Fox Calls

*PLEASE READ - Q&A in description. In this video, you will learn a few different fox calls and sounds, and what they mean. Foxes can make up to more then 40 calls and sounds; contact calls, and interaction calls. Foxes are normally quiet animals, and their calls are mostly heard durning the mating season when foxes are calling out to each other and fighting over territory. Fox cubs are very quiet, and only make sounds when they are playing, fighting, or nursing. Most of the time, fox calls are mistaken for the call of another animal.

Q&A

Q: Are pets safe from wild foxes?
A: Foxes will stay well away from dogs, even if the dog is smaller then the fox. Foxes don't normally attack cats. In fact, most fox/cat meetings end with the cat chasing the fox away. Foxes don't normally fight unless they have to. As for smaller pets like rabbits that are kept outside, a very hungry fox may look at it as an easy meal, and same goes for chickens. Healthy foxes don't normally pose as a threat to cats or dogs, but a fox carrying rabies is a very deadly animal. And foxes are extreamly protective of their cubs, and will attack anything, even bears, if they feel their cubs are in dager.

Q: Are silver foxes different from red foxes?
A: Silver foxes are red foxes, just with a silver or black coat rather then a red one. Red foxes are named for their red coats, but different colored red foxes have nick-names for a different colored coat. Silver or black colored red foxes are called silver foxes, and red foxes with a dark coat with red, cream, black, and silver with a dark stripe down its back and across its shoulders is called a cross fox. Red foxes can also be white, cream, or marble colored.

Q: Are they good as pets?
A: No wild animal makes a good pet. They will always have wild blood in them and can never be fully tamed. Foxes like to climb and dig. Most places won't let you keep a wild animal as a pet unless you have a license to keep one. You will also need to keep it updated on all it's shots, and most vets will not or can not work on wild animals unless they are licensed. Plus, there'd be big trouble if it ever bit someone.

Q: Can foxes climb over fences?
A: Foxes are really good climbers, they would have no trouble climbing a fence. Red foxes and gray foxes are known to climb trees, and gray foxes are sometimes found sleeping in trees, giving them the nick-name "tree fox".

Q: Are foxes a danger to humans?
A: Healthy foxes normally keep their distance from humans. They fear humans, and for good reason. Urban foxes may have less fear of humans, and may come rather close. However, foxes can carry rabies, which is deadly to humans if not treated right away. Urban foxes may seem friendly, but never try to touch any wild or stray animal.

Q: When are they most active?
A: It depends. Some fox species are active only at night, and if a fox has cubs to feed or if food is hard to find, they may be active though out the whole day. But foxes are mostly active at dawn and dusk. They like nap and play during the day, and do some nighttime hunting.

Q: The alarm bark and vixen's scream almost sound alike, how do you tell the difference?
A: The vixen's scream is mostly only heard during the mating season, which is at a different time for different species of fox and different places around the world, but for red foxes in most places around the world you may hear the mating call between December and April. A nother way is the alarm bark is more of a "raaww" while the vixen's scream is more of a "whaaa"

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[doobiesmoke15]

So what is a cross fox?

[StarFoxFan4641]

@doobiesmoke15 A cross fox is a red fox with a different colored coat. They are called cross foxes because they have a dark stripe down the back and another that goes over the shoulders, forming a cross on the fox's back. Just like a silver fox, it's just a red fox with silver colored fur.

[AidenArrows]

It is however possible to get them as pets though isn't it? I have heard there are breeders that have bred down a more tamed version... am curious, as I would love to have one someday. Exotic animals are a lot more work to raise but I think the hard work is worth it. We are cuuently hand raising a sugar glider joey. We got him 1 day out of the pouch.

[StarFoxFan4641]

@AidenArrows Yeah, you just need to find an exotic animal breeder. Search on google or here on YT for Sibfox or Russian Silver Fox Experiment. They have been breeding, rasing, and selling foxes as pets for many years. Before you get a fox as a pet be sure to check state laws to see if you can own one, and look for a vet that would be able to help care for it and give it yearly shots. Most vets won't or can't work with exotic animals. Pet foxes need to be updated on all their shots.

[sisqsis]

Thank You for posting this. It helped me identify the animal noises that woke me up this morning! My neighbors said was a mountain lion, but what do neighbors know! I knew it wasn't that, but ???. Makes sense since I've seen the fox crossing the road late at night in that general area...DUH. We live in the Pacific Northwest, btw. Do you know anything about the silver fox farms of early this century??

[StarFoxFan4641]

@sisqsis I don't know much about the silver fox farms. I know about 99% of fox farms raise foxes and then kill them to make fur coats. There's one fox farm that raises silver foxes to be tame and to be sold as pets. I don't know much about it though. I've heard the foxes are sent to America where they can be sold, but also heard you can only get them by going to Russia and buy the foxes there.

[StarFoxFan4641]

@BaoNhu200 The nine tailed fox is from Japanese folklore. The nine tailed fox pokemon Ninetales is also from this folklore. It comes from Inari, the God of grain in Japan, thought to be a fox, or having fox helpers. As the fox gets older, it grows more tails, when the fox reaches the age of 1,000 years old, it grows it's 9th tail. Each tail holds a power of magic.

[StarFoxFan4641]

@xWolfHauntx Foxes live all over the world. Red Foxes can live almost any where in almost any kind of enviorment.

[spazdaraz]

That explains the terrifying scream me and my boyfriend heard as we walked alongside some woods! Proper thought a woman was being murdered...we ran away of course :P

[vityazspetsnaz]

Very informative description there, these animals get a bad press in this country and I despise the upper-class people who think its OK to hunt them for 'sport', may the foxes live and prosper!

[twobuyeragents]

Hugh help for me as well. I went to put our cat out yesterday morning around 5:20am and she did not want to go out.  I heard the screams and did not know what it was, it was pretty scarry. I facebooked some friends and neighbors and they thought I heard a screeching owl. It was so loud - like it was at my back door,. Then I look up sounds of foxes, and I think this is what I heard yesterday morning, It was scarry.

[biglipsmumbasah]

scares this shit outa me when im walking home at like 2 am, always sounds like a woman been stabbed constantly

[vak1ng62]

I thought some sort of dying animal was outside my house or something a couple nights ago because i've never heard a fox call. I've only seen foxes. My friend sent this to me after i tweeted about it and coincidentally the first call is exactly it.

[silvercobra281]

That was all pretty neat!! We have foxes and coyotes around, probably because us, as human beings are building over their land. Poor things. :(