Inari and Kitsune the Fennec foxes!

[Elina]

I would like to present to you all Inari and Kitsune the Fennec foxes!
We finally got them on Friday after much thought, consideration and waiting. They are settling in really well but I have not let them meet Harry and Elspeth yet, I want to do that when they are more confident.
Inari (the male) is much smaller then Kitsune even though he is meant to be older, he is also much more confident around me.
Last night I gave Inari and Kitsune a bath as they really needed it and it was amazing how easy it was!
Unlike Harry and Elspeth they really did not like having a bath but as they are so small it was fast and easy. I thought I would get it over and done with early in our relationship as firstly as I said above they REALLY needed it and secondly while washing them it gave me a chance to fully check them over.
After we towled them off my partner and I took them into our bedroom with a hot water bottle each and sat with a hot water bottle each on our knees and then a fennec atop of that. They both seemed to really like the heat as it was then 3am and seeing as we live in an old house it was quite cold.
When my partner and I decided to actually go to sleep and we put them in their sleeping crate Inari sorted out the blankets for both of them and then lay down which was cute. I had put a water bottle in with them but they seem to have not noticed it was the water bottle and not me that was warming them up and so totally avoided it.
I must say it is so funny to see them eat. Harry and Elspeth go for meat normally over the veggies unless it is curly kale or basil (herb I know but they eat it like it is going out of fashion). Inari and Kitsune go for the veggies over everything else and wolf it down. Thus far Kitsune though the bigger of the two has always gone to take food second where with Harry and Elspeth it is always Elspeth who goes first.
Here is a photo of Kitsune (Female), you can see that on her nose is a red dot. She is not bleeding nor has she in the time we have had her, it seems to be a scar.

Here is Inari (male):

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Elina

[LyddicleaveBurrow]

Hi Elina,

They are beautiful!! It's great that they are settling well.

Heather.

[Merifield]

Look lovely but they wouldn't live together naturally would they...?
Your Corsac foxes and Fennec foxes are miles apart.
Are you just keeping them in your house and crating them to keep them apart?
Only ask 'cos I thought your Corsac foxes were in your bedroom at night...
From what I know about Fennec foxes the last thing it wants is a bath being a desert species and yes you should be up all night with them!

[Victor Creed]

They are soooo adorable, I want I want I want I want!!! I see they like vegetables as you mentioned, and I'd assume w/ your experience you'd already know the vegetables/fruits that can be fatal to canids: onions, grapes, peppers, olives, celery or at least what I have heard from several Veterinarians....in raw form they are worst. I just wanted to try and help, cuz many people are unaware of this, so if you already knew it, GREAT, if not....well then ...now you do Take care of those magnificent little pups.

[Cillah]

They are so adorable. My dream pet! =)

[Loderuna]

Congrats! Gotta love those ears!! Have you given them livefood yet? I'll bet they will love doing the mealworms in a blanket game!

Best of luck settling them in and I really hope Harry & Elspeth take kindly to their new family members!

[Amalthea]

Totally jealous!! In my top 5 on my NEED list *lol* They are beautiful!!

[Elina]

Originally Posted by Merifield

Look lovely but they wouldn't live together naturally would they...?

Originally Posted by Merifield

Your Corsac foxes and Fennec foxes are miles apart.
Are you just keeping them in your house and crating them to keep them apart?
Only ask 'cos I thought your Corsac foxes were in your bedroom at night...
From what I know about Fennec foxes the last thing it wants is a bath being a desert species and yes you should be up all night with them!

Yes Corsac foxes and Fennecs are not from anywhere near one another but to be fair nor are Papillon dogs from anywhere near where the Corsacs originate but yet Harry and Elspeth treat Sprite (my papillon) as one of their own. Fennecs in the US have also been known in captivity to get along with grey foxes, cats, dogs etc. If Harry and Elspeth do not like them I already have a double bedroom set aside for them which I have fox proofed and they currently play in during the day.

On another note not Harry and Elspeth have their own bedroom now and have done for some time. I loved having them in my bedroom but there are only so many times one can wake up during the night to find that they have lost the duvet to the fox who has been slowly pulling it into his crate all night.

Also yes the Fennec is a desert species but it is perfectly normal to bathe them just not regularly.

I see they like vegetables as you mentioned, and I'd assume w/ your experience you'd already know the vegetables/fruits that can be fatal to canids: onions, grapes, peppers, olives, celery or at least what I have heard from several Veterinarians....in raw form they are worst. I just wanted to try and help, cuz many people are unaware of this, so if you already knew it, GREAT, if not....well then ...now you do Take care of those magnificent little pups.

Yes you are right I do know what they can and cannot have but thank you for letting me know anyway.

Have you given them live food yet? I'll bet they will love doing the mealworms in a blanket game!

No I have not tried them with live food yet, or more I did but apparently the small grass hoppers I get for my APD are just totally uninteresting to them. I am going to get some larger ones tomorrow for them and let them loose in their bedroom with them, I hope it will be fun for them.
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Elina

[Victor Creed]

Originally Posted by Amalthea

Totally jealous!! In my top 5 on my NEED list *lol* They are beautiful!!

^^^^Lady Amalthea!!! How coincidental, I just bought the 25 year anniversary collection of that movie from my neighbor who was going to take it to a Pawn Shop. I got it for $2 still in the plastic. So much nostalgia!!! Do you remember the others like "Flight of Dragons", "Wind in the Willows", "Watership Down" and "Sea Prince and Firechild"???

Last Unicorn = Peter S. Beagle's best work, IMO

[annabel]

They are absolutely stunning. Good luck with them!