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Do foxes make good pets?

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The straight answer is no. There are ads who claim that they are domesticated and sure, they can be domesticated! But doesn't mean that it will be easy or fun. The only time you'd find them fun and enjoyable is when they are young or kits. However, once they start to grow up, your problems will slowly start. read more

Foxes do not make good pets; they have almost all of the bad traits in our Wheel of Exotic Pets. And in my current state of residence, New York, no species of canidae are permitted short of domestic dogs and fennec foxes. read more

In spite of that research, however, foxes are not good pets (as are few, if any, exotic animals). From personal experience, I can add that you'd need to be nose-dead, too. I work with a rehabber that has a resident fox and the funk is inescapable. It's incredibly pungent. read more

) Again, the answer is no. Foxes are after all, still predators and wild animals so their instincts will tell them to hunt and kill. read more

Foxes do not make good pets, it's only legal to own them in a handful of states, and domesticated ones can only be imported from a facility in Siberia. read more

Foxes have become common urban or suburb animals in many areas, and can dig through garbage, eat pet food, dig in the yard, and potentially live under a house or shed or porch, and spread fleas. It's not unusual for fox to set up a den underneath a porch. read more

Wild foxes don’t do well in personal home captivity and it is a cruel practice to take a young fox from its mother to make a “pet” out of when in fact you just sentenced it to nothing more than captivity. read more

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