Anyone have experience with tame squirrels?
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check out sugar gliders and ferrets Pir, they would be cool domesticated pets. My friend has a ferret and its wicked cool, very tame too.
I don't see anything bad coming about if you feed squirells, it seems to me that most of the negatives others have been associating are cause by PEOPLE, the squirrels aren't doing anything.
Feed them, but don't bring them in the house. (I think this is what you meant, but just wanted to verify)
I don't see anything bad coming about if you feed squirells, it seems to me that most of the negatives others have been associating are cause by PEOPLE, the squirrels aren't doing anything.
Feed them, but don't bring them in the house. (I think this is what you meant, but just wanted to verify)
I've seen a dog that had it's face tore up by a squirrel. I would let them be. They are wild animals and if they feel threatened they can be nasty.
I have a squirrel feeder in my yard so I can enjoy them being around my house.
I have a squirrel feeder in my yard so I can enjoy them being around my house.
I an sure the dog was not trying to feed them! It did not have any food to give the squirrel and if wasn't try to harm the squirrel (which it probably was) the squirrel sure though it was. By the way, I do know someone that had a ferret for years, and if a stranger try to hold it and moved to fast it would bite on more than one occasion. All animals are different, just like people. What about people that do harm to other people? Lets get real people, anything can happen differently at any time. Feed the squirrel if you want, but be smart about it. Don't try and make a pet of it and try and hold it. Enjoy life and nature and don't be scared of everything. Just be SMART!
I never said the dog wasn't trying to hurt the squirrel, all I said is if they feel threated they will act accordingly. Yes be smart with nature but being smart is leaving it alone. Let wild animals be wild and enjoy them from a distance.
Just for the record guys, I don't want to hold the squirrel, maybe not even feed it from my hand. I just want it to feel comfortable enough to come close to me. I understand that they are wild animals, and I do not intend to have it as a legit pet, I just want it to be friendly around me. I do have experience handling rodents (very vicious guinea pigs, hamsters, etc.) and I know how hard they can bite and I can anticipate if they are going to bite.
And UN, I've tried for both of those, parents said no.
And UN, I've tried for both of those, parents said no.
Put some acorns in your mouth, and then lay on your back in the yard. As the squirrels eat from your mouth, it'll be like they're giving you little kisses.
does being bit by one one qualify? or do you need to be bit more than once? Not sure what your vector studies reveal, but just because they aren't the "usual" species doesn't mean there is a small possibility they carry it at all. just means they haven't caught enough to substantiate the level.
You can not anticipate when a wild animal is going to bite and guinea pig and hamster bites are NOTHING compared to squirrel bites. Squirrels de-shell very hard shelled nuts as if it were nothing. Not only do they have strong jaw pressure but their teeth are very sharp. Guinea pigs and hamsters don't have the ability to do this.
I work with squirrels day in and day out. I don't know what point you think you're trying to make but I know for a fact, as do the multiple licensed and educated wildlife rehabiliators that I was trained by (and the official wildlife organizations that trained them), that squirrels very rarely carry rabies and are not the usual rabies vector species.
