tysonandperdue,
We also had a pet squirrel. My brother was doing a job of some sort for an older couple from our church, and a squirrel came to him, climbed up to his shoulder and sat the rest of the time. He brought him, stopping on the way to scare Sarah, the office manager at church, and was dissappointed when she just thought it was cute.
He stayed around, and since it's illegal to keep wild animals here and he was old enough to care for himself, (although not full grown) we never caged him. Matt named him Joe Bob, and he learned his name, played hide and seek around tree trunks, and made himself famous surprising guests. He took up residence in our shed, which had window holes but no windows making a good door for him, We planned to put a nest-box type bed in a tree so he'd be safer, but before we could, a stray cat found him.
We've also tryed raising abandoned baby birds, an injured mourning dove, and two baby rabbits that our cat brought in, but without success.
On the topic of cats, our Pastor and his wife have cat who just had kittens in the woods behind their house, hid them for a week, and finally brought them to the door to get in. Before they moved she had been an inside-outside cat, but now is not allowed inside because it's new. She won't have any thing to do with the kittens outside. If she does abandon them permanantly, is there any way to save them? Is it possible to have another mama cat adopt them?
I've convinced him indoor rodents or birds would not be fair with three indoor cats, but y'all have opened up a world of interesting possibilities. Hmmmm....I still regret that pet skunk my dad wouldn't let me get when I was a kid. I think a reptile is in our future, probably a bearded dragon. Anyone have any suggestions for a kid freindly reptile?
