#marble foxes

[gluevah]

Went out to pick up my meds, and found this marble fox plush from FAO Schwarz's Adopt-A-Pets line! I think this one is the softest I've felt from the line. I added weight for extra floppiness, and thread-sculpted the paws too! Not sure of a name yet. I love the colors! I do wish the tail had some of the grey, maybe I'll dye the tip or something one day.

[squirrelcat254]

A marble fox headshot it was hard to find reference pics without finding that one fox toy.

The proportions are lil off, so sorry for that.

[fox-fact-friday]

Do you have any facts about the canadian marble fox?

I do! They're a subspecies of vulpes vulpes -- the red fox! They're a coloring variant that occurs when a more "standard" red fox and a "silver" (melanistic) red fox have a litter together! They largely/entirely don't exist in the wild, due to the specific breeding circumstances required to make them.

[thelittleredfox]

[dreadbard]

So there's a post going around about the difficulties of Shiba Inus, how aggressive they can get, and how difficult they are to train. Let me just say, as someone who grew up with a mother who is an official cat lady, and has had a multitude of pets throughout her entire life:

All pets need to be researched before owning, and most need training. Yes, even the ones that are good for beginner pet owners.

I want to address this because of the new pet that's becoming a new fad around Tumblr, the Fox, mainly the Canadian Marble Fox. Yes, they are charming and cute, but want to know what else they are? They are difficult to train, they have odors stronger than dogs, they are shy around strangers, they have very special diet and exercise requirements, they are destructive to house hold furniture, and are so intelligent as to be great escapists (fox info here).

And there is a counter to this argument that of course, there are people out there with foxes that have trained them well, but I'm not saying that you shouldn't get a fox, all I'm saying is that, as an experienced care taker for pets, all pets need training and proper care.

So please, please, PLEASE for the love of god, do your pet research, take online quizzes, ask experienced pet owners and people who work at animal adoption facilities about animals, for your your future pet's sakes.