An animal rehabilitation organization rescued six baby foxes that were found in a window well at a Cary home after they were apparently abandoned by their mother.
Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation said Wednesday that a homeowner contacted them about found foxes in Cary.
The organization is a licensed non-profit wildlife rehabilitation center based in Barrington that cares for injured and orphaned wildlife.
The six baby foxes, also referred to as kits, were found by Carol, the homeowner, when she went into her basement.
The foxes were stuck in a window well, which had been covered but the animals appeared to have fallen through the cover.
It was 31 degrees and snowing when the three females and three males were rescued.
The foxes were cold, wet and dirty, according to Flint Creek Wildlife.
There were no signs of an adult nearby and no tracks were seen in the snow.
“We think that she [the mother] was very likely denning under the deck originally, but we are concerned because she never would’ve left them long enough for them to become hypothermic,” Flint Creek Wildlife said.
The area will be monitored for any signs of the adult fox in hopes that the kits can be reunited with their mother.
“We will raise them in captivity until release if we are unable to successfully reunite them with their mom,” the organization said.
Flint Creek Wildlife said the mother fox previously denned under the same homeowner’s deck last year where she successfully raised eight kits.