# RonRon the Fox has passed away **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronron-the-fox-has-passed-away/751669 "2016-04-09T16:31:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronron-the-fox-has-passed-away/751669/1 "2016-04-09T16:31:08Z")
A series of YouTube videos of a pet fox I’ve been following for over a year now. RonRon wasn’t torn to shreds in a Hunt, nor run over by a car, nor died of hunger or disease. He left this world in a place where he was safe, happy,…_and loved._ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5IrjFUzV26E/maxresdefault.jpg "RIP RonRon April 16, 2008 - April 6, 2016") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IrjFUzV26E) ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronron-the-fox-has-passed-away/751669/2 "2016-04-10T01:10:45Z")
Talk about mixed feelings. In addition to the fact that foxes are wild animals and belong … well, in the wild, they generally\* don’t make very good pets and keeping them as such should be discouraged. That said, the video raised the dust and pollen count in the room something fierce. \*I specifically exclude the “foxes” being sold on Russian websites. IMHO, those animals, beautiful as they admittedly are, bear the same resemblance to a real fox as a poodle does to a wolf. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronron-the-fox-has-passed-away/751669/3 "2016-04-10T01:22:16Z")
In tribute recommend the Rosebuds song “[Nice Fox](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljVnlYVz6ac).” ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronron-the-fox-has-passed-away/751669/4 "2016-04-10T03:57:43Z")
that was cute and sad and lovely all at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronron-the-fox-has-passed-away/751669/5 "2016-04-10T04:33:06Z")
Wow, I had no idea that foxes were such short-lived animals; I figured them for living as long as a similar sized dog. They can live 10-12 years in captivity, but only average 3 in the wild. 8 wasn’t a bad run for RonRon. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronron-the-fox-has-passed-away/751669/6 "2016-04-11T18:48:57Z")
Oh, sweet Jesus. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NMj9TqsS3mQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Goodbye silly RonRon sleep tight") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMj9TqsS3mQ) Good St. Francis, you loved all of God’s creatures. To you, they were brothers and sisters. help us follow your example if treating every living thing with kindness. St. Francis, patron saint of animals, watch over my pet and keep my companion safe and healthy. Amen. _Prayer to St. Francis for animals, our pets._ ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronron-the-fox-has-passed-away/751669/7 "2016-05-23T19:03:49Z")
Foxalbiazul, the guardian of the late Ronron, has been gifted a _new_ fox kit. This cutie goes by the name Asriel. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fK5-5Fm-rm8/maxresdefault.jpg "Say Hi to little baby foxie ASRIEL!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK5-5Fm-rm8)