My wife was in the garage while I was preparing for Shrimp boil, when she called me to the garage. There sat a baby squirrel I managed to get it on my flip-flop and carried it outside. Set it near some Oak trees and the little shit followed me back to the garage. We put some water in the flip-flop and he/she lapped it up. Carted it to the front yard and gave it 1/4 of a raw corn on the cob. Been there for half an hour nibbling away. Hope it's Mom finds it. Really friendly, ran up to me when I took the corn outside

Cute little bugger. Good call on getting it out of the garage, though...they like to chew on stuff.

Good looking squirrel, it may be your pet now.

I wonder what ever happened to the member who had a dad that was bitten by a squirrel and got a bad infection. I don't remember who it was but I hope his dad pulled through. I remember him being quite elderly.

We raised a baby squirrel that had been mauled by the neighbor's dog. Named her "Lucky," (of course). Fed her commercial milk replacer at first, then transitioned to solid food. After a few months moved her to the carport into a custom-made home. She eventually found others of her tribe and moved into the trees with them. We were quite touched when she brought her kits to the back door to get peanuts. We could differentiate her from the other squirrels because she'd lost an eye in the initial incident, and her name morphed from Lucky into Binkey/Blinkey. Always very trusting and affectionate, especially with my wife, would sit on our laps on the patio and chow down on peanuts and other treats fed from hand.

All in all, not a terrible pet, more engaged and affectionate than some cats we've had.

Variable population of squirrels here. Some are ratty looking, some plump. Always fun to watch them "play" around the trees, yard, fence.

Eventually the hawks come back and the population decreases. This last week I was outside, heard a commotion, and before long a hawk flies right over me carrying one of the little guys.

Don't squirrels carry Rabies?

Cute pictures, though.

flashguy

Good on you, Johnny!

I hope that a neighbor’s cat doesn’t get the little critter.

Rodents (squirrels, chipmunks, rats, mice, hamsters, gerbils and guinea pigs), rabbits and hares rarely get rabies and have not been known to cause rabies among humans in the United States. Squirrels may suffer from the fatal roundworm brain parasite, which causes signs that look exactly like rabies.

When I was a kid my father brought home a very young squirrel. They nursed it back to health and we had it for a pet in the house for a few years.

Twice in recent years people have brought them to me, tiny things. Try as I might I was unsuccessful in bring them around. The one I carried around in my shirt pocket at work for a few days so I could give him constant attention. He was starting to come around then went south quick.