This little squirrel keeps waiting at my front door and following me around. It's so friendly so I let Peanut meet him. They seemed to hit it off. I won't be making a habit of it though. I don't need a pet squirrel.
Senegal Parrot named "Kane"; Yellow-Sided Green Cheek Conure named "Bowie"; Blue Quaker Parrot named "Lita Ford"; Cockatiel named "Duff"; 8 American/English Budgie Hybrids; Ringneck Dove named "Dylan"
Uhg...yeah, I'd be more worried about the dozens and dozens of ticks it's covered in, not to mention fleas too. It's more of a worry that you'll carry them into your house accidentally, as they attach to you and the bird easily, and it only takes a couple fleas to end up in a million fleas...Every squirrel, rabbit, chipmunk, groundhog, etc. that I've ever had brought into the rescue by someone has been coated in both ticks and fleas...and sometimes mange (a lot of squirrels are extremely friendly BTW)
Yeah I know which is why I said I'm not going to make a habit of it. But I've already kind of did that, it's hard to resist petting it when it's waiting at my door every morning and is super friendly. I'm going to buy a squirrel feeder and maybe that will keep it in the tree and away from my porch.
Peanut is only one years old and the squirrel appears to be young too. They play with each other along the screen of my porch. And when I open up the door the squirrel comes right in.
He's kind of decided he's my pet now. I don't let him near Peanut anymore even though he's really sweet and she's more likely to bite him, but he constantly wants to come in now. I know he's a rodent and they can carry certain diseases, but he's so cute.
His name is Daisy and he comes when I call him. My daughter named him that before I noticed he was a boy. I don't leave Peanut unattended on the porch so there's no chance he'd get in there and hurt her or anything. He just loves nutriberries and hanging out.