This friendly little guy was lost and confused, so I'm taking care of him for a bit.
Might need bottle fed dunno, id contact a wildlife rehabber near you for advice.
this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2026
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He's been doing pretty well with peanuts, carrots and strawberries. I think he's past the bottle phase.
Cool, please still do. He needs to get back into the wild at some point and you really want him rewilded properly so he doesn't approach less friendly humans with dogs or depends on humans for food and starves to death in winter. :) please
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!
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.
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?
Like someone else noted, they tend to go bonkers when they are mature enough and you have to let them outside. They have extremely sharp teeth that can cut to the bone and can be destructive. But if you rehab one they often visit.
If you are serious about keeping him for any length of time, please please look up proper diet for them. They are on milk much longer than you might think, and they have high calcium requirements (which nuts deplete). They can have seizures if their calcium levels drop too low. I have seen it too many times with people who have baby squirrels.
He is cute now, but when adolescence hits and his brain shifts into adult/wild mode, he can abe dangerous for you. Please reconsider taking him to a rehabber. He deserves a shot at a wild life.
Cat distribution system suffers a pretty serious glitch...
They suffer from supply chain issues
I have TWO litters of stray kittens on my porch. Come take them.
It's going to imprint on you. You will have a hard time getting it to go back wild.
From what I've read, these actually are some of the few animals you can raise and release.
Once they hit about 1 years old, the adult squirrel hormones kick in and they start to go nuts.
You must let them go and they acclimate to life outside after a bit. They will still come by to visit occasionally, but will never be pets.
Do some research though.
Thanks for ruining my streak of repressing the memory of having watched twilight...
I watched alex bale's twilight theory and I'm pretty happy with that take on it. The facial expressions always felt wrong before that.
Uhhh I think you just kidnapped a squirrel from its parents dude…
It could be an orphan...
“Found an old human in the parking lot and conned it into feeding and housing me. Suck it tree dwellers.”
Time to start painting landscapes.
Now that memory prices are raising, they switched from usb-sticks to squirrel injection attacks.
Looks like it found you.
I'm so jealous.