13 Oct 2008, 7:50 pm
Nice pictures, daysleeper! 
13 Oct 2008, 9:06 pm
I took in an abandoned baby squirrel last week. He snuggled with me, climbed my neck and slept by my chin. I tried to bring him to the wildlife rescue people so they could rehabilitate him into the wild, but he died on the way there. They told me he was severely dehydrated because he was only 4 weeks old. I tried my best to get him help. I wish I could have helped him more.
We buried "Crispy" in the backyard. 
13 Oct 2008, 9:18 pm
Dragonfly_Dreams wrote:
I took in an abandoned baby squirrel last week. He snuggled with me, climbed my neck and slept by my chin. I tried to bring him to the wildlife rescue people so they could rehabilitate him into the wild, but he died on the way there. They told me he was severely dehydrated because he was only 4 weeks old. I tried my best to get him help. I wish I could have helped him more.
We buried "Crispy" in the backyard.
We buried "Crispy" in the backyard.
Was he cremated, this Crispy?
13 Oct 2008, 9:28 pm
slowmutant wrote:
Dragonfly_Dreams wrote:
I took in an abandoned baby squirrel last week. He snuggled with me, climbed my neck and slept by my chin. I tried to bring him to the wildlife rescue people so they could rehabilitate him into the wild, but he died on the way there. They told me he was severely dehydrated because he was only 4 weeks old. I tried my best to get him help. I wish I could have helped him more.
We buried "Crispy" in the backyard.
We buried "Crispy" in the backyard.
Was he cremated, this Crispy?
No. Though I can see why that would make a fitting name for a cremated squirrel. No the neighborhood kids named him Crispy because they said he liked the Rice crispy treat they gave him. It very well could have helped to kill him since he wasn't supposed to eat solid foods yet. I kept the name out of respect for the little girl that meant well by feeding him.
13 Oct 2008, 9:47 pm
Dragonfly_Dreams wrote:
slowmutant wrote:
Dragonfly_Dreams wrote:
I took in an abandoned baby squirrel last week. He snuggled with me, climbed my neck and slept by my chin. I tried to bring him to the wildlife rescue people so they could rehabilitate him into the wild, but he died on the way there. They told me he was severely dehydrated because he was only 4 weeks old. I tried my best to get him help. I wish I could have helped him more.
We buried "Crispy" in the backyard.
We buried "Crispy" in the backyard.
Was he cremated, this Crispy?
No. Though I can see why that would make a fitting name for a cremated squirrel. No the neighborhood kids named him Crispy because they said he liked the Rice crispy treat they gave him. It very well could have helped to kill him since he wasn't supposed to eat solid foods yet. I kept the name out of respect for the little girl that meant well by feeding him.
He might haved lived longer if the girl hadn't fed him rice crispy treats. Just a thought.
13 Oct 2008, 9:52 pm
daysleeper wrote:
slowmutant wrote:
daysleeper wrote:
BelindatheNobody wrote:
2ukenkerl wrote:
BelindatheNobody wrote:
Oh, yes, I like (most) rodents. <3
Rats make very good pets. Hamsters are cool too.
I saw some capybaras at a zoo place before, and it was awesome.
My friend's family has a pet flying squirrel. I love that little guy.
Rats make very good pets. Hamsters are cool too.
I saw some capybaras at a zoo place before, and it was awesome.
My friend's family has a pet flying squirrel. I love that little guy.
I guess the squirrel is grounded, huh? That seems a shame. 8-(
Could you explain what you said? I don't understand.
literally grounded! if you keep a flying squirrel as a pet, he can't exactly fly anywhere can he?
Flying squirrels don't actually fly. They just jump from high places and then GLIDE.
which would be pretty hard to do in a cage, right?
Oh, now I get it. ^-^; Guess I'm pretty stupid.
But anyhow. You -might- consider him to be "grounded", but I don't see it that way. He has a big cage, very tall, and he can climb and glide in it a bit. Plus, he's let out of the cage for a while at night (when he's active), and has pretty much free range of the house (minus my friend's bedroom and the bathroom.) during that.
Hard to judge, since Rocket (that's his name) is the only flying squirrel I've ever known... but he seems like a happy little guy to me.
13 Oct 2008, 9:56 pm
I wonder if the flying squirrel is some kind of evolutionary adaptation. The bat, a rodent that really can fly, did he adapt and evolve from wingless rodents as well?
Hmmmm. 
13 Oct 2008, 9:58 pm
13 Oct 2008, 10:02 pm
slowmutant wrote:
I wonder if the flying squirrel is some kind of evolutionary adaptation. The bat, a rodent that really can fly, did he adapt and evolve from wingless rodents as well?
Hmmmm.
Hmmmm.
Probably. Dunno.
I like bats, too, but I wouldn't want to hang out with or near them. They make me a bit nervous for some reason. Probably because of all the movies with a bat flying into some lady's hair and getting tangled in it...
13 Oct 2008, 10:05 pm
13 Oct 2008, 10:13 pm
*Has a phobia of anything and everything that can be called a "bug", including spiders* 
...You have really cute ratties, daysleeper.
14 Oct 2008, 6:08 am
BelindatheNobody wrote:
*Has a phobia of anything and everything that can be called a "bug", including spiders*
...You have really cute ratties, daysleeper.
...You have really cute ratties, daysleeper.
he he, i agree on both counts, and wow ^^. people really like rats, yay, well done people ^^. must just be the oddies i know ^^. (oddies=odd people). still, a squirell pet?! i would love to 'av one o' them, squirrels are so cute. my fave animal actually, such bushy tails ^^. can you get 'em from a pet store?
14 Oct 2008, 6:11 am
coregazer wrote:
BelindatheNobody wrote:
*Has a phobia of anything and everything that can be called a "bug", including spiders*
...You have really cute ratties, daysleeper.
...You have really cute ratties, daysleeper.
he he, i agree on both counts, and wow ^^. people really like rats, yay, well done people ^^. must just be the oddies i know ^^. (oddies=odd people). still, a squirell pet?! i would love to 'av one o' them, squirrels are so cute. my fave animal actually, such bushy tails ^^. can you get 'em from a pet store?
A squirrel may not respond to attempts at domestication. I think they're meant to be wild.
14 Oct 2008, 6:17 am
coregazer wrote:
he he, i agree on both counts, and wow ^^. people really like rats, yay, well done people ^^. must just be the oddies i know ^^. (oddies=odd people). still, a squirell pet?! i would love to 'av one o' them, squirrels are so cute. my fave animal actually, such bushy tails ^^. can you get 'em from a pet store?
I love ratties. My family had some for a bit; two were mine. I miss my rattie boys.
I'm thinking of getting ratties again, actually. Soon, I hope.
And no, I don't -think- you can get squirrels from pet stores. At least, I hope not.
I don't know/remember how my friend's family ended up with Rocket. But it certainly wasn't a pet store.
slowmutant wrote:
A squirrel may not respond to attempts at domestication. I think they're meant to be wild.
I have to agree with slowmutant here. Rocket is the only exception I've seen to this rule.
Some animals are really not meant to be pets.
14 Oct 2008, 6:21 am
BelindatheNobody wrote:
coregazer wrote:
he he, i agree on both counts, and wow ^^. people really like rats, yay, well done people ^^. must just be the oddies i know ^^. (oddies=odd people). still, a squirell pet?! i would love to 'av one o' them, squirrels are so cute. my fave animal actually, such bushy tails ^^. can you get 'em from a pet store?
I love ratties. My family had some for a bit; two were mine. I miss my rattie boys.
I'm thinking of getting ratties again, actually. Soon, I hope.
And no, I don't -think- you can get squirrels from pet stores. At least, I hope not.
I don't know/remember how my friend's family ended up with Rocket. But it certainly wasn't a pet store.
slowmutant wrote:
A squirrel may not respond to attempts at domestication. I think they're meant to be wild.
I have to agree with slowmutant here. Rocket is the only exception I've seen to this rule.
Some animals are really not meant to be pets.
oh okay *curses quietly.* ah well, when i leave home i can probs get a rat ^^. or mouse, i like mice, mice are cute and white. but still, first off iv got to learn the meaning of the word indipendant, then iv got to learn to "be" independant ;p. i'd also quite like to be able to do somthing for myself now and again
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14 Oct 2008, 6:29 am
coregazer wrote:
oh okay *curses quietly.* ah well, when i leave home i can probs get a rat ^^. or mouse, i like mice, mice are cute and white. but still, first off iv got to learn the meaning of the word indipendant, then iv got to learn to "be" independant ;p. i'd also quite like to be able to do somthing for myself now and again
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Sorry.
I've never had a pet mouse. We did have wild house mice in the apartment we lived in before this one. I would leave food out for them. ^-^ They were cute.
Also:
My first pet when I moved to massachusetts was a hamster, his knickname was Peeky (His full name was Peek-a-boo Monkey Houdini.). He escaped from his cage once...
and proceeded to mate with one (or more) of the female house mice.
The offspring were adorable. Not quite mice, not quite hamsters.
We called them "mousters".
& good luck with your being independant.
I'm not independant myself. I wish I was, though.
