This friendly little guy was lost and confused, so I’m taking care of him for a bit.

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Not OP, but right after Hurricane Katrina, we rescued a young squirrel, not much bigger than the one in OP’s photo. We took care of it for about a week while people were busy cutting fallen trees and cleaning up debris, then we let the little fella go.

    He came back damn near every day for about 6 months!

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      4 hours ago

      I’ve had friendly squirrels in places I’ve lived before, I really like it. They’re like a pet you don’t have to be responsible for, just offer them some unsalted peanuts. They LOVE those.

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        1 hour ago

        Are there any issues with having pet squirrels? Not that I’d want to adopt one for the sake of it, but if you have to rescue one like OP is there any issue with just adopting it as a pet?