Jenifer Chatfield, DVM, and Olivia Petritz, DVM, share different perspectives on all things pet fox with Sarah Wooten, DVM. There are different kinds of domesticated foxes that people buy. Chatfield shares, “It’s not our job to judge whether it’s right or not for a client to have a pet fox. It is our job to provide adequate healthcare and education to that client. With the right mindset we can help clients learn to care for and live safely with their chosen creature—even if it’s a fox.”
Source: DVM360, April 5, 2018, Link.
Foxes should be vaccinated with the canine rabies vaccines, and kits should be 16 weeks old before they’re vaccinated for rabies. I recommend keeping them on a one-year rabies vaccine schedule, Chatfield says. Vaccinate against distemper and parvovirus on the same vaccine schedule as puppies and dogs. Consider worming along with heartworm, flea and tick prevention.
INSIGHTS: Dr. Petritz shares information about legality, exotic practitioner support and bite reporting. Whether Fennec, Artic or one of the color phases of Red fox, foxes have not been domesticated for generations as have dogs and cats.