[varon]

I had red, silver, and white spotted foxes that I raised on a bottle that were tame enough to play with us in the house, with the dogs :)

Just out of curiosity, do the hand raised ones lose their rather strong smell?

[redinIllinois]

The smell isn’t caused by something they eat, like garlicky milk from cows and goats.

They have scent glands, like a skunk, but don’t spray like a skunk.

It seemed a lot fainter, and the smell didn’t bother me.

There were some people who took them to exotic animal vets to get the glands removed.

DNA research is getting exponentially faster, and lots of other research on chemicals and such.

I wonder if anyone is working on something to feed foxes that could deactivate it, for people bothered by the smell?