Originally Posted by
Squirrelnapped
A funny thing happened to me last Friday. I was going up the cellar steps when I see a baby grey squirrel on the second to last step going up. As I approached, she shied away and ended up dropping a few feet under the stairs. I'm thinking great, now there's a squirrel loose in the house. I go outside for awhile when I came back I couldn't find her. A bit later I see her under the stairs and I wonder how I'm going to get her out. While I'm thinking that, here she comes out from under the stairs, and climbs up on my foot! So I slowly walk up the stairs thinking ok well that's one way. We get outside and she doesn't take off. On the contrary, she starts climbing up my pant leg!. Next thing I know she's sitting on my lap. Eventually I got up the nerve to pick her up and set her on the ground hoping she'll find mama squirrel or go wherever baby squirrels go. Nope. She climbs back up me to the shoulder. I sat outside with her for hours to see if she wanted to move on. I'd walk across the yard, she would follow me wherever I went. I'm thinking this must be a desperate squirrel since she's clinging onto a human, so I researched what they eat and such. I bought her some puppy formula and pedialyte. Both she took to right away. Plus she likes peanut butter Iike all rodents. I tried to get hold of a wildlife rehaber but haven't heard back from anyone. This whole thing is bazaar. I never considered myself a squirrel lover, but now I seemed to have been adopted by one. She'll have to go back to the wild at some point. I can't have a full grown eastern grey squirrel swinging from the drapes. I admit I've become attached to her. She's adorable and clings to me constantly. She curls up in her makeshift cage at night when I put her there. She's a great affectionate adorable pet at present, but I realize it's untenable. I would appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance.