Do red foxes stay where they live or travel?

Answer 1

Red foxes will stay within an area as long as their habitat and more importantly their burrow stays intact. If there is a drop in their food source they will increase their range but still come back to their borrow. If Grey foxes move into the area, the grey foxes will chase the red foxes out of an area. The two types don't live in the same area. Lastly if there is a large coyote pack in the area for the an extended period of time the red fox population will dwindle or leave.

Foxes flourish in a wide range of habitat. On our farm which is about a third wooded they thrive and in a town of 10000 people they also thrive, as long as there is a food source and a place to burrow, red foxes will make their home. Two years ago 31 red foxes were trapped in town (city of Flemington). Red foxes are carnivores and will eat what is available. They've eaten chickens, mice, rats, cats, deer carcasses. I've seen the same fox take 2 fully grown chickens in one day to feed a liter of pups. A tell tale sign of red foxes in the area is when a fresh deer carcass has the rear hind area by the tail eaten. It's typically very meaty and there is a high return for the work the fox needs to do to get through the hide. This is all information from personal experience in rural central western NJ.

Answer 2

Red foxes do not hibernate, migrate or estivate.

Answer 3

most of the time they like to estivate.