Seen and heard them often in London, when they're calling and making their presence known. Sometimes a nuisance, and you wouldn't want to leave any food out for them (unless it was really bitter cold perhaps), as they're brilliant and seriously inventive opportunists! But their yells also 'belonged', it felt like home - just the presence of wildlife in the heart of a capital feels rather special.
@@muniaisworthit First time I heard it I was trying to sleep, thought it was a woman being murdered in the woods right next to my house. Was like 8 years old. Nightmare fuel.
I had a friend who lived on a farm in rural Minnesota. He told me a touching story of how he found a young fox and nursed it back to health in his barn. He said it acted like it was tamed and fully trusted him much like a pet dog. When he was convinced it was fully healed, he open the barn door concerned the fox would hesitate to leave because it would be too attached to him. His exact words were, "...and when I opened the door to let him out he took off like a rocket for the woods and I never saw the ungrateful little bastard again!" 🤣😂🤣😂
Yup foxes live solo lives, they aren't pack animals like wolves and dogs, so they don't make great pets. Even when they are relatively domesticated they are too focused on doing their own thing.
@Leo E stfu dude. They were domesticated like you said for fur and not to be taught and behave like a house pet. Your just making a fool out of yourself
@Leo E it was only recently they were starting domestication compared to any other animal that is domestic. And they only bred in the friendliness towards humans, nothing else except some cosmetic changes due to inbreeding was changed.
@Leo E it took thousands of years to domesticate dogs, i don’t think foxes are on that level yet. sure, they’re friendly towards humans-or rather tamed, but they’re still not on that level of being able to be completely trained like dogs.
I’m happy this is here. People that see other videos of people owning exotic animals get excited And rush to purchase don’t realize the hell they’re about to go through. Very educational. Thank you
There's a reason the term "clever as a fox" exists. My dad knew a lady who had a pet fox that figured out every baby lock she tried to put on her food cabinets
@@salvadortorres8361 Might be even more terrifying considering the existance of cats... For being so small they can rip you apart. Now that as a small bird with longer claws?
I used to live alone in the woods. Heard a woman screaming like a banshee at 3 AM. After fearing for my life while furiously searching Google, I found out it was just a red fox. Good grief.
I live in the city near a river. One night I heard a woman screming for help, but it actually was a woman. She was in the river at like 2am. I took my car down to the river and ran through someones back yard and saw she was on the other side of the river. I called the cops before I went down there and they showed up a little after me. I showed them where she was then I drove to the other side of the river which is in another city and when I got there police were already there and walking down toward the river with flashlights. Then I just went home. I wish I stayed and found out what happened but I never did.
I had a rescue fox as a pet in the '90s and it was a heartbreaking ordeal. Please just get a cat or dog. Unless you have endless resourses and abundant free time it'll be a bad experience for everyone involved. Thank you for creating and posting this!
@@oscardighton8580 this. Can we please stop encouraging people to get them as pets? There are so many "omfg so cute fox" videos out there and it just encourages people to get them. Get a cat or a dog.
I don’t know what’s worse the damage or the music choice. I do hope this is a rehabilitation center or something and they get released back into the wild.
Not a rehab center since they were rescued from fur farms, therefore it's unsafe for them to be released because they trust humans too much. It's a sanctuary.
@@ZimVader-0017 oh my bad, I misunderstood their intent I thought the just wanted them for a pets. So happy they were saved from a horrible selfish fait. Very thankful for the person running it. I apologize for misunderstanding and my comment before knowing better. I still do shudder at the music choice more so the recorders lol
Well, thank you for at least being candid about the difficulties taking care of one. I can appreciate that while still appreciating the animal from a distance as well lol
@@walterdiaz7315 Show me where I said that? I thanked OP for taking the time to be honest about the difficulty that comes with caring for these animals, clearly with the intent of discouraging others from owning them, like responsible caretakers for foxes should do.
for those who are looking for name of music. its name is "somewhere in my memory" and is also used as a soundtrack in Home Alone Movie. Thank me later.
@@someguy2352 the "domesticated" Russian foxes are only tame. They have been born and raised in captivity for about 50 generations, yes, but that's nowhere close enough to full domestication. Tame animals can live among humans. Domesticated animals were made to live with people.
That thing screeches like my female Shiba Inu… She looks kind of like a fox. She’s also still not fully housebroken at nearly 13 (despite all attempts because she’s just stubborn) and gets into nasty fights with the other pets and makes that same exact noise when fighting. Maybe she IS part fox 😂
Can't be much louder than an infant or a yapping little dog. Have experience both and neither were mine. Can say if I'm getting another pet it might just be a rock.
@@jaye4157 oh they are, my childhood home was surrounded by woods so we would regularly hear foxes fighting at night and it sounded like a woman being murdered
I despised being forced to take music class in elementary school. We got to pick Instruments to play. Some kids chose violins, guitars, saxophones, I chose the kazoo. And intentionally played it just like this.
Thank you, people need to make informed decisions, and I'm afraid all they see is "cute! Must have!" And then the animal is usually the one who suffers the most when buyers remorse sets in...
My neighbor used to train hunting dogs, so kept a huge enclosure (6acres) of domestically bred foxes. It was so funny watching those foxes outsmart the hounds. One old fella had me ROFLing. He laid a scent trail & then sat on a stump & watched the dogs run in circles. The foxes had the best vet care, food & loved when us kids would come in & play/pet them. Neighborhood was very noisy with all them critters tho.
Thank you for taking care of them. You are right. I don't want one as a pet. Still, I want them to be safe and taken care of and I appreciate you doing that.
@@Virus_io. yes, but that doesn't mean we should try to domesticate more animals, until now it hasn't done any good to the world. Not to mention that we've been trying to domesticate cats since ancient times and they still have very wild instincts
@@Virus_io. OK now I'll never forget the day a Japanese account called me American liberal... Xd Anyways, think what you want, but for me, it's hateful the idea of people doing all the shit they want with a world they don't own. Sometimes it's necessary for our lives, but having a fox as a pet? That's just an unnecessary frivolity just because they're cute Also, if you say these people are doing nothing wrong, I assume that balanced ecosystems are a trivial matter to you.
Unfortunately people buy normal pets all the time without fully understanding or doing research on them either. It's really really sad. (｡•́︿•̀｡)
@@Ujuani68 yeah, it's a basic need to have an exotic vet for the fox, which is also quite obvious. but some manage to be that oblivious and thoughtless lol
Honestly I know people who go out and get non-exotic pets without fully understanding their needs. You end up with folks with untrained dogs who attack neighbors, cats who are left to wander outside unsupervised, fish in tiny, unfiltered bowls. It's all very sad that folks put the fun of being a petcarer over the needs of the animal they're caring for.
Me too. They seem like ones that aren't meant to be domesticated. The few that have Ben attempted still don't seem like they vibe well compared to other domesticated animals. Its still cool to see the few that are in private domestic care because we get to see what they're like when they're as close to domesticated as they seem to have gotten, at least so for now.. probably going to take a half million years to turn a nocturnal animal into the exact opposite 😂😂 that's so long it's just not worth trying tbh. Would be more of an immense Waste of time to try to mass domesticate something that's so polar opposite of what it would need to be for people to easily want to have them as domesticated animals haha
@@MichelMawon4982 People genetically abused dogs for hundreds of years (dont even tell me that pugs are perfectly healthy animals), I guess some are bored with regular pets and want to move to the next one.
@@mmgs1148No argument from me there, so I guess going to the source is the solution? Foxes, Coyotes, Wolves are dog ancestors, but they are unmistakably wild animals, when I made that comment, I was actually thinking about the potential risk to the humans.
Unfortunately some people see a cute animal and think they can make it their pet despite itself 🥺😤 even worse when it's something like a chimp that can WRECK YOUR SHIT
One thing this video doesn't mention is that a long with not being housebroken, their poop smells worse that cat poop. If you think about what a skunk smells like you will have an idea of what their poop smells like. I adored the fox I had (a Norwegian artic fox that was saved from a fur farm) . He didn't like me to pet him because his instinct is to keep his fur absolutely clean and human hands have skin oil they don't like. I also found out if there is any weak points in their outside cage they WILL find it and get out. That led to my poor fox picking up various parasites that led to his death. It is also in their instincts to not show sickness until they are really far gone. I miss him.
On top of this their urine also smells truly horrendous, and they will deliberately pee on furniture in order to mark it. The scent is so incredibly pungent that it's near impossible to truly get rid of as well.
@@MrSumphora like tomcats spraying marking their territory. That is a pungent nasty odor. I have used a lot of vinegar on stuff that can't be bleached. Vinegar helps in that case. My fox didn't tear up stuff or pee on furniture but that was before he matured. The first night I didn't have a place to corral him and since he was just a kit or pup I put him in the bathtub for the night. Sometime in the middle of the night he tried to climb out but couldn't. But he did manage to turn on the shower. When I woke up in the morning I thought I heard the sound of rain. Then panicked when I reized it was the shower. I ran in there thinking he had drowned. He was ok but since the tub had filled he had had to stand on his hind legs to keep his head above water. He was worn out. Poor thing. His back legs were tired and sore from standing up for hours. All day long he lay on his back sleeping with his legs up in the air. He made friends with my dog Ralph. At first he thought Ralph was mom. He begged Ralph for food by licking at his face, which Ralph though was weird. But soon they were playing chase in the back yard. First Ralph would chase the fox and then the fox would chase Ralph. Then the fox played hopscotch by leaping on Ralph's back and off again. I wish I had a video of that. It was so cute. I wish my cats had played with him but they were very suspicious of that fox. Those cats were suspicious of our squirrel too, but the kittens loved it even when the squirrel rode around on their backs.
as most animals i ve had and seen they kinda like “i dont wanna cause any more trouble so im gonna endure it” and hide may your friend rest well now o7
I'm in a northern Alberta town where they are very used to humans. Follow us outside. Usually because some dodo has fed them. Cute little guys. There's a black one by house I see some early mornings.
I love them, in the wild…where they belong. I wouldn’t want to keep one, unless it was to rehab it, and release it once it’s healed. Then again, I need that animal sanctuary!!!! I’ve been rehabbing animals since I was 6! Everything from birds, to snakes. I’ve always had that place in my heart, dedicated to the animals!!!
There is this channel called saveAfox has dumb.videos with foxes.being cute and kept as pets when they should be out in the wild. Started petition have channel taken down. Only cats should be pets. People are so dumb
@@JustaKarenDiscoveredTheIntrnet you get what comes. Cats, dogs, foxes and mice. Coyotes. Lead people to Understand rather than shut out someone who donates to a specific animal. Check your emotions For the animals
❤️❤️❤️🥰👍💯🦊🐺 The foxes may be wild, but many display beautiful and majestic sounds and have gorgeous fur. I wouldn't mind having a piece of land and keeping a few to care. No different than keeping dogs. They are in the same gene family.
The two foxes screaming at each other is the funniest thing. I want to pet a fox one day, but I don’t ever want one as a pet. I like my furniture thank you very much.
To the irresponsible people in the comments: DO NOT BUY A FOX! while you "think" you can handle all these things, try to think deeper in them. A large enclosure is extremely expensive (2000+ dollars) And raw diets require months of learning to get the correct amount of nutrients that fox requires, one last thing I'd like to mention is that if that you don't have an exotic pet vet in your area that treats foxes, your pet fox could potentially die a painful death due to your irresponsibility.
