Nebulous Mooch

I finally got my pet fox. Her name is Penny and she’s taken up residence in our upstairs neighbor’s neglected garden. She likes to sit in the sun on the patio.

I was convinced that Penny was rabid. Foxes are nocturnal and though she was doing a lot of lounging,  she was still active during the day. After doing a lot of worrying about it, I decided to send my husband out to find out. My theory was that if Penny was indeed a normal fox she would run away as he approached the back gate. If she was rabid she would run toward him, knocking him to the ground, and tearing the flesh from his neck. I thought this experiment was best done during the day when the doctor’s office up the street was open.

Penny passed the test. She ran away just like a normal fox should. The only problem is that she hasn’t come back since. Too bad, I was looking forward to having a pet. I’ll just have to make due with the fat willowy legged spider under the bathroom sink. I named her Pumpkin and I’m pretty sure she doesn’t have rabies.

So you’re probably thinking, enough about foxes already, but I have just one more thing to add. I found this video about people keeping a red fox as a pet. I’m not partial to the red fox. There’s something freaky about their eyes. I like the silver fox or even the small fennec fox. I know you were wondering about my fox preferences. Anyway here’s the video.