And she will just sit and stare at them. In the winter, we love to watch the fox hunt mice and voles. She hears something because after eavesdropping for a few seconds, she will spring several feet in the air, landing a few feet away, her muzzle diving into the snow. And then she triumphantly raises her head to reveal a hapless rodent in her teeth. Somehow I have always known that the fox is my totem.
Foxes are very small, but they look larger because of their thick, plush fur.
Fox people take good care of their hair, and are quite proud of it. But my favorite thing about fox medicine is the belief that the fox can act as a guide to the unseen world that surrounds us.