Thread: Caring for a squirrel

Why the F*** didn't you find out how to take care of this animal before you bought it??? Your as bad as the Thais " these levis are nice I'll buy them, oh and look at that cute little thing I'll have that as well !!!"

What about launching them off tall buildings?

Originally Posted by pai nai ma

release it.

Probably not the wisest idea for a non native animal.

Sugar Gliders

Pet Sugar Gliders & Hedgehogs

SugarGlider.com

Get yourself the right info on their diet, needs to be low fat, lots of fruit with a certain amount of protein. I've been looking to buy one myself and this is something every website talks about the most.

Ideally they need some company too because they are very social animals.

What you going to call it?

How much was it?

Cola. My boy named it within 5 minutes. I'm off to see if they have any crickets and baby food so it gets 50% protien to supplement the fresh fruit (you happy now?) for it as it is a joey. Can order vitamins etc from the states (see?) and I told my son that if he looks after it I will get another one (female) and a bigger cage. Just as you are supposed to do when giving pets to children as people do all over the world.

1500.

Originally Posted by Bung

Ask me anything about them!

I'm intrested in this gliding thing. Have you tried it yet? and What would be a safe height?

Can you train it to sit on your finger and say "squrriel wants a cracker?"

Originally Posted by Bung

Originally Posted by kidcosmic

Why the F*** didn't you find out how to take care of this animal before you bought it??? Your as bad as the Thais " these levis are nice I'll buy them, oh and look at that cute little thing I'll have that as well !!!"

Jesus! I just spent all morning finding out the best way to take care of it I probably know more about them than the guy I bought it off! plus I have the funds to do it. Ask me anything about them! If you read my last post you would have understood why I asked how to care for it. I didn't know what it was so couldn't research it on the net.

Crank.

People please understand. It was a common pet bought from a market the same if I bought a puppy. IT IS NOT AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL SOLD ILLEGALLY AT CHATUTCHAK.

Please direct your WWF comments to the appropriate place.

Sheesh!

Since you did not know what it was when you bought it you obviously had no idea whether it was a native endangered species or not.

Patrick

Kill it outright. Today.

Why allow your sticky palmed children to ignorantly torture it?

^ Idiot.

^^ How could it be an endangered species when there were adults and babies everywhere? idiot.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Can you train it to sit on your finger and say "squrriel wants a cracker?"

What is the lesson to be learned by caging some creature while you learn it's habits?

Teach your offspring to appreciate nature in the wild where it has a chance at a reasonable existence.

Would you say the same thing to someone keeping a dog?

Originally Posted by pai nai ma

What is the lesson to be learned by caging some creature while you learn it's habits?

I agree with the second comment you made but at the same time having pets for children can teach them reposability and when they pet dies they experience the pain of loss and how time heals. You must have had small pets as a kid?

We need to learn the habits and needs of the creatures we adopt.

If some guy lived in a condo, knew feck all about dogs and got the dog with precious little forethought, then yes i would.

(I am thinking of the dog available for free here on TD as I write this)

Habitat, Food, Life span, Cleaning, Need for space, Reproduction, ect ..... all should be considered before a parent makes the purchase/investment.

Ignorantly purchasing an animal and thinking it will always be instructuive to kids is silly BS.

The age of the kids needs to be considered as well.

Sometime ago another member here was urged to get his kids a dog. His response was he wanted to wait until his kids were old enough to take some responsibility for it. RIGHT ON!

I think he's killed it already.

Actually with dogs even with a house and garden to a certain degree you are caging an animal. Not much difference really is there.

Sugar Gliders are unlikely to be caged all the time as well, most people tend to let them run around the house.

Should also note that these are captive bred animals.

Got your red, Bung.

Just my opinion but your impulse buy while hungover was sadly way to typical.

red-away if you wish.

Friend of mine had a squirrel, alcoholic little bugger it was too. You couldn't leave a glass of booze unattended. At parties she used to give it a little shot glass of whiskey and he would scoff it then climb on top of the wardrobe and pass out. Later in the night it would come back and bite people sleeping on the floor.

Something to watch out for if it's running free and you have booze laying around.

Hey bung, check out the retriever ad. This is what I am talking about.

Kill it outright. Today.

So why is this the best solution Pai nai ma?