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Would you like to see foxes domesticated?

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freedomformeismotherhood · 10/04/2026 22:50

Scrolling on tiktok and seeing them in people's houses having dinner 😄

What would you think if your neighbour took one in?

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

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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!

*Edited for many typos.

intrepidpanda · 10/04/2026 23:01

DallazMajor · 10/04/2026 22:59

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

Or dogs?

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freedomformeismotherhood · 10/04/2026 23:00

user63214 · 10/04/2026 22:59

Wouldn’t mind at all! As long as it leaves my cat alone. I have noticed a trend recently of more and more animals becoming domesticated. Not necessarily like foxes that but animals like chickens becoming very attached going in an out of their owners house. I was watching a video of lizard recently having a cuddle with its owner.

I saw a duck that does the same thing!

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Itsmetheflamingo · 10/04/2026 22:59

Domesticated means they’d be bred into domesticity though. It wouldn’t be the wild fox anymore than your dog is like a wild dog, or your pet rabbit like a wild rabbit

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freedomformeismotherhood · 10/04/2026 22:59

SinuousTendrils · 10/04/2026 22:54

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-daring-russian-geneticist-whose-experiments-on-silver-foxes-explained/

Will look, thank you

I am pro domestication, why not.

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DallazMajor · 10/04/2026 22:59

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

user63214 · 10/04/2026 22:59

Wouldn’t mind at all! As long as it leaves my cat alone. I have noticed a trend recently of more and more animals becoming domesticated. Not necessarily like foxes that but animals like chickens becoming very attached going in an out of their owners house. I was watching a video of lizard recently having a cuddle with its owner.

SinuousTendrils · 10/04/2026 22:59

sesquipedalian · 10/04/2026 22:57

They carry disease and are the antithesis of a domestic pet. There have been cases of foxes killing babies - I really don’t think they are to be encouraged.

Far more cases of dogs/humans killing babies...

sesquipedalian · 10/04/2026 22:57

They carry disease and are the antithesis of a domestic pet. There have been cases of foxes killing babies - I really don’t think they are to be encouraged.

Goldeh · 10/04/2026 22:56

SinuousTendrils · 10/04/2026 22:55

You could toilet train them if domesticated.

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They're next to impossible to toilet train

Itsmetheflamingo · 10/04/2026 22:56

My dog trainer was telling me she studied this as part of her degree and they are, indeed, the next wild animal predicted to be domesticated

SinuousTendrils · 10/04/2026 22:55

ShakyBake · 10/04/2026 22:53

Having stepped in fox shite the other day, no thanks

You could toilet train them if domesticated.

Goldeh · 10/04/2026 22:55

The people feeding them and letting them indoors for social media likes give me the rage. Foxes are lovely to look at but are wild animals and not pets. They have complex care needs, they can be aggressive (and are capable of doing quite a bit of damage), can carry diseases, and they stink.

FluffletheMeow · 10/04/2026 22:54

I like them!

But while they don't seem scared of us, I don't know how easily they'd be domesticated?

ShakyBake · 10/04/2026 22:53

Having stepped in fox shite the other day, no thanks

SinuousTendrils · 10/04/2026 22:52

I love them.
Did you see the documentary about the siberian fox experiment where they were selectively breeding them for their cuddly traits? 😍

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