Welcome to your life Shippo !! You will enjoy great food served fresh daily, friends, security and humans who will always protect you and never hurt you. You won the lottery !! Live long and prosper dearest boy . ❤
He is a very lucky fox and eventually he will realize that he is in an amazing place with plenty of food and beautiful scenery and 2 wonderful people to care for him. Its beyond disgusting that this type of treatment goes on in America at these fur farms. 😢
So happy for him but very sad to see his reaction to all the new things he’s now discovering. Soon, he will start to enjoy his new life! Thank you for your compassion in taking care of the foxes.
it is heartbreaking to watch him be afraid to come out of his little box and be able to touch ground for the first time. I think Plato wrote about people in a dark cave being afraid to come out and experience the sun...or something like that. It may take a while, but eventually he will trust. Thank you for saving these beautiful animals. More and more videos show that animals have many similar emotions as humans.
He's such a beautiful boy! It may take a while but the peace and calm of the sanctuary will work its magic on him.💚 Shout out to Bambi for the comic relief in the background🙌🏼😂
Good luck sweet Shippo - so sad you spent three long years in a small cage - so glad you were rescued by these kind people & have a safe 30’ long enclosure to yourself to explore & soon you’ll meet your 3 foxy neighbours and maybe Hazel can come keep you company! ❤❤❤ Supported you by Subscribing! ❤
The fact that fur farms exist is criminal 😢 Such a beautiful creature. I wonder how his vision is with those beautiful blue eyes. He will learn to trust eventually, animals are so smart. He seems more calm than the girls, even though he’s more afraid, something tells me that he will be really friendly once he understands you’re not going to hurt him and you’re there to help him. I truly believe that animals understand this, because I have noticed this with the wild animals I rescue in Australia. Once the fear passes, they kind of get it, and have a light bulb moment. Can’t even imagine the trauma and how his feet must feel, poor baby. Thank you for what you do and thank you to save a fox.
Okay I finally get his name. I speak Japanese. Immediately I recognized Shippō as being very close to 'shippo' 尻尾 the Japanese word for tail. At first I couldn't tell if you'd meant to name him shippo but made a mistake, or if this was from something. Thank you Gabby for saying it's from Inuyasha so I could look it up. The character's name is Shippou - also stylized Shippō - In Japanese 七宝, "The Seven Treasures". So it's clearly meant as a joke/pun, it's supposed to sound like 'tail' but it has its own meaning. I love it.
I love how the girls took a time out from their chaos to focus on their new friend, Shippo. All paws are crossed that he becomes familiar and content so he can prepare for his next adventure: Hazel!
Shippo is gorgeous and lucky to have a forever home with you. Have you or will you do an episode to help people who would like to visit educational places and general tips for places we should stay away from because they don’t treat their animals well or only use them for tourist attractions (like bad conditions and diets)? Not asking you to call out specific places but rather give us tips so we don’t fall for gimmicks and such? Please.. also “wild” tours.. thank you for all you do, I love the baby Emus as well, bigger baby Emu is growing so fast! Wish you all the best, thank you for your dedication and educational information!
First off I LOVE the name! Inuyasha is one of my favorites. Shippo (character and real) are absolutely adorable. It’s so sad to see him so scared but I’m so happy to see him rescued. Can’t wait to see updates as they get more comfortable. ♥️
I adore saveafox; I'm happy you were able to work with them and save these four! Soon as I heard the name Shippo I knew what it was from.. been over a decade since I've seen that show.
Poor Shippo…I’ve seen this with many of our rescued dogs. I am impressed he came out as much as he did. I’ve had dogs who hid under the table or the bed, etc. It takes time, but they do come around. Our current dog came to us with missing teeth from chewing on cage wire. I’ve never cage trained any animal I’ve had. Our cat goes to the vet in a carrier…catching her is quite the trick as she disappears if she sees it, lol.
Yippee. It seems like I've been waiting to see this video where he's released from his cage for a while. I've been checking on both channels and was so excited to see it was posted this afternoon. He's absolutely beautiful. I'm praying that he will soon feel at home, understand what his food dish is all about. With an improved environment and diet, I'm sure that he will feel and act like a new fox before you know it. I wish you guys lots of joy with shippo as part of your fox family.
Bless you for rescuing these poor, lovely creatures. (Also, if you wanted to pronounce Emu as it pronounced by Aussies, we say Eem-You. But hearing you say-Ee-mu is fun, so whatever makes you happy!)
You guys are doing a great job with everything caring for animals running and building this Sanctuary, much respect. Just remember to take care of yourselves and take some time for you. Thank you for all you do!!!
Watching him reminds of the bike farm bear rescues going on in Vietnam. They have been so traumatized and having those first brave steps into a natural environment brings tears to my eyes!
There is so much pain in his eyes that only time and the love and care you both provide that will heal that. This is going to be an exciting journey with the four of these guys ❤
I am thinking you should have one corner that has plastic or wood sides in the lower corner where the kennel is under the board walk to give privacy if he wants to hide up against it and not be seen from the outside of the fenced areas. Just a thought.
Thank you for giving him a good home, just like the other fur farm rescues you took in and all your other critters that aren't foxes! ❤ I already adore him. 😊
Yesterday on Chris' channel I thought he was calling him, 'Chapeau' and thought that was such a cute name, figuring it had to do with his face markings looking like a hat was causing a shadow over his eyes. But today it seems so obvious that y'all would never name one of these foxes after any article of clothing!
I love that you are helping out SAF by taking in some of the foxes.. but idea… keep the dogs away from the enclosure when letting a fox out for the first time. Despite not barking or being able to not hurt them, the fox doesn’t know that. It adds to the stress level. It was clear Shippo was watching them when they ran around the kennel. No criticism, but just an idea if you take in more foxes from the fur farm project. Thanks again, for what you do.
Didn't realize there was even a market for fox fur. Is it for export? I thought USA had a ban on using real animal fur. Shameful practice. Glad the fox fur farm was shut down.
hey guys a question from scotland if shippo was on a fur farm why is he 3 years old surely he would have been used for his fur earlier 3 years is a long time to keep an animal for its fur please enlighten me as to the process and my heart is filled with joy that you have saved these sentient beings from a bleak future love to you all from the north of scotland
Are the girls spayed? If so it won’t matter if they get together. Sorry I’m just being curious. It’s going to take him a while to acclimatise. Bless his furry feet ❤❤
Suppose it a bit like us Aussies not knowing how to say 'coyote'? I've heard it several ways. Although this has several vowels and emu is a short word. Linguistics 😊. PS, thank you for rescuing this fox.
@angelareimann6433 I totally understand the differences in pronunciation. Then, teach me how to pronounce unfamiliar words. I guess I saw it as another opportunity to teach someone the correct way to say it. I'm sure over the years they have been told how to say it. Knowledge is power. Still enjoy their channel, though.
You only get to criticize when you have adopted more foxes than us or have donated $6,000 for another enclosure. Because it’s always the people who are doing way less than us that have most to say. How many foxes have you saved?
Just an idé..in my town we have a cat center that help homless cats for better life. They have a box in the food store where people can donate food if they want to the cat center. Mabe thats an idé for you to😊.
Years ago I remember seeing how many fur farms we have in the United States... It was disgusting. Including all the minks that are no longer in the wild but the fur farms have... Make no mistake that every for a farm is a sick horrifying place for animals and should never ever be allowed especially in a country like ours that is not a third world country.
Thanks for housing and caring for the fox, but please look onto the research on castration and long term an.x1e.ty and consider less invasive methods like vastecomy for sterilization if accessible (many vets aren't trained to provide it, but some are learning due to the issues being found). I doubt it's been studied in foxes, and unlikely to have health studies either. From medical studies in other species, it messes with serotonin. The majority of pet studies on this have major issues, particularly around socieocomic factors as animals in lower income households are much more likely to be intact, which have increased risks to health and behavior (owner home less due to work needs, owner more likely to be stressed or unwell, more rural so further from care/resources/etc, less money for treatment/training). But despite that, there been several studies in dogs finding this /increased long term behavior issues. There's also concerns around health, tho it can reduce some issues -- very species/breed specific. The issues being found in dogs likely caused bt reduced hormones for example iirc: joint/muscle issues (alc tears etc, waiting till adulthood helps), digestive issues (likely cross species, effects microfuana), obesity, blood/bone/prostate cancers, possible increased allergies, possible increased cognitive decline, maybe even seizures (not studied tmk, but a dog was successfully treated with trt, muscle changes from lack of hormones suspected cause). Unfortunately, overpopulation in some species, needs of livestock industry, and socieocomic factors has likely contributed to a situation where the veterinary industry doesn't approach this issie in a unbiased manner, using overly biased research, ignoring and understuding issues (like the lack of studies in d3pre.sss1n despite being seen in medical and human studies). Some vets recommend even for pet rats like the vca (see their website where rhey claim no studies showing issues....), despite how deeply studied it's been in rats due to them being a proxy for human medical studies. It's a bit dystopian that to 'fix' animals, we may be harming them. And really not good for trust in medical care how the veterinary industry is handling this issue. Tho, i think it's mostly due to biases and trauma caused by dealing with overpopulation, and hopefully they're handling other health issues in a more unbiased, well researched manner.
