Caller Explains What It’s Like to Have Foxes as Pets

CLAY: Evidently, there’s tons of people out there who loved your idea of getting a pet fox. And we have a, what is he, a pet fox breeder? I feel like we’re engaged in illicit activity here even taking this call. Eric in western Ohio has raised foxes. Eric, what have you got for us to know about foxes as pets?

CALLER: Yes, sir, I had several foxes. There’s a fox rescue also. But the foxes that we get, either the mother was killed by a car or killed in the wild and the babies are left to fend for themselves. We will take those babies and bring them in and feed them and raise them. And my German Shepherds actually raised several foxes.

BUCK: Can you send us some photos on our website, Clay and Buck, of the German Shepherd with the baby foxes? This is what we call in the business a “wholesome hit.”

CLAY: This is a wholesome hit, yes.

BUCK: Are the foxes —

CALLER: I have to find them in my archives.

CLAY: We want to see that. That is an amazing story. Are the foxes — I was asking the question, can you put a fox on a leash and walk it around? Are they affectionate? Do they bite? How would you describe foxes as pets?

CALLER: They’re playful. They’re very tame. Very hard to describe. Their teeth are very sharp. They can break skin, if they get a little bit rough. But generally they don’t. If they’re treated well, like any other animal, like a dog, they sleep right under your bed. They’re very affectionate. They get very attached to other animals.

BUCK: I’m sending this segment to Carrie, by the way. This is amazing.

CALLER: I had a red fox and I had a silver fox. And, as I said, they were both awesome, awesome pets.

BUCK: I like to think of myself as a silver fox.

CALLER: I also had raccoons. I had owls. I had a skunk, a pet skunk.

CLAY: You’ve had a lot of animals over the years. Really quickly, would you date a woman with a snake?

CALLER: Not a snake.

CLAY: There we go.