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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita]
#22300632 - 09/27/15 09:23 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Well I hope you're ready for an extremely high level of commitment, or to have a dead baby squirrel on your hands
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Terri shares her personal top 10 reasons not to have a squirrel as a pet, entertaining as they are.
- The squirrel owns you. If you want to go away, you will need to find a house sitter with a lot of patience and a high pain tolerance. Even overnight outings require a house sitter.
- Sharp squirrel nails. Those nails, which are designed to pierce bark and allow them to climb trees, completely rake skin. The boys can merely walk across her and leave wounds. Landings leave sores. Terri has a “squirrel garb suit" she wears when the squirrels are roaming the house.
- Sharp squirrel teeth Part 1. They do not possess the bite inhibition reflex of domestic pets. If the first thing that crosses their brain is to bite, there is no counter message to say that is a bad plan.
- Sharp squirrel teeth Part 2. They also do not possess the chew inhibition reflex of domestic pets. If it looks tasty, it will be tasted. This includes wall paper, dry wall, furniture, and anything else you might have handy. (Dog owners may be used to this, but dogs can’t jump nearly as far as squirrels.)
- Sharp squirrel teeth Part 3. Their teeth continue to grow throughout their lives. If you do not provide adequate chewing material to wear these teeth down, the squirrel is in for a serious illness. It is hard to do this for squirrels in a household setting.
- Squirrel diet. Squirrels require a balanced and natural diet that is time consuming, expensive, and difficult to provide. Hours are spent gathering food from the outdoors, cooking high-calcium diets, purchasing and preparing insects (big yuck factor for some mammal lovers). Much money must be spent on supplements and filling in the gaps.
- Squirrels are junk food addicts. They will beg, borrow, and plead for junk food, or if those plans fail they will just take it. Like children, what they like to eat is not what they need. People shouldn’t let their children eat Twinkies® for dinner, and squirrels are no different.
- Squirrel energy. This is the entertaining part of living with a squirrel, but it is also the frustrating part. They need a lot of space: huge cages, and a lot of outside-the-cage time every day, about 2 to 3 hours per day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It is much like owning five young Labrador retrievers in a one-bedroom apartment.
- Squirrel messes. Squirrels like to keep their living areas clean and throw anything “dirty” onto the floor. This includes partially eaten bits of food, unliked food, wilted fruits and vegetables, nut shells, uneaten or partially eaten insects, and ‒ you guessed it ‒ OTHER wastes. Terri starts cleaning with a shop vac and says there are always insects crawling along the debris. If your inquiring mind wants to know, squirrels will hang on the side of their cages and aim the poop and pee onto the floor. They will poop as they run around the house (duh). They often sit down and eat their own poop. Squirrels only want their own area to be neat and clean. They don’t care about yours.
- The biggest reason not to own a squirrel is that they are wild animals, and if we truly love them, they deserve to be free. Rarely, a medical issue will render a squirrel unreleasable, but healthy squirrels are not meant to be house pets.
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: moonrockmushy]
#22300702 - 09/27/15 09:42 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm not planning to keep it as a pet. I'd rather give it to a wildlife rehab person, but if they are not able to, I'll wean and release it. I'm keeping it warm, and I gave it a bit of water.
It just seems like it wants to sleep as of now. I did a dehydraton test, but it doesn't seem dehydrated at all. It is decently active, and his eyes are open. I think he's right around weaning age.
Also when he was moving around, he was making quiet chattering noises.
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita]
#22300765 - 09/27/15 09:57 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Achillita said: I just started giving it water.
"It" needs a name.
Congrats on your squirrel. Im super jelly.
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: LogicaL Chaos] 1
#22300773 - 09/27/15 10:01 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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keep it
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Cujllickduo]
#22300873 - 09/27/15 10:33 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Do not keep the squirrel or try to domesticate it. Tomorrow morning call a local animal shelter or a wildlife center if there is one locally & give the baby squirrel to them. If you're feeding or giving it some kind of formula/milk do not give it too much or it can develop pneumonia fairly easily. This is a tough situation you're in. I know you're trying to help the squirrel which is very, very nice of you but it is also very easy for you to be counterproductive to it's own well-being. Be careful & don't feed it too much. Good luck & have a wonderful night.
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Bigfeely123] 1
#22300888 - 09/27/15 10:39 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Keep it as a pet. I dont know if its legal or possible, but it would be badass.
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: xbloodwhipx] 2
#22300891 - 09/27/15 10:41 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I don't want to start a debate but please do not keep it as a pet. If you truly care about this squirrel's life bring it to a local animal shelter or wildlife rescue center.
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: xbloodwhipx]
#22300901 - 09/27/15 10:45 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Squirrels are a lot of work, and if I didn't have any pets, I would consider keeping it. But I got too many pets as it is. I left a message for a wildlife rehab and told them to call me back some time after noon tomorrow. So we'll see how that goes.
It's sleeping, but since I had to move it, it woke up for a second and I "chittered" and pet it back to sleep. It's a real cute squirrel.
This is a good experience to have though.
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xbloodwhipx said: Keep it as a pet. I dont know if its legal or possible, but it would be badass.
It would be pretty bomb. Sucks I don't have the room for it though 
I wouldn't take it to a shelter, they will have(if not less) idea to do with it than me. If the rehab center can't take it, I'm going to ask for advice to wean it and release it myself. I'm guessing he's about 6 weeks old.
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: xbloodwhipx]
#22300904 - 09/27/15 10:46 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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The idea of having a squirrel as a pet sound pretty cool, but you've really gotta know what you're doing to keep a wild animal as a pet. The dietary needs alone would probably be difficult enough, I guess some people imagine you can just toss a can of peanuts at them and it'll be fine.. But then you've also got to have the proper living space for it. A cage is not a home to wild animal as it is to some domesticated species. It's akin to you getting thrown into solitary confinement. Not very fun, right? I mean sure they may let you out for an hour a day to exercise or breath air that isn't recycled off your sweaty nuts, but that doesn't make going back to the cage any less bullshit.
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Shroomslip]
#22300921 - 09/27/15 10:51 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Oh definitely, I have plenty of exotic pets. I'd never leave any of them alone in the cage, ever. I'd feed them vegies and fruits and stuff. Nuts on occasion. I've checked out squirrel diets before, it's not too hard. Only hard part would be using formula and feedng through the syringe, as I have very limited experience(I've done it with baby parakeets a couple times)
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita]
#22300937 - 09/27/15 10:57 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Not too hard for someone who has actually read about it, but for the general lay person, they're not likely to even get close to supplying the correct ratios of nutrients. Having exotic pets is also a plus in that regard.
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita]
#22300947 - 09/27/15 11:01 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I had a buddy with a pet squirrel. It was awesome. It could be down the hall and when he called it, it would come sprinting down and jump like 7 feet onto his shoulder perfectly. It left the home after it was a year or two old (I don't remember exactly), but it would always come back to visit on occasion.
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita]
#22301521 - 09/28/15 06:52 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Achillita said: Oh definitely, I have plenty of exotic pets. I'd never leave any of them alone in the cage, ever. I'd feed them vegies and fruits and stuff. Nuts on occasion. I've checked out squirrel diets before, it's not too hard. Only hard part would be using formula and feedng through the syringe, as I have very limited experience(I've done it with baby parakeets a couple times)
I had to feed my baby with a syringe for a few days when he was learning to nurse. It is harder than it sounds. I also had a kitten I had to do this with when I was a kid. I think the kitten was easier than the human baby.
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita]
#22301524 - 09/28/15 06:54 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Talk to Paltal
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Mental Taco] 1
#22301605 - 09/28/15 07:29 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I failed and I was left with 4 dead baby squirrels. Talk to someone else.
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Patlal]
#22301632 - 09/28/15 07:45 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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OP, how is the little guy doing? Did you call a wildlife rescue center yet? If not definitely do so as soon as you can. Do not give it too much fluids or it will develop pneumonia. That can happen fairly easily with baby squirrels. It is very hard to nurture baby squirrels, especially if you really have no clue what you're doing. That is why I recommend you give it to someone who knows what they're doing when it comes to saving wild animals. I know it may seem sort of cool or whatever having a baby squirrel but it is a wild animal. Best of luck to you & the squirrel OP. Take care & have a great day.
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita]
#22301673 - 09/28/15 08:01 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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corn starch, cracker crumbs, Salt, pepper, and a little garlic salt
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: nicechrisman]
#22301689 - 09/28/15 08:06 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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nicechrisman said: corn starch, cracker crumbs, Salt, pepper, and a little garlic salt
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Patlal]
#22302100 - 09/28/15 10:23 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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omg another one found on this forum cool! wish i could find one, oh wait i don't keave the house
i've thought about venturing out to my woods at some point and taking nuts with me to lure some to me to see if i could feed them evetually and get some good shots, i wouldn't activly trap them and take one home as much as i'd like to
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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: chameleon303]
#22302117 - 09/28/15 10:26 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Squirrels on the west coast are carrying bubonic plague. Check that bitch for fleas!
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