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Baby Fox
If I got a newborn baby fox and kept it as a pet would it be more...domestic, or tamed?
Also would I need some type of permit?
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I don't know anything about the permit issue.
I also don't dispute the fact that calling a wild
life rescue to take baby foxes is probably a good idea.
However, my grandmother had one as a pet for years.
She didn't get it as a puppy, though she must not have been real old since she lived a very long time.
I was an adult when she died and my grandparents had her as long as I can remember.
She (the fox) had been hit by a car. My granny rescued her and doctored her up as best she could.
She thought it was just a pretty dog by the way, she had no idea it was a fox. She found that out a couple of years later when she took her to the vet for something. By the way, she didn't take her to the vet when she first found her because she couldn't afford to. This was probably 40 or more years ago too.
She had pups and tolerated us grandkids. Like I said that was a long time ago. Now days there are people who at least think they know better. So, you may want to look up wild life rescue for your area and see what they recommend.
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The noted Vale Wildlife Rescue has a fact-sheet on whether you should keep a baby fox, how to approach one and whether or not it's a very bad idea or not.
Here's a quote from that fact-sheet. "Foxes do not make good pets as they will retain some of their wild habits and we are often contacted by people who have reared cubs that they have found only to find that they cannot cope with the adult fox.
"By this time it is too late to be able to rehabilitate this animal for release to the wild as it will not have developed its survival and hunting skills so is destined to a future in captivity at a wildlife rescue centre."
"Foxes who become used to humans do not survive well once released back in to the wild." All sorts of predators as well as its own kind can easily kill it.
I know this from experience. The best thing you can do if you want to help baby foxes is to call a Wildlife Rescue Center and ask if you can volunteer caring for them or baby skunks, porcupines too. They actually allow you to raise them until old enough to hunt on their own but only following STRICT instructions.
Once you touch the animal without gloves you can't put them into the wild. Someone will think it's rabid if it seems tame and interested in humans.
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You might not like to hear this but the truth is the fox belongs in the wild. Check the Internet or phone book for Wildlife Rescue Centers that would allow you to take them home and care for them temporarily with their instructions. That's the best way to have them up close. That's what they do with the orphans.
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I believe it would be tamed. However, Any wild animal you own will need a permit. You will also have to check with the state to see if it is allowed some states do not allow residents to own certain exotic pets not only that the vets, Some vets don't take certain animals. I've looked into get a spider monkey and didn't follow through because the follow up was to hectic.
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