fox scat on top of mouse

[bear]

hi all,
A few months ago i came across a fox scat that was perfectly dropped onto a dead mouse(took pics with phone but not techy enuff to post).it was definately fox because i had seen cubs in the area for a few weeks and knew where den was.
what was the purpose of fox doing this to a possible meal?was it a territorial marker?

Another observation months later at home was that some neighbours dogs had gotten into my garden and stolen a bag of dog biscuits i had forgotten outside,dragged them to bottom of garden,chewed the bag a bit and then left a turd on the bag!!!
My own dog was not at all impressed with this when he found it,and did a strange kind of prancing or pronking(as deer do)around the garden huffing and snorting.can anyone shed any light on what behaviour the fox was showing by doing this??

 

[Laughoutlouder]

Territoriality would be my guess.

 

[PaulSanderson]

yeah id go for territorial...dogs will urinate on anything to mark territory, hump another male dog to show dominance, and in the cse of my little bundle of fun, drop a perfectly formed little present onto the mother in laws pillow...almost like a chocolate on your pillow that some hotels leave for you. so definatly territorial...

 

[Bushwhacker]

I've recently seen a home video of a fox peeing on some food left out for badgers.

 

[bisto]

lucky shot?

 

[bear]

Cheers guys,territorial was what i suspected,also it might be an indicator of how plentiful food must be,to sacrafice a meal as a territorial marker,its great to have a forum to discuuss tracking my work colleagues thought i was mad to be so interested in it!but when you analyse it,tells a lot about whats goin on around us if we only open our eyes!

 

[Smith28]

Eh, I poo in peoples gardens all the time. Trick is to do it and not let them catch you at it.