Tameing Charlie

[Paid 935]

We will read about that "lion man" of sky one day, being eaten by one of his "tame" big cats.

 

tame is, imo only a tag to be added to domesticated animals.

[carlbell 0]

my dad had a pet fox in the early 70s (or that sort of period) will get him to dig out the pic tomorrow so can put it up. think he had a garden full of hounds on more than 1 occasion.lol

[para1 11]

all animals can be maned to anything as long as they are a pack sort. rats mice cats dog big cats bears the lists goes on if your dog attacks a fox and you cant get that dog to back off then your not the pack leader

And your talking shite mate

[para1 11]

all animals can be maned to anything as long as they are a pack sort. rats mice cats dog big cats bears the lists goes on if your dog attacks a fox and you cant get that dog to back off then your not the pack leader

And your talking shite mate

 

tell me how mr david attinburugh

My name is not David. Look at your above statement.

 

YOUR TALKING SHITE.

[skycat 6,173]

A friend took two cubs after a dig: they were only a couple of days old: his cat that had kittens at the time reared them with her own young. One was always fearful of strangers whilst the other was very tame. In the end the wilder one was released but he kept the tame one, but it wouldn't go near anyone but him: lived in a huge run with branches and things and a kennel.

Another time a vet nurse I knew reared a cub which was eventually allowed to go free, but it always came back and scratched on the kitchen window if it wanted a meal. It was a vixen, and even came back with its first litter of cubs for food: the cubs stayed a field away but she came right up to the window and scratched for attention: she had been free for a year at that time.

 

The tamest one I ever saw was also hand reared after a dig: it would play silly games with its owner and was far too tame to ever be released: in the end he gave it to a wildlife sanctuary as he realised he didn't really have the facilities for it, but it was silly tame with him, though once again, wouldn't allow strangers to handle it.

[Halfinch 51]

A friend took two cubs after a dig: they were only a couple of days old: his cat that had kittens at the time reared them with her own young. One was always fearful of strangers whilst the other was very tame. In the end the wilder one was released but he kept the tame one, but it wouldn't go near anyone but him: lived in a huge run with branches and things and a kennel.

Another time a vet nurse I knew reared a cub which was eventually allowed to go free, but it always came back and scratched on the kitchen window if it wanted a meal. It was a vixen, and even came back with its first litter of cubs for food: the cubs stayed a field away but she came right up to the window and scratched for attention: she had been free for a year at that time.

 

The tamest one I ever saw was also hand reared after a dig: it would play silly games with its owner and was far too tame to ever be released: in the end he gave it to a wildlife sanctuary as he realised he didn't really have the facilities for it, but it was silly tame with him, though once again, wouldn't allow strangers to handle it.

 

I think that the general feeling is, that they can be tamed, all be it to one person, but even then it seems to depend on the individual fox.

Guess the Bro was right then,

 

I'm surprised how many people have actually bought one up, or know of someone that has.

 

Next question: Is it legal to have a fox? does it come under dwa act or is it akin to keeping a rat?

 

 

Also, what do you reacon to a Whippet x Fox?

 

 

 

 

(only kidding on the last question before some of you get serious)

[Guest hornman]

come on for feck sake its not rocket science you can rear any thing up if you get it at a very early age. its that simple

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

Can it be done?

I was chatting to my brother and he asked what happened to fox cubs if they get dug to.

I told him, and he asked couldn't they be tamed?

I said no, because of their inbuilt wild instints, but then it got me thinking, could they? from a young enough age?

Does anyone know of one that is/has been tamed?

 

No comments of "Na i'd just kill em" That's all well and good but it won't answer my question.

When I was 18 years old me and a friend reared two cubs that we aquired when their eyes were still closed. We reared them on lactol, then onto meat.

 

The vixen died, for unknown reasons, but the dog thrived. We wre keen to keep him, but he was very aggresive when food was around. We were working on an estate in Perthshire at the time, and living in a large static caravan, as a lot of young gamekeepers do. The cub would grab his scrap of food, and run underneath the seats, you couldnt go near him when he had food.

 

He would be like this with the dogs aswell, and one day, when he was well grown, he bit me badly on the arm. I then started a job in the highlands, and left my mate with the pet fox.

After a while i got a phone call saying the fox had started wandering off, and for greater lengths of time,only comming back now and then for some food. which was encouraged...he looked to be getting bigger and stronger all the time, so he must have been fairing well in the wild... eventually the fox never returned.

 

I havent got any pics but my friend has afew, il see if i can get some. He was a nice specimen when he was last seen.

 

Wouldnt EVER do it again, they are horrible pets imo, not a patch on even a shit dog!

[Halfinch 51]

come on for feck sake its not rocket science you can rear any thing up if you get it at a very early age. its that simple

 

Well all constructive and educated opinions are welcolme.

 

But so is yours.

 

At what age would you have to get a great white shark, to tame it?

[Halfinch 51]

Can it be done?

I was chatting to my brother and he asked what happened to fox cubs if they get dug to.

I told him, and he asked couldn't they be tamed?

I said no, because of their inbuilt wild instints, but then it got me thinking, could they? from a young enough age?

Does anyone know of one that is/has been tamed?

 

No comments of "Na i'd just kill em" That's all well and good but it won't answer my question.

When I was 18 years old me and a friend reared two cubs that we aquired when their eyes were still closed. We reared them on lactol, then onto meat.

 

The vixen died, for unknown reasons, but the dog thrived. We wre keen to keep him, but he was very aggresive when food was around. We were working on an estate in Perthshire at the time, and living in a large static caravan, as a lot of young gamekeepers do. The cub would grab his scrap of food, and run underneath the seats, you couldnt go near him when he had food.

 

He would be like this with the dogs aswell, and one day, when he was well grown, he bit me badly on the arm. I then started a job in the highlands, and left my mate with the pet fox.

After a while i got a phone call saying the fox had started wandering off, and for greater lengths of time,only comming back now and then for some food. which was encouraged...he looked to be getting bigger and stronger all the time, so he must have been fairing well in the wild... eventually the fox never returned.

 

I havent got any pics but my friend has afew, il see if i can get some. He was a nice specimen when he was last seen.

 

Wouldnt EVER do it again, they are horrible pets imo, not a patch on even a shit dog!

 

Nice to hear from experience , Seems a lot of people have had very varying experiences.

[Guest hornman]

The mrs

Edited January 27, 2009 by hornman

[BWB 3]

Im pretty sure ive seen a picture on here of one being carried round inside somebodys jacket with his head poking out . that one must of been pretty tame

[Hob&Jill 258]

My boss used to have a tame badger that he dug as a cub (this was pre badger act ) that he has told me about a few times. He had it for a couple of years, he said it was tame but you couldnt really trust it. He ended up shooting it as it became to untrustworthy around his elderly parents and visitors.

[amroth29 0]

many years ago i dug a litter of cubs on a lambing call out and a local farmer who also owned a local pub asked if we could get him a fox cub for a lady ( local tart] as a pet , the cub was fed and loved as a pet dog but at about a year old the fox started destroying the house , forgeting it was house trained and just being a pain in the arse, over the next couple of months it started going missing for a day or two then a week , until it only turned up once in a while allowing her to feed it but not coming close enough to be touched, it just reverted back to its wild state.

[undisputed 1,664]

My boss used to have a tame badger that he dug as a cub (this was pre badger act ) that he has told me about a few times. He had it for a couple of years, he said it was tame but you couldnt really trust it. He ended up shooting it as it became to untrustworthy around his elderly parents and visitors.

 

 

:clapper: Priceless!