Vaccinating pet foxes

RE: Vaccinating pet foxes

Beats — Tue, 21 May 2019 22:35:28 GMT

only pet fox I have seen was vaccinated to my knowledge with DHP (unsure of brand), apparently to protect against distemper.

I considered that it would be pretty bad luck for the now-domesticated fox to get distemper seeing as I had never seen a case in a domesticated dog in the area, but I obviously kept my thoughts to myself.

Skeptic as I was, I must be fair and say that it was a considerably better mannered, and apparently more adapted to domestication, pet than many dogs I have seen, in spite of doing numerous visits with schoolchildren etc, and at the grand age of 12, it was yet to bite anyone for instance.

I still wouldn't personally ever advocate hand rearing an orphaned fox cub with the intention of keeping it as a pet, however.

RE: Vaccinating pet foxes

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Wed, 15 May 2019 23:56:29 GMT

I had a pet fox. I vaccinated him at 10 and 12 weeks with whatever distemper, hepatitis and leptospirosis vaccine we used then. He got "blue eye" (who remembers that?) and also some fairly severe distemper-like symptoms, from which he recovered.

He remained friendly but the odour was piercing – to everybody but me.

RE: Vaccinating pet foxes

Gillian Mostyn — Wed, 15 May 2019 22:49:44 GMT

Sorry, can't help with the vaccination info.

I assume the new 'owners' are aware of the implications of trying to keep foxes as pets? They generally don't stay friendly .... aside from the fact they are on shaky ground as far as the law is concerned.

Good luck!

RE: Vaccinating pet foxes

Niall Taylor — Wed, 15 May 2019 21:37:04 GMT

?pet foxes? Just wrong.

RE: Vaccinating pet foxes

Lasercat — Wed, 15 May 2019 18:57:09 GMT

Yep definitely will do , just wondered if there were any exotics people lurking

RE: Vaccinating pet foxes

Jill Butterworth — Wed, 15 May 2019 18:54:35 GMT

Phone Virbac?