Woman brings home a fox. And discovers he sounds like a fax machine.

[Music] my walks reef is a spoiled little mama's boy my name is Nicole from positive beginnings and this is Reef's story for geobeats [Music] I wanted to be able to help save foxes that for Farmers have deemed undesirable presently we have seven [Music] brief the most well-known box I have here just because of the very big personality he has so dramatic for nothing he is the character of all characters hi girls he was safe from a fur farm at 10 days old and I flew to Minnesota to get him when he was just five weeks old he and I have the most intense spawn out of any of the foxes extremely spoiled and extremely vocal and very demanding what are you doing he will get extremely jealous yes bird oh my gosh what are you doing he is very protective of the relationship that he and I have for sure you look Pretty in Pink [Applause] these foxes are allowed to be exactly who they want to be I don't set expectations on them we have a winter tail and a summer buddy huge enclosure almost a thousand feet of outdoor space [Music] and there's two particular rooms in our home that I have allowed them access to but it's Fox proof [Music] somehow NBC's Dateline is Reef's favorite show he can hear the different hosts and he'll come running from the outside and jump in bed and watch Dateline he likes to get in that drawer so there's nothing in the drawer if one of the foxes thinks something should be theirs regardless of what it is you just basically have to let them have it is all drama if you try to take something away from a boss [Music] they have access to the outside 24 7 but they do spend most of their days in the air conditioning so they can escape the Florida Heat the most important thing that people need to understand is each of these boxes is their own individual they all have their own individual personalities I grew up on a very large horse farm in Western Pennsylvania and our next door neighbor was a wildlife rehabilitator so from a very young age I became keenly aware of the difference between domestic and wild even though these foxes have never been wild they're not domesticated so all of those wild instincts are still there like the digging and foraging and hunting so we'll do enrichment activities [Music] they have the capability of learning pretty much anything that they want but unlike a dog that has been domestically bred to want to please their Master foxes do not care about pleasing anyone but themselves I consider it a privilege to want their personalities shine once they've been in sanctuary for a while our little town here in Key Largo they've all fallen in love with reefs cookie air quote right so weekly article for our local newspaper down here The Reef report so everyone always looks forward to the reef report every week to be a voice for foxes is something I'm very passionate about I'm his person because I feel like it's a box that needs reassurance I just tell them that he will always be the baby he'll always be the best boy he's loud and obnoxious he will always be my number one handsome phone [Music]

Channel: GeoBeats Animals

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Length: 4min 48sec (288 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 12 2022