Friday Chat w/ Vlad
Hey it’s Vlad. As you all know I, along with 8 other foxes, came to the US from the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk Russia. All the members of the Novosibirsk nine, that’s what we call ourselves, were having a talk last night. We were discussing how lucky we were to get picked to be ambassadors for the JABCECC and how much we enjoy living here. I casually mentioned how it seems that Panda gets all the credit for getting us here and how maybe going forward the rescue could be known as Vlad’s Vulpine Venture AKA Panda Pals project. That’s when all hell broke loose. Sergei shouted “get over yourself Vlad” Lena chimed in with “The world doesn’t revolve around you Vlad”. And then I hear Maksa, who wasn’t even part of our conversation, say “you’re too much Vlad”. Those of you who know Maksa are aware her favorite food is sparkling water with blueberries in it..she is a bit bougie. Sometimes I think the blueberries are a bit fermented if you know what I’m saying 😵. The worst comment came from Leika. She actually had the nerve to make fun of my color. I am what’s called a cross fox. It’s a mix between a red colored fox and a silver fox. This can create foxes with both red hairs and black hairs and a dark cross on the shoulders. So Leika says “Cross doesn’t just describe your color but also your attitude”. Can you believe it? When am I ever angry, annoyed, or in a bad mood? If you follow my chats you know I’m just a positive ray of sunshine. Anyway after that things calmed down a bit. We started discussing everyone’s color. There are over 60 different colors that red foxes come in but in the wild you mostly would only find 3. Red like Sergei, silver like Dimitri and Cross like yours truly. The ICG doesn’t have many colors as they breed for tameness and not color. They do have a color called Georgian White (GW) which is only found in Russia. It is caused by a mutation of the silver gene. Panda is an example of this. Crossing a GW and a Red can get you a GW with red. This is like Sasha and Vasily. Then there’s a color called Platinum, also a mutation of the silver gene. Yuri is this color.
~ Vlad out