Fox's generally would not be considered dangerous to either adult dogs or adult cats mostly because Illinois foxes are generally not much bigger than an adult cat and so would not consider them prey especially as tackling one of them would most likely result in some injuries and an injured predator is usually a dead predator because their ability to hunt severely limited. The most obvious reason for a fox getting into a fight with an adult cat or an adult dog is that the fox is actually a vixen and she has pups she is trying to protect, in that case she is extremely dangerous as she will be prepared to fight to the death which is unlikely the dog or the cat is if it is a pet because pets don't need to hunt for food.



If your pets are guinea pigs, rats, mice, chickens or ducks and any other kind of fowl than they are definitely Springfield fox food, but the top of the list has to be rabbits, if you keep rabbits then foxes will come from many miles away to have lunch at your place, this is probably because rabbits have been the main prayer foxes for many thousands of years so it is probably inbuilt in their DNA to go after rabbits. As foxes are known carriers of the rabies virus, even though very rare in foxes, if a fox is rabid then it becomes extremely dangerous to humans and to dogs and cats, the easiest way to protect your pets is to have them vaccinated against the virus, also post exposure treatment in humans is 100% effective so if you get bitten and are not sure, get tested and treated if necessary.

If you want to Illinois fox proof your property with fences then it can be done but will be very expensive, you have to dig at least a foot below the surface and bury an L-shaped footer to stop the animals from digging under your fences, this fox preventive measure will also stop other critters that like to dig under fences but it must completely enclose the area you want to protect, if you even leave 1 foot unprotected the animals will find it and exploit it.

It should be said that even though generally dogs and cats are not targets of Springfield foxes, smaller animals under 5 pounds in weight, like pups and kittens especially, can become targets if the fox is experiencing hard times finding food, generally a fox is too cautious to attack a pup or a kitten because it would expect the pup or kittens mother to get really angry fast.

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