Subj : Someone just walked into the shop with a "pet" black squirrel. 3
To   : August Abolins
From : George Pope
Date : Wed Mar 01 2023 08:22 am

> Hi All...
>Someone just walked into the shop with a "pet" black squirrel. 3 months old as
> a lone baby.
> It was a reluctant rescue apparently.  The squirrel just warmed up to him and
> stuck with him.
>I was a little taken aback at first when the guy said, "hey..  wanna see my pe
> squirrel?"  you know.. and he was reaching for his pants.  But the baby was
> nestling just fine in the connected open-ended pockets of his hoodie.

I guess these days you don't know what to expect from people,eh?

Of course, all our pet species were once reluctant rescues, eh?

Squirrels seem cool, but I think you'd get the same cuteness & lithe bodies  from a pet rat. . . but the rat is more trainable to be comfortable being  handled. .

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