Taking a Fox Sailing

[bad.wabbit]

Charlie - that tale made me on my commute home on BART. Looks like a fox to me.

[JPA Cate]

Moreover, it doesn't look like a coyote pup to me, either. Quite the adventure, Charlie.

Good instructions relative to the coolant, as well.

Cheers, mate,

Ann

[Charlie]

@ Gamayun Animal control said they would release him on one of the beaches. @bad wabbit. Machine works. Had to replace the hook. @Ann. Made for a full night. @Hylite interesting changes going on in the area. There are large flocks of turkeys that have cosen the land behind the condos @ RYC as their habitat. With food come prey. I'm pretty sure it was a fox but not an expert. If you look closely at the picture there is a bushy tail.

As for the coolant. I flushed the engine three times with water prior to filling with purple coolant. In thinking about it though I added coolant to the overflow using the same coolant I had used for years.

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[ontherocks83]

hope you washed your bed sheets and underwear before using either again

[chris mac]

I have foxes and coyotes in my yard quite often. That is a Fox.
They are good at hiding so it doesn't surprise me that the wouldn't be seen there often.
I would second the recommendation to thoroughly wash everything in the berth. Foxes carry fleas, ticks, and a lot of disease. A taxidermist friend won't touch them unless they have been frozen solid.

[SDChristian]

Originally Posted by chris mac

I have foxes and coyotes in my yard quite often. That is a Fox.
They are good at hiding so it doesn't surprise me that the wouldn't be seen there often.
I would second the recommendation to thoroughly wash everything in the berth. Foxes carry fleas, ticks, and a lot of disease. A taxidermist friend won't touch them unless they have been frozen solid.Attachment 137691Attachment 137692

I will not ask why you know your taxidermist's views on working "with" them.

[chris mac]

Here's a young one, better resembles the one on your boat

[JPA Cate]

Hang on there, SD Christian, he didn't say "my" taxidermist, he said a taxidermist friend. Can't help what kind of employment or hobby his friend has!

[chris mac]

Thanks for the defense Ann:-)
But he is a friend and also did some work for me. A black bear rug. He does great work actually. I know some people are against hunting and that is fine. I do it for my own reasons, not theirs.
There are people who are against sailing and living on a boat too. I also don't listen to them;-)

[SDChristian]

Originally Posted by chris mac

Thanks for the defense Ann:-)
But he is a friend and also did some work for me. A black bear rug. He does great work actually. I know some people are against hunting and that is fine. I do it for my own reasons, not theirs.
There are people who are against sailing and living on a boat too. I also don't listen to them;-)

I was just kidding.

[chris mac]

Originally Posted by SDChristian

I was just kidding.

That's cool, as I said, I wasn't offended.

[jeepbluetj]

Originally Posted by gamayun

..... That also reminds me of a This America. Life podcast about a rookie cop who tries to remove a squirrel out of someone's house (hilarious true story).....

I laughed when I read this post: the squirrel cop story was truly a great one.

Can be found here:
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/rad.../115/first-day

Act two: Squirrel Cop.

[Dave_S]

Originally Posted by landsend

I would have sent my wife in after it!

Ha, I like that. It's called crisis management.

[Charlie]

Originally Posted by ontherocks83

hope you washed your bed sheets and underwear before using either again

Having had a number of different dogs and my Ex wife letting them on the bed it didn't cross my mind. I slept in the bed one night and then took the sheets home to wash them because it was time not because of the fox. I guess I should do the blankets as well.

[Orion Jim]

Looks like a grey fox to me. I have several which visit all summer. When the vixen has kits she arrives at any time during the day and waits for something to bring home to her family.