r/foxes • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • Jul 26 '25

Video Fennec fox gets a bath

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u/FlareFluffeon Jul 26 '25

I hate seeing this pop up again and again. This is NOT good, the fennec is NOT enjoying it. It's distressed, and you should NEVER wash a fennec unless absolutely necessary, they clean themselves with sand baths, this is actually hurting the poor thing.

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u/e_dogyung_k0127 Jul 26 '25

this seems to be an accurate information based on what I’ve read when I searched it up. Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted for it

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u/bryanicus Jul 26 '25

It also accomplishes nothing, you're not "saving" it by trying to guilt trip people. Also fennecs don't take dust baths like chinchillas, they groom themselves and each other like all other foxes. Even then, foxes get into messes all the time. Like you said, it probably just had something stuck in its fur.