If you can have any animal as a pet, what would it be?

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I’ll start it off with what I’d want. I want a fox. Getting a fox is even a thing you can do as long as you can prove to a fox rescue place that you’d be suitable for taking care of one.

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Definitely would love to have a tiger for a pet.

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Oooh, good one. Big cats are always a nice choice.

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I would take a cheetah. I’ve always loved them.

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Oh, I don’t know, maybe a red panda.

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Red pandas were my favorite animal for the longest time

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Cheetahs were one of my childhood favorites

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I will just stick with the Dog I’ve got ,

Trixie is a Jack Russell Poodle cross and is bonkers

Also thinks she’s bigger than the pint size she is

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Raccoons. So many raccoons ^.^

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I think I would like some fennec foxes as pets (2-4), they’re tiny and super adorable.

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All of em!?

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Yes!!! All of them :slight_smile:

They love grapes, and strawberries, and watermelon, but especially marshmallows ^.^ and they’re so smart :slight_smile:

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Do you live somewhere where raccoon owning is legal? The state I live in allows it

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Funny enough, one can a short drive from me. Washington state just recently made it legal; Idaho is a no-go. I’ll end back up over there eventually, though.

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I hope you can get yourself the raccoon you want :slight_smile:

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Indominus Rex. But I’m not sure if she counts as a pet since she’s already my therapy animal.

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A therapy animal can also be a pet

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Either way, I show up with Indy at Walmart, I doubt anyone will ask for proof.

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I’d go with fox also.

The thing is, like all wild animals, they really don’t make good “pets”. To be sure, some of them can live with people and have very happy fulfilling lives, provided the people have the knowledge, space, and time to dedicate to them. They just don’t become any less wild.

Pets are things that can live alongside people and even in houses. Foxes generally don’t do well in houses because that’s not in their natures. We’ve had thousands of years to go from wolf → dog; we’ve had less than 100 years trying to domesticate red foxes.

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Although they aren’t very domestic, foxes that have grown up in captivity like on a fur farm tend to be rather docile. They can be a bit hard to take care of but you can still to a point consider them as pets.