Fox cub who made herself at home on a boy’s bed
WITH her emaciated frame and matted fur, this female fox cub doesn’t look too healthy. Which might explain why she was seeking somewhere comfortable to rest when she happened across a child’s bedroom.
Alexander West, nine, who had left the back door of his house open when he went out to play, found the sorry looking creature curled up on his duvet when he returned.
‘I was absolutely shocked, ‘ said his mother, Dina Luminati-west. ‘But Alexander was quite excited she had chosen his room. I said it was because it was so messy.’
Tracks show where the female cub crept in through the back door then up to the second floor on Monday afternoon – without encountering their cat, Fifi.
It tried the main bedroom before settling on Alexander’s bed for a nap.
Experts say urban foxes will take advantage of any open window or catflap when desperate for food and say householders should take care to secure their homes. A spate of attacks on children has shown how fearless a hungry fox can be.
Mrs Luminati-west, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, called RSPCA staff who took the cub away.
She said she had seen foxes in an alley behind their townhouse home and knew there was a den nearby, but had never heard of them going into houses.
She added: ‘Alexander loves animals, but a bedroom’s not the best place for a fox. We’ll be keeping our door firmly shut from now on.’
Two years ago, nine-month- old twins Lola and Isabella Koupparis were mauled in their cot by a fox in East London, leaving them with horrific injuries.
Shortly after, Jake Jermy, three, was bitten on the arm at a playgroup party.
And last year ambulance worker Tammy Page, 29, had the tip of her finger bitten off by a crazed fox which crept in through the catflap of her Brighton home.