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Strange (but cute) squirrel situation

Posted on 12/2/18 at 5:33 pm
Posted by TigerBabeNtheWoods
In a hole.
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 12/2/18 at 5:33 pm
Neighbor calls, there’s a baby squirrel following her. Hubs gets out there and the little squirrel walks right up to him. Theres a second young squirrel that climbs down the tree to him. They are currently in a box; one eating pecans and the other sleeping.
They are young, but old enough to climb up and down trees. I’ve dealt with babies before, but never seen a young squirrel walk up and WANT to be caputured. They both are super content in the box and don’t seem to want to go back up the tree. Any advice?
Posted by Jester
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 12/2/18 at 5:37 pm to
First, you make a roux.
Posted by DownSouthJukin
Coaching Changes Board
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 12/2/18 at 5:37 pm to
Make a roux.
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45805 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 5:40 pm to
Someone was raising them and decided to stop raiseing them, so the released them
Posted by TigerBabeNtheWoods
In a hole.
Member since Sep 2003
9440 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 5:41 pm to
I’m not making a roux for 4 bites of squirrel!
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5142 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 5:42 pm to
had a baby squirrel once and found out you have to massage its genitals to make it go to the bathroom that was when I realized I no longer needed to keep the baby squirrel


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Posted by TigerBabeNtheWoods
In a hole.
Member since Sep 2003
9440 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 5:59 pm to
These are older than that.
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
24986 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 6:08 pm to
My dad told me that he had one as a kid and they made pretty cool pets.
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 6:09 pm to
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First, you make a roux.


No no no, those are fryers.
Posted by Ron Nobles
Member since Jul 2017
106 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 6:43 pm to
Raised one from a couple days old. Turns out the lil bastards live a long time as pets. This one made it 11 years.
Posted by QuietTiger
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2003
26256 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 7:12 pm to
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Ron Nobles


Don't get a parrot, 36 and counting.
Posted by papasmurf1269
Hells Pass
Member since Apr 2005
20895 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 8:26 pm to
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Don't get a parrot, 36 and counting.
are you saying you have a 36-year-old parrot?
Posted by TigerBabeNtheWoods
In a hole.
Member since Sep 2003
9440 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 8:35 pm to
I grew up with one in our house. Named Bubba. He hid pecans in our jacket pockets. ???? when puberty hit, he was an angry little critter.
Posted by Bucktail1
Member since Feb 2015
3188 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 8:44 pm to
We raised a couple that had been orphaned. They're fun pets.bifbits a make, he will get aggressive in a couple years
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
20448 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 9:12 pm to
My parents have a friend that raised a squirrel and it basically became like an outdoor cat after 5-6 months. They started off giving it milk, no idea how young it was. Then nuts and what not. Anyway now it lives in their backyard and they take some nuts out back once a day or so and it will come down and eat out of their hand. Pretty cool.

But it lives on its own and does as it wants. If you have some oaks or other nut tree so in your yard, I don’t see why this wouldn’t work for most situations. Their feeding in the south is pretty simple.
This post was edited on 12/2/18 at 9:13 pm
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
56030 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 11:20 pm to
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Don't get a parrot, 36 and counting


holy hell!
Posted by m2pro
Member since Nov 2008
28614 posts
Posted on 12/2/18 at 11:23 pm to
they will get older and scare off. enjoy it while you got it.
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 12/3/18 at 12:44 am to
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are you saying you have a 36-year-old parrot?



Posted by GATORGAR247
Member since Aug 2017
993 posts
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:44 am to
We raised a few when I was a kid.. after they were full grown we would turn them loose in the big oak in our yard. One would get between the screen door and the regular door at night. She would make noise until we let her in. After a few months to a year they would integrate back into being a wild squirrel and stop coming around..
Posted by bayou choupique
the banks of bayou choupique
Member since Oct 2014
1818 posts
Posted on 12/3/18 at 6:17 am to
i had walk up my drive way and straight to me a few years back. we played with him a few minutes then i took him down the road where there was some big woods. i didn't want a cat in the neighborhood to get it.
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