generally hunt at night by themselves covering as many as five miles in a single outing in search of food. they can often be found on the edge of fields hunting for mice, one of their favorite foods, but they will eat whatever they can find, dead or alive. like a cat, they pounce on their prey. to aid them in their hunting they have a strong sense of hearing and smell. they can hear a mouse squeak up to 150 yards away.
female foxes, or vixen, give birth to a litter of three to eight pups in an underground den. they are born blind and do not open their eyes 