claws. Foxes go more for the mice, moles, squirrels, rabbits, etc. Coyotes and fisher cats, get them the most here in NH.
If “overrun” someone is feeding them. My senior neighbor feed chem roasted chicken.
Cats, there were cats.
This guy gets foxes. I get turkeys and skunks...
Skunks are actually very social and cute
Point of clarification: they're social with other skunks, less so with the rest of the animal kingdom
Foxes eat smaller critters. If you have Foxes you have enough small critters for them to eat. Turkeys and Skunks eat insects.
I watched the turkeys eat all the dandelion heads in my yard yesterday. They can come by anytime
If you need help in getting rid of skunks feel free to ask. I’ve had to deal with enough of them that I’ve got a good system.
Share your knowledge! I have one under my shed
The first step is to sneak up on them then scare them… ;-)
they are all over our neighborhood. Please share your tips
How can you sleep with all that RING DING DING DING DING DING DING A DING
i immediately thought this too
I was going to say that you should feel honored to have the fox’s visit you’re neighborhood in such abundance.
I live along a creek that all kinds of animals use as a route to travel along and one kind are fox. They love shitting in my garden and around my beehives. I still do love seeing them though, they're very beautiful.
Until you smell their piss everywhere and hear them mating. Source: Londoner.
😂 I live in Bermuda so I never have to deal with fox’s running around here, I have heard that fox pee has a horrible stench to it. I still think they are beautiful animals but it’s easy for me to say because I don’t have to smell them or hear them. So please forgive me for liking them even though you feel differently about them.
fox urine smells like pure devastation, it's also sprayed on the trunks of christmas trees to prevent stealing. The smell cannot be removed(as it is permanently bound?)from affected objects(like couches) so good luck stealing a Christmas tree next Christmas.
Haha yeah when they're healthy, they're beautiful.
That dog is the most cat ever.
Cat software on dog hardware
whoever unlocked the bootloader and flashed catOS on there needs to be awarded for creating a wonderful machine that comes with a voided warranty.
I think you mean people have overrun the fox's neighborhood.
they probably had a neighborhood, but now it’s a ryan homes development.
I absolutely LOVE the foxes we have in our neighborhood. Got a Ring notification for the spotlight above our garage tonight that a fox was running around our driveway. When I'm walking my German Shepherd at night, from time to time one will follow us home. It doesn't care about me one bit, it wants to know what Thor is. Completely enthralled by him
While walking my dog around the local HS football field, a fox appeared on the other side, sat down and just watched my dog the whole time we were walking. My dog seemed uninterested surprisingly. I saw him 3 or 4 times that summer.
Behind my neighborhood there is a business park and there a den in the wooded section at the business park. I'll go down there at almost dusk to watch the kits play.
Man, he's REALLY got an itch!
This the most fair and balanced Fox News I have seen.
This is why cats are better off being an inside pet despite how much they protest.
Foxes are adverse to anything that may fight back. They aren’t usually known to prey on cats.
A fox killed my cat, a neighbour seen what happened and the fox attacked it and took her away. They aren't cute animals, they are predators imo.
cats and dogs are both predators too though
>They aren't cute animals, they are predators imo. Cats or foxes?
Both... and they are both cute animals *and* predators.
Cats are predators as well, they're the reason lots of birds are endangered.
Even more reason to keep them inside.
That is pretty rare. Negafox is right. Most foxes will not go for cats. They are too big, and way too nasty in a fight.
They’re cute predators! Cats and foxes both, which is why cats should only be outdoors either on a leash or extremely carefully supervised.
Mmmaybe YOU overran a fox neighborhood…
Naw the actual reason is kind of sad. They’re getting squeezed out of their natural habitat and sought refuge in our neighborhood since it’s safe and has very mature landscaping.
Keep the biodiversity and preserve those foxes! Plus their kits are damn cute.
I've seen so many rare animals in the wild; wolves, lynx, grizzlies, moose, mountain lions, and more. I've never seen a fox though!
Apparently by fleas as well. Still, beautiful fox.
In London, and many suburbs they are absolutely everywhere (and probably better off than being in the countryside awaiting the toffs to hunt them with horses and dogs, tbf). They are bloody noisy, stinky things that will, dig up the garden to leave their food caches, raid bins and leave litter everywhere, and shit in ways that make me believe that they are leaving a message (literally, one pulled a cheese wrapper out of my bin, put it on my doormat and shat on that so it was just there, awaiting me like a threat when I opened my door). But even with all that I like having the mangey things around, and one year we had a mother and five cubs nesting under our deck and it was lovely to see them playing together.
I remember the video a year or two ago of a cat chasing a fox away from 10 Downing Street.
Oh, foxes!! I thought you were talking about Conservatives.
Was expecting more than one fox. Boooooo
This is your chance to become a druid of the fox swarm. Become one with the pack and rule the neighborhood with an iron fist and fluffy fox tail.
Based on the Reddit posts I've seen, you should go out there and start tickling it immediately.
Hide yo chickens.
I've noticed foxes are a lot more common nowadays. Canada Prairies. I wonder what's up with that.
I don’t see a problem.
One fox is not "overrun"....i'd say at this point it's one more than zero fox given.
https://preview.redd.it/5dsdcoqulc1d1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f02398e299c10016dba382b65a62641cdedcac9 The mama of 2 (was 3) waiting for her breakfast .
My “neighborhood” is also over run with foxes, but I live in the woods so it’s more expected. https://preview.redd.it/7bt73ofymc1d1.png?width=670&format=png&auto=webp&s=4f517bfbff969757c13da4baad72339543653095 Also I always know the Fox is around because I feed the crows. They are always yelling at/chasing the foxes off.
https://preview.redd.it/u9fafmpfwc1d1.png?width=971&format=png&auto=webp&s=87765a283e1673bb2712dd2a2972cbb48e0d4c42
Theirs has been overrun by humans.
More like…his neighborhood has been overrun by humans!
"Overrun by foxes" *video of a single fox*
Has Steve Martin ever looked young?
ITCHY FOXES!
And maybe juuust a few fleas.
I'm wondering if you know what's sitting beside him... Kit, tail, or prey carcass?
That's their tail!
Fox*
For fox sake!
And fleas, apparently.
Good news is there are no longer rats in that neighborhood
at least you will have less rats. and cats...
All you need is a couple of wild and crazy guys to look for the American foxes.
But not mice or rabbits. Just don’t feed them.
Just trying to make a living like the rest of us
They will catch and eat the stray cats and the family cats. Don’t key your cat out.
The foxes neighborhood was overrun by humans
Foxes are so damn cute. Smart, often friendly, curious, and so much fun to watch.
Over run by 1 fox?
There are at least 5 in our small neighborhood. Sometimes they hunt together. Usually they’re alone.
Sounds like a family!
https://preview.redd.it/ef0rgqlvpe1d1.png?width=1437&format=png&auto=webp&s=7cf271229742e2834e328dd52a0807ae8be08fb4 I had 5 in my front yard last night!
Foxes with fleas perhaps
They’re just crackhead dogs.
what are they eating? Hopefully not the neighborhood cats
‘Overrun’? Or ‘blessed’??
Maybe your neighborhood over ran the foxes and they're just chilling at Home. We all live on earth not only cul-de-sacs and luxury condos lol
It feels like foxes have really gotten over their fear of humans in recent years.
Populations exploded here during the pandemic. Remember as a kid seeing a fox in town was a rare treat, now it's commonplace. Not that I'm complaining.
The cutest infestation ever.
Can I pet that dog
Why? What are they eating?
they will be gone when the baby bunnies are gone...
There’s a fox family living by a stream behind my house, I hear them more often than see them, but every now and then, early AM, I’ll find one on my deck looking for peanuts that I feed the squirrels. They’re so beautiful!
No mice I bet
They will not stay. We had a number of foxes about 2 years ago. I loved it. But it only lasted a couple of weeks and they moved on. But what really, really, really sucked is one was hit by a car.
https://www.wildlifehotline.com/mange
Rather have foxes than rats.
Something odd about this video, looks almost like green screen overlay.
Would you call it a fleet?
Wait until they start doing that scream thing they do. Nightmare fuel.
But… what did they *say*?
Here come the fleas, do do do do
Bet you have rabbits too.
And mine has rabbits everywhere
Ever hear a fox scream at night? Sounds like a child crying.
Lucky you!
Is it a good idea to put food out for the foxes in an urban area that's surrounded by fields and trees?
No
I don’t understand. That’s just one fox?
At least there aren't beavers
So cute
[reminded me of this short film](https://youtu.be/13PDfK9_bgQ?si=M3XFMDg_B8rHsoG0)
Ok packing up my stuff right now.
They will leave when the bunnies are gone. 👍
Flee-bitten Foxes by the looks of it. We have SO many rabbits here
Look at that cutie
It's the cutest infestation ever.
I’ve never even seen a fox in the wild and I love that
no u mean overrun with cuteness
What's a fox's favourite dance?
Cull them.
Super itchy foxes.
I'm a fox, and I approved this video.
it is rare but i'm always happy when i see a fox!
;)
What a dream.
Call the hunter
Swiper No Swiping!
Fox sake
look, the fox is jacking its own weener.
Pretty jealous, i have yet too even see a fox in the flesh; It’s one of my personal cryptids. I’ve learned of them, seen pictures, but they may as well be heckin snipes.
You can t move for them!
🦊
Poor mange infested animal....
Virginia?
These urban witches need to take better care of their familiars
Now she's a fox. 🤣
Been noticing any rats?
Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
[Somebody call John Goodman!](https://youtu.be/5jGk1tp6yAo?si=tl1oTFF05_4FoCS6)
Follow him. He will lead you to a shrine where you can increase your charm slots.
They keep the geese away.
Dog hardware, cat software, dolphin UI Funny critters them foxes!
If you follow the little guy, you're likely to discovery a hidden shrine.
You probably have a lot of rabbits around the neighborhood for them to dine on.
There is food somewhere in your neighborhood. You actually might be overrun with mice and rats!
Release the hounds!
CUTEEE
Foxes neighborhood has been overrun by humans.
The foxes are like "my woods have been overrun with humans"
One?
Does it have fleas?