Page 4 | Would you like to see foxes domesticated?

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freedomformeismotherhood · 10/04/2026 23:30

Isittimeformynapyet · 10/04/2026 23:29

You are anthropomorphizing foxes.

Awww look at the poor likkle foxes - they've got no blankie 😩

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😄😄 i suppose I am

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5foot5 · 10/04/2026 23:30

freedomformeismotherhood · 10/04/2026 23:25

I feel like they're larger, outdoor cats?

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But. They're not!
Why would you think it a positive thing to train a wild animal out of its natural ways just to gratify humans' desire to have a novelty pet?

TheAutumnCrow · 10/04/2026 23:30

user2848502016 · 10/04/2026 23:27

I like foxes but they’re wild animals and shouldn’t be in people’s houses, also we have enough dogs and cats in rescue centres needing homes if people want a pet.
Also foxes stink really badly….

And they often have fleas.

DallazMajor · 10/04/2026 23:29

intrepidpanda · 10/04/2026 23:01

Or dogs?

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Crazy talk !!

Isittimeformynapyet · 10/04/2026 23:29

freedomformeismotherhood · 10/04/2026 23:25

To have them have homes instead of roaming the streets of london for scraps of food 🥺

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You are anthropomorphizing foxes.

Awww look at the poor likkle foxes - they've got no blankie 😩

TheAutumnCrow · 10/04/2026 23:29

5foot5 · 10/04/2026 23:24

Because they are wild animals. Leave them in their natural habitat.

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Exactly. Leave them be. They are scavengers who will eat dropped kebabs by city bins and carry off dead rodents and birds that have been squashed in the road. Proper street cleaners.

ScullyD · 10/04/2026 23:28

i love foxes they are the best. I’d like to co-exist respectfully and allow them to live their lives without being hunted or mistreated. They are wild animals so not sure about domesticated.

user2848502016 · 10/04/2026 23:27

I like foxes but they’re wild animals and shouldn’t be in people’s houses, also we have enough dogs and cats in rescue centres needing homes if people want a pet.
Also foxes stink really badly….

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freedomformeismotherhood · 10/04/2026 23:26

ArtichokeAardvark · 10/04/2026 23:11

There's a woman in Florida who runs a wildlife rescue centre who became insta-famous during covid because she has 4 'pet' foxes who live in her house. All are rescues, and the videos and pics she shares of them are heartwarming BUT she is also very clear that they are still wild animals and cannot be completely domesticated. Amongst the cute fluffy photos of foxes curled up in her lap are several ones of turds on her pillows, food buried behind sofa cushions and a lot of very nasty bites that she has had from them. She's trained to look after wild animals so it works for her, but she makes plain that they are not normal pets.

Think she also has a raccoon that lives in the house too...

This is good, I dont suspect most people think of this

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TheAutumnCrow · 10/04/2026 23:26

Neither.

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freedomformeismotherhood · 10/04/2026 23:25

5foot5 · 10/04/2026 23:24

Because they are wild animals. Leave them in their natural habitat.

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I feel like they're larger, outdoor cats?

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freedomformeismotherhood · 10/04/2026 23:25

Isittimeformynapyet · 10/04/2026 23:09

"Yabu - horrified
Yanbu - wouldn't mind it, its a positive move forwards"

Are they the only choices?

I didn't vote because I am not "horrified!!", but I can't see why it would be a positive move forward.

Positive for what @freedomformeismotherhood ?

To have them have homes instead of roaming the streets of london for scraps of food 🥺

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5foot5 · 10/04/2026 23:24

freedomformeismotherhood · 10/04/2026 22:59

Will look, thank you

I am pro domestication, why not.

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Because they are wild animals. Leave them in their natural habitat.

Nitgel · 10/04/2026 23:23

They're hunters and should not be encouraged by human feeding etc.

CinnamonJellyBeans · 10/04/2026 23:21

I am lucky to share territory with foxes and have the opportunity to feed and medicate them and build some kind of relationship, such that they recognise me and know what times the food comes out.

I would not wish to diminish their resourcefulness, robustness and survival skills by reducing them to status of "pet". This desire people have to use animals for their own needs is a poor reflection of the entitlement of the human race and lack of respect for life in all forms.

ArtichokeAardvark · 10/04/2026 23:13

Found her. She's added a skunk and a possum to her household too.
www.juniperwildliferefuge.org/our-animals

ArtichokeAardvark · 10/04/2026 23:11

There's a woman in Florida who runs a wildlife rescue centre who became insta-famous during covid because she has 4 'pet' foxes who live in her house. All are rescues, and the videos and pics she shares of them are heartwarming BUT she is also very clear that they are still wild animals and cannot be completely domesticated. Amongst the cute fluffy photos of foxes curled up in her lap are several ones of turds on her pillows, food buried behind sofa cushions and a lot of very nasty bites that she has had from them. She's trained to look after wild animals so it works for her, but she makes plain that they are not normal pets.

Think she also has a raccoon that lives in the house too...

Heyhelga · 10/04/2026 23:10

I remember seeing a Russian woman on tiktok a few years ago with a pet fox but not seen her on my feed for a long time now. They are beautiful animals and I can see the appeal but it wouldn't be for me. If a neighbour had a pet fox it would be nice to stroke it I suppose.

Isittimeformynapyet · 10/04/2026 23:09

"Yabu - horrified
Yanbu - wouldn't mind it, its a positive move forwards"

Are they the only choices?

I didn't vote because I am not "horrified!!", but I can't see why it would be a positive move forward.

Positive for what @freedomformeismotherhood ?

SinuousTendrils · 10/04/2026 23:06

DallazMajor · 10/04/2026 22:59

Imagine having a fox in your house. No thanks. What next. Badgers?

Badgers are amazing but even i wouldn't fancy one in the house.

LilyCanna · 10/04/2026 23:03

Why would you want to domesticate foxes? I admire them for their resilience and ability to thrive in urban environments, and I like seeing them around precisely because they are wildlife, not pets! Fox sunbathing on a shed roof, great. Inside the house, ew, no.
(Said as someone who has a secret yearning for a pet capybara)

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freedomformeismotherhood · 10/04/2026 23:03

MrsDoylesLastTeabag · 10/04/2026 23:01

As I understand it, but this might be a weird misremembering, they live as domesticated pets in Australia. Can any Aussie Mners confirm? I believe they’re not native to Australia but were imported by some arrogant git and had to become domesticated to survive. I’d bloody love one. I have a neighboring overgrown garden that is full of them (London). Love to watch them sunbathing, playing, and, on one slightly horrific occasion, mating and then being stuck together arse-to-arse for ages and making the worst noises!

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😄 I was awwing through your post and then became horrified by the end 😄

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MrsMitford3 · 10/04/2026 23:02

They are def trying to domesticate themselves!!
Why wouldn't they?

KeeleyJ · 10/04/2026 23:02

I love them but wouldn't want one as a pet, they stink!

JackandVictor · 10/04/2026 23:01

I think foxes are lovely and so should be left alone to do their thing. Breeding animals into domesticity just seems wrong to me.