What are the chances that she will stay with us or return next year?
If she survives another year, very high. We have recently had the joy of seeing foxes in our back garden, but to our horror a few nights ago we had our family tortoise dug up! I wondered if any body else has had similar problems, or if you can offer a solution to our problem as the tortoise hibernates outside in shallow soil, and doesn’t hibernate inside. I can explain as to why they would do this, but to offer an explanation may be more difficult. Foxes when they come across an abundance of food, rather than waste it, will bury it. This is usually called a cache. Opportunistic foxes may spend their nights raiding their families caches. A fox coming across a tortoise underground may see this as a cached supply of food and dig it up.
