We were a sitting on the porch in our rockers when my wife heard a plop......All of a sudden...a big ol squirrel comes running down the tree and started attacking a critter on the ground. Wife got up and chased that critter away..It was attacking a little 3 inch squirrel. . She pocked it up and stopped the bleeding and wrapped the little critter up in a small blanket and put it in a cat carrier we have. Mixed up some milk and water and used a syringe to feed the little thing...Surprise surprise...yep it lived. It is now living in a large cat cage on our porch...she named him Leon and that darn thing is too cute for words. About 6 or 7 inches now .plus tail. He plays on the porch climbs up and sits on your shoulder...He likes to play fight. Never woulda thunk we'd have a squirrel. One day I'll get that picture thing figured out
My wife's newest Project/Pet?
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A pet tree rat, now thats nice. Years ago knew a couple that had one, they eventually let it go and it lived in their back yard for a few years.
We are going to try to get this one released to the wild if we can. I'm not certain but think this one is either a runt of a litter ot may have had other problems. Not gonna be big so I think a runt. Might have been the mother getting him out of a nest or whatever. One of the preferred foods that sucker loves is some top end special yogurt called OUI. Won't eat the cheap stuff.
Better wild animals than wild neighbours 
My wild neighbors are animals Coyotes wolves, mountain kitties and others like PDs ground squirrels' rattlers hawks and eagles and owls...coons deer and the occasional tree rat...and the not so rare Californian trying to steal the ranch. They turn to mummies back on the dry ground pretty quick
You live in a free state, no worries.
If you lived in one of the Democratic People's Republics Worker's Paradises I would advise you not to post about your new little buddy.
Same planet, different worlds.
If you lived in one of the Democratic People's Republics Worker's Paradises I would advise you not to post about your new little buddy.
Same planet, different worlds.
Including the Californians?
Baltimoreed11754
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Squirrel, squirrel, squirrel!
Don't know how Wyoming looks at (wild) pet squirrels but remember "Peanut" the squirrel was euthanized by the state of New York. It might pay to be cautious about your posts.
Don
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That's the ones...All the rest live out there. They must know how.
As far as the squirrel. we are going to release him soon. If he chooses to leave...we'll still try to keep him fed. We feed him things he will have to eat in the wild...our chicken feed..corn...sunflowers...all the stuff our chickens and other wild .squirrels eat. He goes back in his "den" on his own. We've raised all kinds of wild critters over the years. We raised a wild kestrel(small falcon) doves deer ducks geese...a crippled swan a skunk or two...oh and a flying squirrel too for a while...I drew the line at spiders and snakes
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You gotta watch out for them vicious little critters. Here's me being attacked by one in my kitchen several years ago:
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We have lived in our current house since 1991. There is a large three-trunk oak tree in the back yard which is home to a family of squirrels. I believe it has been the same squirrel family for all that time, but difficult to be sure. They are essentially tame, and I can get within a couple of feet of them before they run off. I have been feeding them corn and peanuts for at least the last 20 years. Have not named them as they all look alike. I don’t know how many are in the family, but I do know I have not seen more than five at one time. Two or three at once is the most common. Never remember seeing any I would call babies.
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Now thats funny a tree rat with high end taste.
I have no pet squirrels, per se, but I do share my homestead with several. We have a couple dozen mature oak, hickory, and walnut trees that support a small group of fox squirrels. They are the largest examples of their species I have ever seen, and they’re very well-behaved; they stay in their trees and don’t even approach my wife’s bird feeders. They do help themselves to the occasional tulip bulb, but I consider that a small price to pay in exchange for the opportunity to watch their antics.
About 10 years ago a few gray squirrels attempted an invasion. They were a rough and rude crew, and they thought the bird feeders were set up just for them.
Knowing gray squirrels can out-reproduce their fox brethren, driving them away, I decided to nip the problem in the bud with a 10/22. I haven’t seen a gray squirrel since.
About 10 years ago a few gray squirrels attempted an invasion. They were a rough and rude crew, and they thought the bird feeders were set up just for them.
Knowing gray squirrels can out-reproduce their fox brethren, driving them away, I decided to nip the problem in the bud with a 10/22. I haven’t seen a gray squirrel since.
When my late mother was in her final months and bedridden from Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS), my dad built a miniature corn crib and placed it on the top rail of the deck in the back yard where my mother could see it out the window from her bed. Pop would put ears of corn in the crib and squirrels would come around to chow down on the corn. The squirrels provided a lot of entertainment for my mother during her last days. So when the squirrels stick their faces in my bird feeder I give them a pass because of what they did for my mother.
