"Oh, we don't do diapers," she says. "He's all trained. He has a sort of bark he does when he has to go, and we just run him to the nearest facilities--but he's pretty independent sometimes, likes doing things for himself, so if nobody's holding him and he's just hanging out in our apartment or somewhere like that he really knows well, he likes to go take care of his business by himself. And it's easier for him to do that as a fox."

He's still pretty young. Foxes don't have clothes to fumble with, and moving around is easier on four legs.

"His mother's not here, I know that much. And he wasn't her husband's kid, so who knows? His adopted grandparents are here though."