Let me introduce you to Chance.

We own a tree service down here in Florida and while removing a dead Oak tree yesterday we found this guy laying in the debri after the tree hit the ground. I have done research, what I could find on line, on how to properly care for it. We have decided to name it Chance since he has a second chance on life. Anyway without further delay, here is Chance, a southern flying squirrel.

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/...1/100_2492.jpg

Cute SFS.

I have a female that I rescued about 3 years back. Such interesting critters. Once you get it rehabilitated and strong it will be very active.

But mine fell out of a tree as a baby and luckly at the time I walked around the house and caught my cat playing with it on the ground. No major damage to it looks to be about the same size mine was.

But just let you know ahead of time... they will use you as a tree. Let it climb you, good bonding for it. Also your window curtains are not safe. :D. But its so funny to watch them. They will climb the curtains jump and glide. Ive got a pretty good size living room and mine can glide just about the width of the living room. Have fun.

Oh yeah that size should be able to tell the sex by now. Its just like a male rat, it will have a pecan hanging in between the legs. If nothing then its a female.

That's really cool. Both of u are lucky. Post more pics when u can

Well, here it is, 12:26 in the morning and just got done feeding, it ate .7 ml this time. I have only had him for 36 hrs now and already he has been a complete joy. Never thought I would once again say getting up in the middle of the night to feed something so tiny and wriggly to be a joy. But it really is. I'll post another upate later on in the day. BrianD, thanks for your inputs. Please give me any more advice that you may have. I've already made a pouch for it to hang around my neck.

So, how is your SFS with the cats now, we have 2 cats. I'll have to build him a cage and only let him out to play when the cats are out on the screen lenai. We also have the 2 dogs, but I don't think they will be a problem. Have you found yours to be destructive to your house?

Just thought I would post a pic where you can actually see Chance.

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/...1/100_2503.jpg

He's cute, adult male squirrels are known for catrating males in litters, which can make sexing difficult also.

He/she is adorable :)

Oops, looks like the last pic didn't show. So here you go.

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/...1/100_2503.jpg

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So, how is your SFS with the cats now, we have 2 cats. I'll have to build him a cage and only let him out to play when the cats are out on the screen lenai. We also have the 2 dogs, but I don't think they will be a problem. Have you found yours to be destructive to your house?

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First off a big NO NO dont let it loose when the cats are inside. SFS are Too Damn fast and I dont wanna risk saying yes. Also dogs have predator instincts thier selves... something small and fast is something to play with. Its a disaster waiting to happen. Also when you have it out and about in your house... Keep the Toliet Sits Closed. Ive had it happen.... but you get the idea. She didnt drown but my hand was wet.

If you build a cage it needs to be a min of 2*2*4(l*w*h) in feet. You can also check martains cages do a google search. I have one for specific for the SFS. Also they eat the following.... seed, nuts, veggies, insects.

I know this may be against the rules but dealing with totally different animals from snakes and rats. But check out...

Thesquirrelboard.com
http://www.nfsa.us/phpBB2/index.php?...05ec2e51efd7a0

Also let me figure out why my USB flash drive is not working and I will eventually upload some pics of my SFS.

Brian, Thanks for the info. Great site, even though I can't get anyone to respond to my posts. Lots of info there anyway.

How is your flying squirrel doing? I could never get my flash drive to work.

But anyway here are a couple links. Even had a gray squirrel that I had rehab and released him eventually. He stopped coming around after awhile.

SFS
http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=22458

Eastern Gray Squirrel. That was back in the spring/summer of '10.
http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=22714

Sorry for the delay in responding, been really busy. Chance is doing awsome. His eyes opened 9/29 and refuses to slow down. We gave him a small mouse cat toy and he is completely infatuated with it, rolling around with it. We're still feeding him esbilac goats milk and he is also nibbling on shelled pecans and bird seed. He gets so excited when he sees us first thing in the morning and when we get home from work. Thankyou for asking about him. Will get some new pics up soon.

Thats awesome man! I've always wanted a pet squirrel for some reason, probably because they seem so playful.

Twist,

From what I understand, southern flying squirrels make the best pets of all the squirrels. Grey squirrels tend to get very aggressive.

How cute.. I hope everything goes well and you have a greta bond with your new lil critter... Good luck!!!
:)

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Sorry for the delay in responding, been really busy. Chance is doing awsome. His eyes opened 9/29 and refuses to slow down. We gave him a small mouse cat toy and he is completely infatuated with it, rolling around with it. We're still feeding him esbilac goats milk and he is also nibbling on shelled pecans and bird seed. He gets so excited when he sees us first thing in the morning and when we get home from work. Thankyou for asking about him. Will get some new pics up soon.

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Thats good glad he is doing well for you. LMAO they dont know how to slow down..... zoom zoom everywhere. Yeah they are pretty social animals.... eventually you will need to get some company for it. I know my amelia gets lonely at times but even though i spend alot of time with her. Its just not the same as having one of your own speicies. Ive been trying to find one local but its impossible. So I finally broke down and buying another one from a breeder.
Im hoping to have that taken care around Jan/Feb.


Do you have alot of oak trees around your house? You can also feed them acorns.... I did that last year gathered up enough to last a year. Washed them let them dry and put them in the freezer. I had two huge bags of peacans and acorns.


So has he started wanting to glide yet?

No, he hasn't started wanting to glide yet. He is still jumping around and he loves to pounce on his toy mouse. At what age do they normally ween off of the formula? Anyway, as I said here's a new pic of him. Tell me what you think.

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/...1/100_2559.jpg

Thanks for all the advice BrianD.

Looks good. I'd say about another 2-3 weeks you cant cut the milk out all together. Over this time start getting it to eat solid along with the milk. Veggies...tomatoes,lettuce,carrots,grapes,pecans,acorns,sunflower,unshelled peanuts. They're even carnivorous but limit the amount of meat due to fat content, mealworms.

They are chewers and honestly I dont see nothing wrong with a couple chicken bones for it to chew on. Extra calcium.

I took some pics of mine will post it in a thread. Still disappointed my flashdrive took a crapper on me. I had a picture in there where I caught here mid air gliding.

We've been offering shelled pecans and bits of apple. Tonight for his evening meal he only took 1 ml of formula, refused the second. Until now he has been taking 2 ml per feeding. When we put him back in his enclosure he immediately started eating a piece of pecan instead of his formula. We will continue offering formula until he absolutely refuses it. We'll keep offering after that until we are sure he won't take it. Again, thankyou so much for helping out with learning experiences.

Yeah sounds like its about that time. Just keep offering solid food eventually it will turn down the milk.