Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-38792995-20191122231842/@comment-44123106-20191123180254

SKYsn wrote: Portia Chwiliydd wrote: [...] so if yo kept one and it needed treatment, a vet would be obliged to refuse. [...]. That's so sad! I can't imagine denying help to an injured or ill animal.

Although we don't have squirrels, we do have Saguis. These are tiny monkeys that live in large families and are always leaping from one tree to another. They are omnivores, feeding on fruits, insects and resin from tree trunks, but they will eat anything sweet they can find.

It's not legal to keep them as pets, but a friend once found a newborn baby who had its hand injured, and therefore would never be able to jump when he grew older and mommy couldn`t carry him on her back anymore. This person couldn't keep him, so he gave him to my family and we adopted him. His name was Nicolas and he lived with us for 10 years. He was the best pet ever. He was incredibly smart and loyal to his human family. It's because they're considered vermin. It's the same with pigeons and seagulls. ?I once carried an injured seagull on the back of a motor bike...it was quite content with me. If I hadn't had 7 cats I would have taken it home...as it was a policeman put it down.

When I was about 7, my uncle brought an orphan fox cub home...my nan brought her up and thier vet used to treat her - I think she had vaccinations - and she lived about 10 years. Lovely she was, I named her Sweet, after the band, because Fox on the Run was in the charts at the time and I loved the song. My nan used to take her on holiday with them.