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Postby ChristianKitsune » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:49 pm

LOL! ok then! ^_^ I won't hold it against you..I mean..Foxes are strong and cunning creatures... so farm animals probably wouldn't stand a chance! (i hope that doesn't sound mean...I only meant that they are domesticated..and Foxes are..wild....so..sorry if that offended anyone..)

but where I live Foxes aren't really as much as a threat as much as coyotes are...

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Postby Sammy Boy » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:40 am

Can you foxes be kept as pets?

Well, not in Australia! (lol)

vermin, evil little things kill native birds and other wildlife - feral beasts of the underworld mwwah hah ha


Hey what about cats then? They kill stuff all the time out here. :)

Well if dingos were brought to America they would be the same! ^_^


But dingoes are human loving carnivores. They are so cute and harmless. ^_^
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Postby Heart of Sword » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:03 am

I don't think foxes are big enough to pose much of a threat to animals other than cats and chickens.

vermin, evil little things kill native birds and other wildlife - feral beasts of the underworld mwwah hah ha

Hey, God made 'em.

Anyway, dogs are more of a threat to livestock in the long run. Foxes will get into chicken coops, but dogs can take calves, young horses, sheep, etc...but most people aren't against keeping dogs.
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Postby ChristianKitsune » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:21 pm

WOOT! GO HOS!! that is what I thought..'

Maybe Austrailians have uber Foxes? by that I mean HUGE Foxes with pecs and sharp teeth and talk like Arnold Schartzenager (SP).... wait..that's a little far isn't it?

But yeah... I am so getting a fox when I get the money!! I WANNA SEE A FOX WAG IT'S FWUFFY TAIL!!!!!!
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Postby Kiba-kun » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:31 pm

Better ask you mom about it CR and do be careful it doesn't go over the fence, remember the hawk?
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:40 pm

[quote="shooraijin"]We will?

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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:41 pm

God also made blood sucking good-for-nothing ticks.

Man, I'd own a fox in two seconds. I want a skunk too. X3
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Postby Icarus » Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:12 pm

ChristianRonin wrote:*sobs* Foxes are too cute to be vermin and too cute to be evil...

Haven't read much Redwall, have you?

Anyway, I'd rather have an ocelot than a fox(I'm a cat person), but I don't think there would be too much of a problem if you had it vaccinated.
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:24 pm

Yes, Heart of Sword, but we also live in a fallen world and animals do like to eat meat.
Foxes are big pests here, not just for chickens or whathaveyou but for all Australian wild-life, even more so than rats (although they don't breed as quickly).
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Postby ChristianKitsune » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:02 pm

Actually, yea I have read some redwall good series!! I love SunMace the Badger!!! and his hawk buddy!!!

but I am talking about tiny foxes...not those big Red ones they have in Europe. OOH A FENNEC FOX WOULD BE AWESOME!! only they live in africa...-.-

I am right about the Uber Fox Aren't I W4J? They are like Arnold Swartzafoxes right?! I saw one once it was Steve Irwin's show. He even ran from it!!!

I kid..I kid.... But wouldn't that be terrifying! Both Cute AND Strong!!

I think it would be awesome!!!
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Postby EireWolf » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:15 pm

According to this site, at least this one breed of fox may not be legal to own, depending on where you live. And it may not be wise to own, regardless.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4075/fox.html
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:16 pm

We do have larger and stronger foxes in Australia than Europe, yes.
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Postby Felix » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:41 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4240000/newsid_4245900/4245983.stm

This link may have been posted already. I wonder if that's fake? I dunno, but I wanna foxxy woxxy!!
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:42 pm

I've always wanted a monkey. *gets shot for being off topic* XD I seriously have, though. :D
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Postby Felix » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:55 pm

I have too! o.o I really really want a monkey! Maybe as much as I want a fox.
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Postby Heart of Sword » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:55 pm

Monkeys are nasty pets............believe me....my grandma had one....she would share her food with it...it had to wear a diaper...and bit everyone and everything
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Postby The Coldwood » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:00 pm

I truly don't see why not.
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Postby Heart of Sword » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:02 pm

God also made blood sucking good-for-nothing ticks.

Man, I'd own a fox in two seconds. I want a skunk too. X3

Yep, He did make them. He also made us...we do worse things than any animal could pull off...

Australian foxes must be different than the ones over here, then. The ones here are little.
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:02 pm

HoS wrote:Monkeys are nasty pets............believe me....my grandma had one....she would share her food with it...it had to wear a diaper...and bit everyone and everything


Feh, no animal is totally clean. Dogs have fleas and puke on your rug (like mine did last night, haha), cats leave smelly places all over your house because they're territorial, gerbils and hamsters smell like crap (as does a dirty dog, hehe), and fish grow algae in their cages. No matter what kind of animal it is, it can always be dirty. But monkeys sure are cute!! XD And they pick fleas off of...things. So uh...I see signs of hygene! :lol:

I'd also like a platypus...That'd totally rock. XD
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Postby Ingemar » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:02 pm

Felix wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4240000/newsid_4245900/4245983.stm

This link may have been posted already. I wonder if that's fake? I dunno, but I wanna foxxy woxxy!!

Yes, the domesticated foxes I read about in Wikipedia came from Siberia.
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Postby Heart of Sword » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:03 pm

I was attacked by a monkey. :sweat: At a fair. Some guy had one that was doing tricks. It tried to snatch money out of my hand and I held onto it and...well...it got pretty ticked off. O__O;;; So now I'm sort of...phobic...of monkeys...yeah. ^^;;;
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Postby The Coldwood » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:04 pm

Yeah and alligators have so many bad habits.
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Postby Nate » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:05 pm

[quote="Heart of Sword"]So now I'm sort of...phobic...of monkeys...yeah. ^^]
I was born in 1980. So I'm a monkey. Does that mean you're scared of me? >8D

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Postby SilverFang » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:06 pm

that evil monkey in family guy is so funny. :lol:
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:07 pm

[quote="HoS"]It tried to snatch money out of my hand and I held onto it and...well...it got pretty ticked off. O__O]

ROFL, Even the animals are not exempt from greed, it would seem...XD That's pretty funny that it wanted the money that badly, though. :lol: !
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Postby Scribs » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:07 pm

Heart of Sword wrote:Monkeys are nasty pets


Darn Right! I met a monkey in Nicaragua... And it bit me. I have pictures to prove it too. Nasty animal. Left a bruise for weeks. Trust no monkeys.
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Postby The Coldwood » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:11 pm

Radical Dreamer wrote:ROFL, Even the animals are not exempt from greed, it would seem...XD That's pretty funny that it wanted the money that badly, though. :lol: !
Yes, but some monkeys are trained to be that way, such as the monkeys belonging to organ grinders.
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Postby Heart of Sword » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:13 am

Yeah it was trained to do that, but I didn't know. o___O;;;
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Shoutin’ in the street gonna take on the world some day
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Tommy used to work on the docks
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However carefully hidden by the kids

Who will love a little Sparrow
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Spare him his life from this monstrosity

I've seen a million faces and I've rocked them all
And if the band youre in starts playing different tunes
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you!

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Postby ChristianKitsune » Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:31 pm

Monkies have deseases taht humans can contract too..so I would never get a monkey..^^;

I asked my mom if I could get a pet fox..but she said no because it would eat my cat..-.-

BUT! When I get older I am so GETTING ONE!!
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Postby K. Ayato » Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:47 pm

ChristianRonin, as far as your story goes, I don't think having a fox as a pet is a bad idea. However, I have to correct you on a minor error. I have no doubt a fox bite can be painful and may carry a lot of germs, but the fox is not poisonous. The only known mammal with a poisonous bite is the shrew.

That last bit sounds funny 'cause I was born in the year of the Rat.
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