Woke up this morning to the wife shrieking like a banchee and running through the house. I went into the kitchen and found this guy. Hey assume the cat brought it in. Does anyone have any experience raising these things? Right now I’m trying to get it to drink evaporated milk. I have raised regular squirrels but never a flying one. He is so tiny.

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I just want to raise him till he is big enough to go back into the wild. He is not a pet. I am searching for the best way to feed him right now. They do make great airplanes in the house though.

Ok I’ll go to the pet store and get milk from there.

I wouldn’t know where to put him and the cat would eat him. The cat is the reason I have him in the first place. His brother/sister didn’t make it.

I have had cats my whole life and always enjoyed them but the one I have now my whole family hates. I raised him from a tiny baby like this squirrel but he is mean. He picks fights and gets his ass kicked constantly I wont even take him to the vet because he constantly does it. He is fixed but he still pees on everything. He peed in my neighbors 67 Mustang and he was pissed off. Its just a Ford though so it was really no big deal. He constantly brings in critters, usually mice and moles but if they aren't dead I have to hunt them down or in this case raise it. He is just an asshole. My son wants to kill it or haul it off but I wont let him. I would love to do either but Im the one who brought him home. I will get the correct milk for him on the way home today. He is looking better already. Any suggestions for a name in case he sticks around?

Of course. I should have thought of that one.

Levi: Not gonna happen. Maybe Donald though

Fiberdude120: I found a nest of baby raccoons once and I gave one to someone and they told the wrong person about it and the FEDs took the raccoon from him and demanded he tell them where he got it. They came to me and told me to give the ones I had to them and I said no that I wanted to raise them. They very forcefully told me that they were going to take them and if I didn’t give them up willingly they would take them and take me to jail. Apparently raccoons carry some funky diseases and parasites and one should never keep them as pets.

This little guy is now wide eyed and bushy tailed and is demanding food. I use a Bic pen cap and dip the stem in the milk and let him suck it off. This keeps the milk from getting in his lungs and killing him. He fussed and I feed him and he goes back to sleep. He is happy for now.

They ate cute little bandits. Can’t help but think of Rocket The trash panda.

He made it through the night and seems to be doing well. We named him Maverick because he is of course a flying SQUIRREL.

The same way I keep the cat away from the guinea pig. Throw shit at the cat when it gets close to it and keep the door closed to the room its in when I'm not home. I am seriously thinking about rehoming the cat. It is a terrible cat. It is just pure evil. Even my dog tried to kill it once and he loves everything. He tries to play with the guinea pig but it is scared to death of him. He pokes it with his nose to make it squeak.

Ill trade you the pin for the cat.

He is doing well. He is now my buddy.

Here he is. He has grown a lot in the few days he has been with me. He almost died from getting the formula in his lungs and no vet would help. I ground up a amoxicillin pill and gave it to him for a couple days and he got better quickly.

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Thanks for the info and for being concerned. I have become attached to him and will give him a good home. I have never had a flying squirrel before but the red squirrel I had was, as you say, like a small dog. He looked forward to me being home so he could play. He loved to play tag on the bed. He would run under the bed and come up one side or the other and jump on me and then run back under the bed. He would sleep in my lap like a cat. I miss him.

Well, since you did ask, Barack shit and pissed all over the whole country but the Maverick is so tiny that he still sleeps all day. Even when grown they are so small that you wouldn't notice if it pooped. You can't let them run loose, they will get into trouble. He has a while before he can get into Top Gun training.

Maverick is now eating real food and getting bigger every day.

Levi, my apologies about the Barack comment. I was just screwing with you but it probably came off as rude. I don’t mean it to be. Sorry.

That is terrible. Maverick does not have rabies however.

I think he is going to make it. I’m really surprised. He begs to be played with.

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I found a half drowned red squirrel in a hurricane once so I took it home and cared for it for a couple days. Once it was back to health it bit me so I told it that if it was going to bite it was going outside. I put it out the front door and it went to every window wanting back in. Once it got to the back door I felt bad and let it in. He stayed voluntarily and was a great little friend till the day he died.

No, I'm an asshole. Just ask some people here. I just love animals and children. They are innocent and deserve to be loved and cared for.

I HAD a 1990 ZR1. Those cars were total pieces of shit. I sold it for half of what I bought it for. Hey now own a C5 FRC pushing about 650 hp

Her is Mavericks new home. I put him in it and he was scared to death. That is why his old home is inside his new home

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HEre is the lates pic of Maverick. I won’t post any more unless someone asks. He got really big and fat really fast.

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He would never make it outside. He loves people and running around on them. He gets grapes and strawberries every day along with dried fruit. I actually spent $200 on a cage so he can climb and jump around.

Squirrels don't really act like most rodents. They are more like cats. They can be left out of their cages and wont just disappear. As far as a flying squirrel, I will find out.

On my shoulder mostly. I bought him a big cage and he comes out and goes in the corner.

Ill get some pics of him. He has gotten cute and fat. I am going to figure out how to let go be a squirrel though. He doesn't like to come out of his hidey hole and I think its sad to keep him in a cage all the time. I try to play with him as much as possible but he pees all over me when I get him out and since he is nocturnal he doesn't want to come out to play during the day. Im going to put his cage outside and leave it open with food and water so he can come and go as he pleases.

I tried playing with her last night but she has really gotten wild. I don't know if she wants to hibernate because its winter time of she just doesn't want to be messed with but If I get her out she jumps back into the cage. She does love to take sunflower seeds out of my hand but really doesn't seem to want to be held. She will climb all over me and sometimes let me pet her but Im thinking she would rather be outside. Im considering putting her cage outside and leaving the door open at night and letting her become a wild squirrel. Another thing is when I get her out she climbs on my shoulder and pees on me and as you know rodent pee stinks. Any suggestions?

That is exactly what I am going to do. I have her cage outside getting used to being outside then I will open the door and just keep giving her food and water as long as she stays around. She is welcome to stay as long as she wants and I will feed her.

that is terrible but that is what Im afraid will happen. Someone brought a blue jay to me and I raised it. It was a tiny baby. I told them to go put it back where they found it but it was too far away so I fed this thing meal worms and pieces of meat till it was big enough to let go. I took the whole family camping 200 miles away to let this bird go. It flew up into a tree and a raven/crow flew by and grabbed it and at it right in front of us. The kids cried their eyes out and then I had to go through the whole bit about how things work in the animal world.

He likes to take food from my hand. I feed him and pet him in the cage but he doesn't like to come out. When spring comes I will put the cage outside and leave the door open and make sure he has food and water.

They are nocturnal, hawks are diurnal.

Maverick went free last night. Spring is here, the leaves are coming out, the grass is growing and all that stuff. I put his cage out on the back patio for a few days and last night I left it open. This morning he was gone. I kind of thought he would hang around but he didn’t. He wasn’t happy in a cage and didn’t belong there. I hope he does well and has a little flying squirrel family and lives happily ever after. Thanks to those of you who offered advice and followed this thread.