Gen and her 5-year-old daughter found the fox cub trapped between her and her neighbour’s fence last year during lockdown. The poor thing looked as though it had fallen down between the fence, as it was stuck laying on its back with its limbs in the air.
Gen put some gloves on and carefully freed the cub from the fence, but it was clear he was shocked and injured from the ordeal.
“Once I picked it up, I saw that it was really quite poorly and when I put it down, it couldn’t even move,” said Gen.
She contacted their local wildlife rescue charity, but they said they couldn’t help because the COVID-19 lockdown meant they had reduced staff numbers. Gen decided she wasn’t going to let the cub die and nursed it back to health.
“We just fed him and kept him warm and clean,” explained Gen. “He got stronger really quickly.”
The fox (who they nicknamed Foxee) slowly began to regain his strength and was able to walk, only a few feet at first, Gen explained.
Once Foxee had recovered, Gen said it became clear he was looking for his family, so they started to put him in a box outside in the garden for periods of time with some food and water, in hope his family might come looking for him.
“Foxee’s mum came into the garden and started just going berserk,” explained David, as footage showed a trampoline, toys and other items from their garden chewed up and torn apart.