This friendly little guy was lost and confused, so I'm taking care of him for a bit.
this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2026
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It's going to imprint on you. You will have a hard time getting it to go back wild.
From what I've read, these actually are some of the few animals you can raise and release.
Once they hit about 1 years old, the adult squirrel hormones kick in and they start to go nuts.
You must let them go and they acclimate to life outside after a bit. They will still come by to visit occasionally, but will never be pets.
Do some research though.
Thanks for ruining my streak of repressing the memory of having watched twilight...
I watched alex bale's twilight theory and I'm pretty happy with that take on it. The facial expressions always felt wrong before that.