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)
xgetxbentx 13
You obviously did pretty poor research. I'm from Iowa as well, I volunteered at The Academy of Wildlife Education in Des Moines. We have five foxes and do programs about both species of fox native to Iowa for the public with Red (the female red fox). I knew that in order to have a fox as a pet you needed an enclosure that goes about 6ft underground because the dig and that it needed a top because they can climb (only dog species with that ability!). I learned all that on the Internet with just a single google search. I also happen to know that in order to LEGALLY have a pet fox in Iowa you need a special license, which is rather hard to obtain unless you've worked with exotic animals, which you clearly have not done. I suggest you call either Pella Wildlife Company or Animal Control to let them know that there is a domesticated fox (and what type of fox) running around in your city. Otherwise it will not survive in the wild and will be too people friendly, which could result in someone shooting it because they don't know it's tame.
Ginja_HaZ 15
I didn't even know you could buy a fox. They're beautiful animals though.
ash268 18
Wtf
drayloon 50
Did you forget to research their digging ability?
Ceejay1 13
No need for research ,watch animal planet. A fox is ment to be in the wild.
HarroIAmBob 21
unless they are domesticated
Rianokami 22
Just because you can have an exotic animal doesn't mean you should.
BriMan83 7
Years of research, yet you didn't know that the fox would burrow? Stay away from all children and pets if you really are that dumb and ignorant.
hordriss 14
Foxes are not usually pets for a very good reason. Your research should've told you that if it was as thorough as you say.
HarroIAmBob 21
they are good pets
Likian5 26
Looks like you didn't do enough researching or else you would have known about them burrowing under fences...
loti18 8
well yeah! A fox is a wild animal, not like a dog or cat you can train.
mollyjynxjax 28
Cats and dogs were wild animals once too, dumbass
HarroIAmBob 21
and domesticated foxes are pets that you can train
love_me_electric 20
I'm pretty sure if you leave a cat or dog alone in your yard on the first day you get it, it will run away and not come back. It has nothing to do with the fox being a wild animal, OP is just a dumbass for leaving a new pet unattended.