Feneco (Fennec fox) or desert fox is a beautiful, clean, adorable and loving animal that can be easily domesticated, however, it is not great to pretend to adopt this beautiful creature, the fundamental reason is that the animal will die quickly in its new habitat in our home.
If you survive, chances are you have a miserable life, even with all the care and care the person is trying to provide. In addition, possession of phenecin is illegal in many countries. The main reason is that feneco is an animal from the Sahara deserts and the Arabian Peninsula.
- Read this Animal Expert article to learn more about Feneco as a pet and why you shouldn’t have it under any circumstances.
Habitat is essential to chart the evolutionary patterns of flora and fauna species that adapt to the environment in which we live. The particular particularity of the desert climate is precisely the main factor configured as an ideal physical structure that can define desert customs.Fox.
Do you have an emperor penguin as a pet in your house?Do you have a huge fridge at -40 degrees C, full of snow all the time?We don’t think it’s possible. Even in a zoo, it is not possible to recreate this habitat in perfect condition.
Similarly, we cannot recreate the desert in our homes, Feneco can be an excellent pet in a village near an oasis, located in or near the desert, because its whole body is adapted to survive better in this environment.
The feneco is the smallest of the canids, being smaller than a chihuahua dog, the baby feneco weighs up to 1 kg, in adulthood, its weight varies between 1 and 1.5 kg, and does not measure more than 21 cm, an adult feneco does not exceed 41 cm and its tail measures between 20 and 30 cm.It has hairy pads to prevent burns on the burning sands of its habitat, however, the physical characteristic that most distinguishes it from other foxes is its pair of ears with spectacular development.Some features, the first is to aerating the heat accumulated in your body; the second, they are used to capture the smallest sound your prey can make.Grey color, less dense than on the back.
Feneco has night habits. Its food consists of rodents, reptiles, insects, eggs, birds and also fruits such as dates, blackberries and berries.Feneco has considerable jumping ability that helps him in his fighters and escapes when attacked by his predators.
The caracal (desert lynx) and the African owl are their main opponents. The desert fox lives in underground burrows (up to 10 meters deep), where the temperature is lower than outside. In the wild it lives between 10 and 12 years.
In case someone commits irresponsibility and the big mistake of adopting a desert fox, just because they saw a photo and finds it very cute, it’s important to know that Feneco is strictly nocturnal, if he’s locked in a cage at night, he can die!
Leaving the phenocon loose, it may not fit your life: it will probably drill cushions to hide food, or make a hole to turn the sofa or an uninhabited mattress into its lair and try to keep you warm in the ice that will be your home.
Feneco has the ability to drill up to 6 meters of terrain per day.Keeping the desert fox in a garden, the more likely it is to escape and a dog to finish it off.Keeping Feneco in an apartment will be much worse. The Feneco has a great jumping capacity and can climb to any table or shelf, crushing everything where it goes.
According to IBAMA Ordinance No.93/1998 of 7 July 1998, Brazilian law has restricted authorizations for the creation of wild animals in residence, as it is necessary to reduce illegal hunting of these animals for profit.With ConAMA Resolution No.394 / 2007, in Article 2(I) there, wild animals may only be legally domesticated if they have already been born in captivity.
The Environmental Crimes Law or the Life Law No. 9605 of February 12, 1998, defines the crime and can lead to arrest: killing, hunting, hunting, capture, use of wildlife, native or on a migratory route, without the corresponding authorization or license. or authorization from the competent authority, or in disagreement with that obtained?
If you want Feneco to be a part of your life, do some research on it.Read, enjoy documentaries and collect photos of this beautiful animal so small and at the same time surviving in places where many animals, including humans, would die quickly..
Dream of the day when you can travel in the desert and under a sky full of stars, where you can hear and see desert foxes in their natural habitat.
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