re: Flying Squirrels in the South

I have a cute story about them.

When I was very young, my dad was coming home from work and saw a large branch that had fallen in the road. He noticed a nose duck back down inside a hole in it. So, he knew what was happening. He plugged the hole up and brought it home. Then he dumped a momma and several tiny babies out of it into an aquarium we had. We set the nest and babies up inside a coffee can.

I thought it was great. I was going to have some pet flying squirrels! The next morning, the momma was gone. She escaped out of whatever jerry-rigged lid we'd put on the aquarium. I don't remember how she got out of the house. Maybe we had windows open or something. Obviously there was no internet back then. I remember my mom trying to give them some kind of milk. And they all DIED within a day or two. The end.

But, I did always want one for a pet.