Today, after years of researching and saving money, I got a pet fox. I was able to enjoy the majesty of the animal for three hours before it burrowed under the fence and ran away. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, there was an animal rummaging around in my trashcan, so I kicked the trashcan to see what it was. The fox then chased me for three blocks to find out what I was. FML
Today, I looked out the window just in time to see a coyote carrying off my cat that I had just let outside five minutes before. FML
Today, I wandered around my property with my children, trying to find our escaped house cat. While in the more wooded parts, we spotted her on the ground, being picked over by a coyote. FML
Today, I found my cat downstairs with a squirrel dangling from his mouth. When I saw this, I yelled at my cat to put it down. He did. Turns out the squirrel was still alive and run. I had to spend the next three hours chasing it out of my house. FML
Today, I found out my dad ate my pet rabbit two years ago. He said he ran away. FML
Today, my husband was arrested because a fox, fleeing from about a billion dogs and rich twats on horses, jumped through our car window, and cowered between my legs. He got out of the car, waded through the dogs, and pulled one of the twats off his horse into a puddle, ruining his red coat. FML
Today, my 6 ft snake got loose. I found it. It was in my neighbor's backyard, constricting their pet rabbit. FML
Today, my dog ran away. It was dark, so I couldn't see very well, but I ran after him anyway. Thinking I had caught up to him, I grabbed him. It wasn't my dog. It was a skunk. FML
Today, I bought a dog to make me feel less lonely. He ran away. FML
Today, I agreed to catsit for a friend. Her cat rode back to my house sitting on my shoulder in the car. As soon as I opened the door, he jumped out and ran off into the woods. It's been 2 1/2 hours and not even food will entice him back to me. FML
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Top comments
mpj13 8
He probably felt foxed in.
SpamPam 18
Listen Doc, there is such a thing as "domesticated foxes" just like cats and dogs had to be domesticated through breeding, training, and human interaction. If you do your research like OP did you would know that domesticated foxes make better pets than most cats & dogs because they have the best traits of both. If anything I blame OP for not installing a deep rooted fence because foxes at notorious diggers.
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Comments (127)
x24x 10
Foxes aren't supposed to be domesticated.
HarroIAmBob 21
domesticated foxes are...
vladownnz 7
i guess you didn't do your research on how they can burrow under fences!
madmoony 6
Seems like the people commenting here haven't heard that there actually are domesticated foxes now...
Grimnirwher9 21
Years of research, huh? And still you didn't expect it to burrow under a fence?
simoncat 11
Never try to fence in (or fence out) nature.
HarroIAmBob 21
ok, but OP probably bought a domesticated fox
WumbologyMajor 3
I understand how it would be cool and fascinating to have a fox is a pet but really, they're wild animals and not pets. They deserve to be in the wild and do not belong in the household. Many people don't realize that and keep tigers and monkeys in their households then one day it snaps because it does not belong there and seriously hurts someone. Although foxes are not nearly as dangerous as those others they're still wild animals and not pets.
HarroIAmBob 21
unless OP bought a domesticated fox, which is most likely
SoultheWolf 19
There is no such thing as a domesticated fox. Their instincts still keep inside them. Just because someone owns foxes and raises them does not mean they are domesticated.
HarroIAmBob 21
yes, but there are domestic foxes that have been bred multiple times, have no survival instinct, and make great pets
TheyCallMeDamien 18
I'm sorry you got outfoxed.
18Divine 4
I'm on the fence on this one
SoultheWolf 19
You obviously didn't spend enough time researching foxes. They are wild animals, and just because you get one as a pup doesn't mean it wont have it's wild instincts. YDI
HarroIAmBob 21
geez, read the other comments before posting another. there is such thing as domesticated foxes, and thats most likely what OP bought
mollyjynxjax 28
Yeah, they've been being bred for years and have great dispositions. I've dealt with a domesticated fox before an it was very sweet and cuddly.
r0cks0 6
A fox is a wild animal not a pet. I feel sorry for the poor animal. Unless you live in the country it will be dead within the day.
HarroIAmBob 21
OP probably got a domestic fox. only a total idiot would get a fox from the wild