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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.