RSPCA rescue fox who got his head stuck in a hole in the floor
RSPCA officers were called to the University of Hertfordshire recently, after builders discovered a fox which was trapped with just his head poking out of the floor.The hapless fox had somehow managed to get inside the office area, which was being refurbished, and then under the flooring.
Unfortunately, while he was able to get his head up into the hole - which he would have hoped was a way out - he couldn't get back down and was jammed stuck.
RSPCA Animal Welfare Officer Kate Wright said: “When I arrived I was faced with a very odd sight. Here was this fox’s head poking out of a floor and he was so jammed he couldn’t move and I just had these big eyes staring at me.
"I’m not sure if he had got under the flooring through the foundations, but whatever led him there, his plan to get out through the hole clearly hadn’t worked!
“The builders were amazing and when I said the best thing for the rescue was to remove the floor panel he was stuck in – they sorted it out immediately using crowbars. Then it was a case of me crawling on the floor and trying to then squeeze the fox’s head back through the hole.
“He couldn’t move any other part of his body, so he just sat there watching me the whole time. I actually think he had quite an embarrassed expression on his face.
"I had to get to the scruff of his neck while trying to avoid wires and eventually after a lot of pushing, I managed to pop one ear through and then finally the next and he was free.
“Then he went berserk! I managed to keep hold of him and avoid being bitten, before finally getting him in a cage ready to release him at a safe location nearby."
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“The builders were amazing and when I said the best thing for the rescue was to remove the floor panel he was stuck in – they sorted it out immediately using crowbars. Then it was a case of me crawling on the floor and trying to then squeeze the fox’s head back through the hole.
“He couldn’t move any other part of his body, so he just sat there watching me the whole time. I actually think he had quite an embarrassed expression on his face.
"I had to get to the scruff of his neck while trying to avoid wires and eventually after a lot of pushing, I managed to pop one ear through and then finally the next and he was free.
“Then he went berserk! I managed to keep hold of him and avoid being bitten, before finally getting him in a cage ready to release him at a safe location nearby."
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