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Wild House Animal Encounters Our awesome animals are available to entertain, educate and make any event extra special.

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Sofa Sausage!
03/01/2025

Sofa Sausage!

Lazy Sunday morning with Vince.First task of the day is to find the comfiest place to do nothing!
10/11/2024

Lazy Sunday morning with Vince.
First task of the day is to find the comfiest place to do nothing!

Before the Easter Bunny it was the Easter Fox 🦊
16/03/2024

Before the Easter Bunny it was the Easter Fox 🦊

"Bunnies Don't Even Lay Eggs" - Isla Nelson

With around the corner, I wanted to explain why celebrating with bunnies, chicks, painted eggs and egg hunts this time of year might not be as strange as first appears... and it is all thanks to the fox! 🦊🐰🐣

In Germany until the mid-20th Century, it was the or 'Easter Fox' that dominated Easter tradition and not the Easter bunny that we all know today.

"The children prepared a nest of moss and hay for the fox the day before Easter and made sure that the fox would not be disturbed at night." - Wiki, Osterfuchs

Knowing fox parents have hungry mouths to feed over early spring, it is wise to keep small prey animals such as poultry and rabbits locked up safe around Easter time (where they cannot disturb the fox). It was also recorded in the stories of the time, that the eggs were placed by the Easter fox and not by the Easter bunny.

The ancient tradition of the 'Easter Egg Tree' also existed at the time (symbolising life, spring and rebirth) and foxes love nothing more than a challenge and a good egg. It would make sense that hungry fox parents would steal and cache the painted eggs off these bountiful trees, ready for the children to then find again in the morning, in what may have been the very first 'Easter Egg Hunts'.

Natural cycles have always been woven into our traditions and some of the meaning can be lost over time. Finally knowing about the Easter fox, it seems these odd Easter traditions suddenly make sense, don't you agree?

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Artwork by Black Fox Creative

Double meerkat cuddles with Daddy Dan.😍🐾❤️
24/01/2024

Double meerkat cuddles with Daddy Dan.😍🐾❤️

20/12/2023

Did you know that the silver fox is considered a symbol of status and wealth because of it's rarity and outstanding luxurious beauty?

It is also considered a creator, a guardian of boundaries and even a spirit guide, because of its cunning and wily nature. Traits that have been honoured through the folklore of the Native American Indian tribes that share their home with this species.

www.blackfoxes.co.uk

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A rare moment chilling on the sofa 🦊🐾
20/12/2023

A rare moment chilling on the sofa 🦊🐾

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Vince the silver fox playing in the fresh snow. From foraging for old food to chasing snowballs, foxboy always makes the most of the weather! . . . . . . #silverfox #animals #snow

Old socks make great enrichment for skunks. I got new ones for Christmas anyways. . . . . . . #skunk #socks #animalencounter #animals #animalenrichment

Noodle the ferret! Noodle is one of 5 ferrets that all live together however it's only noodle and his brother Rufus that come out to meet people on encounters. . . . . . . #ferrets #animalencounter #floof #animals #animalsofinstagram

Walkies with Vince and Rachel near dunford bridge. Vince really loves being this far out in the countryside with plenty of new smells and sights. . . . . . . #fox #floof #peakdistrict #animalencounter #walkies

Fox walk near Deepcar, Sheffield. Living in Sheffield you're never more than 15 minutes away from the peak district national park. This is great for walking Vince as there is a lot of ancient woodland and crumbling mills and wiers full of all the sights and smells that a healthy fox needs! The abundance of natural beauty means we often get to walk Vince in solitude which he of course prefers, in fact we only saw one doggo on the whole walk. . . . . . . #animalencounter #silverfox #peakdistrict #walkies #steppingstones #floof #ancientwoodland

Little bit o' leg. . . . . . #silverfox #scratch #leg #animalencounter #vulpusvulpus

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Good morning sassy boy! 🦊🐾

Does a fox walk in the woods? Vince does!! 🦊❤️ A few clips from Vince's walk in Beeley Woods 🌳 . . . . . #animalencounter #meetafox #foxgram #foxesofinstagram #foxesofig

Vince the silver fox wanting breakfast! Whilst he's being quite vocal here, he actually uses a lot of body language to express what he wants. The fact that he's sitting still and comes over for loves on command are 2 behaviours that tell us as owners what he wants. . . . . . . If only humans were that easy to understand. #fox #silverfox #animals #breakfast

Caught red handed! . . . . . . . #skunk #animal #animals #thief #clever

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