This Fox Was TRAPPED In a Courtyard So We Built Him a RAMP!

Okay all right well we'll try again. So we're heading over to Tooting in London today we've got a bit of an ongoing issue with some dispersing fox cubs trying to find territory. The homeowners have had a problem they come back from holiday and there was two cubs trapped in their garden and I say trapped because these are 10 foot high walls falling down in the sort of two up two down style houses. Anyway these these were rescued and then released but unfortunately one of the cubs have come back since so they've got in contact with wildlife aid to see how we can help today and in a preventative measure for future because we don't want this to be happening again. After a discussion with the homeowners we felt that rather than releasing the fox and potentially having the same issue happen again the best option would be to create an accessible exit for the fox in the event it should fall back into their courtyard. We could do this by creating a temporary ramp leading it back into the safe environment it had come from allowing it to leave of its own accord. So I'm just going to move this table into this corner so basically it'll just provide us with a flat platform. These posts on this side are not long enough for it to reach from here up to there to make the ramp. So we bring the table this way and we can make the ramp from here to there with those posts. This would also mean the fox would not be put through any additional stress caused by entrapment and handling for the rescue and release purposes. I'm thinking should we put something at the bottom of those planks so they don't slip. In addition the homeowners would need to prioritise their courtyard by removing all food water and potential hiding places to discourage the fox from attempting to set up permanent residence. Hello mate are you looking at me? Come on fingers fingers fingers there we go lovely job well done see. Then it was time to test the ramp. We go up we go up we go up that's it off you go you can do it oh okay all right well we try again that would have worked that would have been good a little bit of grip I think maybe that's all you needed all right little one it'll be okay With the ramp being too steep we had to come up with another solution. Sue had the great idea of adding rubber matting and hammering slats onto the ramp to give the fox an extra grip so we collected pieces of wood that we thought would be a good fit and got to that's it that's it. If you like our videos hit the red subscribe button and tap the little bell so you never miss out on our latest content.