I'm not downing you or nothing but aren't foxes carriers?

Also cute little bugger

Carriers of what, exactly?

Rabies, usually.

Rabies. A few animals that carry yet don't suffer from it are opossums, raccoons, rats, mice, bats, and I was thinking foxes too, but I can't remember.....

That's actually entirely inaccurate. There are no mammals who are "Carriers" of rabies that are immune to it. There are mammals who have long incubation periods, but they still contract and eventually die of the disease.

Secondly, the concept of "foxes can catch rabies therefore all foxes have rabies" is pretty stupid. By that logic, nobody should be around any single species of mammal on the planet, ever, as every single species of mammal can catch rabies. Including humans.

Also, rabies is a viral disease. It does not spontaneously generate in foxes, bats, raccoons, or any other species. Gizmo could only catch rabies if he is exposed to a rabid animal. Just like I can only catch rabies if I am exposed to a rabid animal. In fact, I am at a higher risk of infection than Gizmo is, as he has been vaccinated and I have not.

So really, Gizmo has to worry more about me going rabid than I have to worry about him going rabid.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/658...../#cid:47560907

As said here, I made a mistake of wording, I am sorry....

Possibly not all of them... But they are definitely animals with a HUGE requirement list of responsibilities.

I wouldn't want one. I know I won't be able to do everything the critter needs and things will be miserable for everyone.

Oh, I meant potential carries, they don't always carry the disease of course... Except bats... For some reason I just never can trust the cute little flying devils >,_,>, no matter how "clean" their owner says they are....

"Bats are not immune to rabies nor are they predisposed to contract rabies. They are no more likely to contract the disease than any other mammal, but it seems they are much less likely to transmit it. Since they are so small, the disease kills them quickly and they rarely become aggressive. As with any other animal, if you see a bat acting oddly, like being out during the day or walking on the ground, leave it alone."

http://www.habitatforbats.org/?page_id=28

D'aw so cut *puppyface eyes*

aww what a sweet heart
i want to play with him too ^^