When red fox kits are roughly five weeks old, not only do they begin spending time outside of their den, but they also start eating solid food and weaning begins. This mother is still nursing her young, but soon she will start discouraging them by not always giving them access to her milk through tactics such as lying on her stomach when they approach her for a meal. Within three weeks the kits will be completely weaned.
April 19, 2012 | Categories: April, Foxes, Mammals, Red Foxes, Signs of Spring, Young Animals | Tags: mammals, Nursing Mammals, Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes, Weaning, Young Animals | 7 Comments
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