Seriously - why can't I have a pet Fox?

[LynneSin]

[In_The_Wind]

1. Cause

they snack on cats!

[LynneSin]

4. In that case I really want a pet fox

Evita is just so evil!

[In_The_Wind]

8. All you need is $6,000 if they're legal as pets where you live.

http://exoticpets.about.com/od/fennecfoxes/a/The-Pet-Fox-Tame-Siberian-Pet-Fox-Silver-Fox.htm

[MrMickeysMom]

18. Wha???

But…. but…. Aw, shit!!!!!

[In_The_Wind]

20. We lived on the edge of a 100 acre woods where red foxes were in abundance.

I never lost a cat but they always came in for the night around dark.

[Walk away]

2. You can!

Go pick one out at the Pet Fox store and get a receipt just in case.

[Sweet Freedom]

3. I think you can

My daughter wants one, so she's been researching the issue. Apparently, there's a place near us where you can spend a few hours with a fox and make sure it's the right pet for you. I believe she said they can also be litter-box trained.

[Lil Missy]

5. "What Does The Fox Say"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Very cute, and remarkably cat-like.

The one in the second video was sort of meowing.

[TuxedoKat]

7. Here's an interesting article

I read somewhere recently that said that foxes could be domesticated after 3-4 generations but this article says that those are only tamed foxes and that domestication is something that occurs at the genetic level. I agree, a fox would be a cool pet, especially an Arctic Fox.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-10/fyi-domesticated-foxes

[Paladin]

9. There are a couple of grays that I give snacks to in my back yard.

The privilege of seeing them in the (more-or-less) wild is enough for me; as beautiful and cute as they are, I don't imagine them to be house pets.

[Xyzse]

10. I heard about a domesticaed fox place.

Where, as soon as they were domesticated their coats changed color after a few generations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_silver_fox

http://exoticpets.about.com/od/fennecfoxes/a/The-Pet-Fox-Tame-Siberian-Pet-Fox-Silver-Fox.htm

The website where you could get one before was http://www.sibfox.com/ but it doesn't seem to be working.

This is the history on it:
http://alfre.dk/how-to-make-a-pet-fox/

[GoCubsGo]

11. Just get a shiba inu or a Finnish spitz

Close enough, and they don't have those stinky scent glands foxes have. A lot of them eat cats, too.



Finnish Spitz

[LiberalEsto]

12. My younger daughter says her spirit animal is the fox

You want I should pack her up and ship her to you?

[warrprayer]

13. Don't let him

... guard your henhouse!!!

[orleans]

14. this could be you...

[JoeyT]

15. You could get a fennec fox.

Except if you have cats, they're going to get a stern talking to:

They're easy to train too! (Not really)

[joeybee12]

16. I've read they're very easy to domesticate...

It's just that very few people have done it thus far...they are cuties, but I'd worry about them around other pets, such as cats.

[Blue_Tires]

17. why would you even want one

what does a fox provide that one of the hundreds of thousands of domestic dog breeds don't?

unless you're trying to accrue some hipster showoff points...

[LynneSin]

19. I think it's more of the latter and remember at one time I wanted a pet Penguin and a Pet Seal

I'm more talk then actual action.

[Jamaal510]

21. Here you go:

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[KG]

22. that noise brought my doggie running from another room.

[JCMach1]

23. Ummm they are VERY smelly...

[mopinko]

24. i always wanted a skunk.

a kid in my neighborhood had a pet skunk. i always wanted one, but knew that was a big commitment because of my friend.
but there is a long running genetic experiment in russia using fur foxes. they sorted them by temperament, good and nasty, breeding sweet to sweet and bad to bad.
it took 5 generations to get a sweet pet, but the amazing thing was the way that appearance became unhinged at 8 generations only for the sweet. black foxes split into white markings much like border collies.

my dad always wanted to find me a pet squirrel, as he had a pair as a kid. sorta glad he never did. i hate the little bastards, and have had to deal with a few problem dudes.