Tim Curtis wrote 02/02/2011 05:15 PM Pets in unlikely places #314631 - 02/02/2011 05:15 PM
Tim Curtis Webboard User Reg: 07-23-2010 Posts: 227 Loc: Midwest Offline	I was at the ortho surgeons office with a friend who was getting pics of the shoulder area. As I walked into the x-ray room I notiuced a medium sized crate on a table in the corner. What the...Cat? Dog? There was a cloth over the crate except for part of the front where a small furry face was looking out. It was a squirrel. Turns out the x-ray tech was fostering some young squirrels that had been orphaned somehow. When the doc came in he just laughed and said "Oh yes, the squirrels" Well ok then, you don't see that every day. I've run into the occasional dog in the workplace, or dog in a small business, but never squirrels in an x-ray room! Brodie
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Dana Martin wrote 02/02/2011 05:19 PM Re: Pets in unlikely places [Re: Tim Curtis ] #314632 - 02/02/2011 05:19 PM
Dana Martin Webboard User Reg: 09-13-2010 Posts: 790 Loc: Bothell, WA Offline	That must have been a sight! I've seen many things, too, but never a squirrel! Here Decoy, Decoy, Decoy!
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Aaron Myracle wrote 02/02/2011 08:40 PM Re: Pets in unlikely places [Re: Dana Martin ] #314696 - 02/02/2011 08:40 PM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	My roommate years ago fostered a litter of opossums whose mother lost playing chicken with a car on the road.
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Becky Shilling wrote 02/03/2011 01:52 PM Re: Pets in unlikely places [Re: Aaron Myracle ] #314833 - 02/03/2011 01:52 PM
Becky Shilling Webboard User Reg: 12-01-2005 Posts: 1009 Loc: OKC, Oklahoma Offline	I've fostered squirrels (which HIGHLY offended my dogs, Itellyawhut), oppossums, racoons, all manner of birds, from Bluejays to owls. I even got to bring two baby wallabys home to nurse for the weekend from a clinic where I worked. They were really cool; they slept in a big backpack/makeshift-pouch. The oppossums were fun. When I first gathered them up from the road, I put them in a laundry basket I had in the car, and threw a very loose weave comforter over them. When I got home and went in the house and took the blanket off.... no 'possums. Then I realized they were all hanging by their tails from the comforter! Baby squirrels are very happy sleeping in a Crown Royal bag hung in the corner of a cage.
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Tanith Wheeler wrote 02/03/2011 02:05 PM Re: Pets in unlikely places [Re: Becky Shilling ] #314835 - 02/03/2011 02:05 PM
Tanith Wheeler Webboard User Reg: 11-04-2008 Posts: 572 Loc: Hampshire, England Offline	I once bottle fed a litter of wild rats. The guys at work killed the mother (ran over with a fork lift) and tossed the box of babies into the dumpster. Dying of starvation seemed cruel so I took them home - everyone thought I was crazy. 4 survived and I kept them as pets - much smarter than pet bred rats, friendly (to me) but very reserved.
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Melissa Thom wrote 02/04/2011 05:40 PM Re: Pets in unlikely places [Re: Tanith Wheeler ] #315096 - 02/04/2011 05:40 PM
Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007 Posts: 2781 Loc: Upper Left hand corner, USA Offline	When I was about 13 I "adopted" a litter of squirrels that my neighbor had thrown out of their RV at about 2 weeks old. I found the four of them staggering blindly about on the ground and took them home. Around week 6 we literally had squirrels scampering up and down the railing in the house and for weeks after that after the squirrels moved outside you ran the risk of having a squirrel run up your leg as you entered the front door. LOL We enjoyed seeing them scamper about the yard for that summer and then they disappeared in the fall. I'm still waiting for my chance to own a japanese dwarf flying squirrel.
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Howard Knauf wrote 02/04/2011 07:52 PM Re: Pets in unlikely places [Re: Melissa Thom ] #315139 - 02/04/2011 07:52 PM
Howard Knauf Webboard User Reg: 09-24-2003 Posts: 1555 Loc: Melbourne, Florida Offline	After the hurricanes in 2004 here there were alot of orphaned animals. My wife rescued some squirrel pups which then became a pain in the arse for the next 3-4 years until they got killed by autos, hawks or old age. Damn things taught their progeny to hang out with humans as well. Cute when they're young....destructive when they get older. Hey, at least they didn't end up in the soup pot. http://www.spacecoasttactical.com
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