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I have two right now. Both were rescued by my mom 4-5 years back when they fell off a tree during a storm. We didn't think they'd survive because they were nothing more than new born pink flesh when they came! We literally reared them up like kids, feeding them milk with the cut edge of a straw, staying up all night to make sure they slept well. Now we look at them all big and grown up, it's probably how parents feel seeing their children! Lol
We started out with three, but one of them passed away due to old age. Now we're left with the really fat lady Bhombol and the cute guy Gogol! Bhombol came to us one year before Gogol so she's the older one. They are allowed to roam about freely in the house (I simply will not have them put in cage!), eat and sleep when they please. Gogol is the friendlier one. He's like an animated soft toy! When he wants to be petted (which is almost always) he'll hunt us down and climb onto us, and when he feels he's had enough for the moment, he'll walk off.
Here's a few pictures of them on this link. My Loves
Those are so adorable! I never knew you could raise them indoors as pets. Had you ever considered releasing them back into the wild? Or is it not recommended once they've grown up indoors? We've always fed squirrels in our back yard, but never brought them into our house. Although sometimes they would get fussy and stand at our door if we didn't put any food out for them yet.
(09-08-2013 07:58 PM)ohiotom76 Wrote: Those are so adorable! I never knew you could raise them indoors as pets. Had you ever considered releasing them back into the wild? Or is it not recommended once they've grown up indoors? We've always fed squirrels in our back yard, but never brought them into our house. Although sometimes they would get fussy and stand at our door if we didn't put any food out for them yet.
We didn't set them free in the sense we didn't let them go away. But we do allow them to walk about in our terraced garden every other day. We live in an apartment so we don't have a backyard, unfortunately. They play on the terrace, climb around the shrubs and plants, eat and nibble if they find some food, but they always come back. We have a fine net acting as a ceiling so we're not worried about birds attacking them or anything. They walk around the house as they please, they know where to find the food. We don't need to control them anymore!
Sweet, I wasn't sure if it was a situation where if they are raised indoors that they cannot fend for themselves in the wild anymore or something like that. It sounds like you rather enjoy their company and prefer to keep them there with you to hang out instead. Does your landlord know that you have pet squirrels? I live in an apartment as well, but never though to have pet squirrels.
