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Do you want to buy a squirrel?

If you’ve seen videos of people playing with squirrels on our site or on YouTube, it’s understandable that you’re now thinking, “Hey, it looks like fun! Where can I buy a squirrel?” This article will explain how you can get all the stuffed squirrels you want for free.

First, before you start getting your own squirrel, it is important to learn a few basic facts.

Baby squirrels are very willing to be raised by humans. It’s amazing. For the first six months of their life, if you give them good care and love, they will happily accept you as their mom. They are enthusiastic and fun-loving little creatures, and you can experience many hours of joy with young squirrels.

As babies mature, the situation changes. Adult squirrels are just like adult humans. They want to go out into the world, live the life that a million years of evolution have designed them to live, revel in their freedom, and participate in, uh, baby-making activities.

If an adult squirrel is denied the life it was designed for, it becomes less affectionate, anxious, and perhaps even a little irritable. All the energy that they would normally use in a natural outdoor life is now applied to chewing on your furniture, electrical cords, and perhaps your fingers. Adult squirrels cannot be housetrained either.

The point here is that baby squirrels make great pets, but adult squirrels don’t.

Therefore, the smart way to keep squirrels as pets is to have a series of baby squirrels that are a few months old each, rather than one squirrel that you have for years.

You leave the babies in the wild when they are ready, before they become a problem for you. They are happy, you are happy, everyone wins.

You will be surprised how much your squirrels love their first encounters with the natural world. Seeing their enthusiastic joy goes a long way to alleviate the sweet sadness of watching your little friends go off to live their own lives in nature.

And here is some good news. You don’t have to spend your hard-earned money buying a series of baby squirrels.

You can get them for free!

If you live in an area where squirrels are found in the wild (almost everywhere), there are sure to be baby squirrels nearby that need your help. Once you learn how to find them, you will have access to many free baby squirrels.

Someone in your community has probably already discovered the joy of raising baby squirrels. There may even be a wildlife rehabilitation group.

At certain times of the year, say when a storm coincides with baby squirrel season, these rehabilitators are likely to be filled with calls from people who have found a baby squirrel. All you have to do is find these rehabilitators.

Contact your local humane society. Try the pound. Call some vets. Tree trimming companies in your area probably also know who is rehabilitating squirrels in your area.

When you find the rehabilitators, don’t offer to buy a squirrel. That will not be what they will want to hear. Instead, volunteer to help and ask them for advice.

To maximize your chances of being welcomed by your local rehabilitators, do a little research first and learn something about squirrel farming. You don’t need to become an expert, just put yourself in a position to ask good questions and show that you have a sincere interest in meeting the needs of baby squirrels.

If you take this approach, you will find that the vast majority of wildlife rehabilitators will welcome you with open arms and help you have the experience you want to have.

You don’t have to dive into raising baby squirrels until you’re ready. For example, you can volunteer to care for baby squirrels for a few days when the rehabilitators leave town. You can volunteer to help rehabilitators with their squirrels.

Once you are ready to have your own baby squirrels, you will have to spend some money on supplies. It’s not very expensive, but especially the first time, you need to stock up on formula, syringes, nipples, cages, etc.

So you’ve learned that baby squirrels make great pets and adult squirrels don’t. You have also learned that if you do it right, you will never have to buy a baby squirrel.