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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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)
dubiedue 8
Foxes are wild animals, not pets! Silly OP
HarroIAmBob 21
a wild fox is a wild animal. but if not they make great pets
dalink 24
Well unless the fox was fantastic... Then he might lose his tail in the getaway.
meherm 11
Maybe you should have done more research and got your house fox proof before bringing it home.
Raesin 21
You totally deserve this OP. If you had done any research at all you would know that foxes dig. You also deserve it for thinking you can keep a wild animal as a pet. Foxes are not pets. The argument that people are using about dogs/cats/rabbits, is moot really. They had been bred to be domesticated through thousands upon thousands of years. The experiment (and that's what it is, an experiment) in Russia has only been around for 54 years. Maybe you should wait another 50 or so years before even considering it. Oh also: ''...most of the project expenses are covered by selling the foxes as pets...'' So no, they're not domesticated, just experiment rejects.
HarroIAmBob 21
do more research. they are great pets, and there are places that are breeding them to be pets.
IsRaeliPrinCess 8
Damn Naruto, probably went to look for Sasuke XD I had to say it.
M3DIC4T3 29
What are you trying to say?
TogeBara 12
The nine tailed fox went on a search mission. Naruto = Kyubi, Kyubi = 9 tailed fox
HarroIAmBob 21
probably the fact that there are foxes you can keep as pets...
Snazzy_Snaz 17
Nostalgiaaaaaaa
buckdharma 38
I dated a fox, but she ran off too, with all my money. I'm still trying to get out of that hole she dug.
laurapiggy 3
Wild animal...DUH!
senkintyhma 3
What on earth made you think you should ever have a wild animal as a pet??! You "researched"? YDI, the fox didn't.
HarroIAmBob 21
there is such thing as domesticated foxes... notice how OP said PET fox, not wild fox