Squirrel attacked people

It's believed people been hand feeding the squirrel and it lost it fear of people . I heard about this happening from a neighbor of mine while growing up. My neighbor had a friend that trained a wild squirrel to eat nuts from his hand and he got bite on his finger and needed shots .
 
Very unusual. I always fed the squirrels back when we had a house but that's never happened to me. But then I never hand fed them.....

Laura
 
Lau2046 said:
Very unusual. I always fed the squirrels back when we had a house but that's never happened to me. But then I never hand fed them.....

Laura
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I was told by a state wild life expert it's very dangerous to feed wild animals , they'll lose their natural fear of people and could attack you or trust the wrong person and be killed. Hand feeding a wild squirrel is just
plan nuts !
 
whatdidyousay! said:
I was told by a state wild life expert it's very dangerous to feed wild animals , they'll lose their natural fear of people and could attack you or trust the wrong person and be killed. !
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When I was camping they said to lock up all your food and water for that very reason. Except it was for bears not squirrels.
 
all the training I had when I volunteered with wild animal rehab, and everything I learned from attending talks on wildlife, was that people should NOT hand-feed wild animals, including so-called "harmless" wild animals like squirrels.

Nor should most average, untrained people attempt to "rescue" and hand-rear allegedly orphaned wildlife - for the very same reason.
Too many times well-meaning people take "orphaned" wild animals from legitimate/non-life threatening circumstances because they thought the creature was in distress, and then attempt to care for the animal. The baby or animal then gets imprinted on people and this causes problems.
 
dogmom said:
all the training I had when I volunteered with wild animal rehab, and everything I learned from attending talks on wildlife, was that people should NOT hand-feed wild animals, including so-called "harmless" wild animals like squirrels.

Nor should most average, untrained people attempt to "rescue" and hand-rear allegedly orphaned wildlife - for the very same reason.
Too many times well-meaning people take "orphaned" wild animals from legitimate/non-life threatening circumstances because they thought the creature was in distress, and then attempt to care for the animal. The baby or animal then gets imprinted on people and this causes problems.
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A neighbor came to my door this summer and told be to be careful b/c
she said an animal had rabies and was lying right on the driveway .
I went outside to see what my neighbor was talking about and there was
a baby groundhog lying on the driveway looking really hot. I went back inside and tried to made some phone calls but it was a July 4 and no was around. So I put on my thickest winter gloves I had got a cardboard box and went back outside. I stood some distance from the animal and threw a stick near it to see if it would move on it own , the baby just laid there. I took the box and got right next the groundhog and pushed it into the box . The groundhog didn't move at all . :( I gave put some water and a little dog food in the box which was on a table on my deck.
I checked up on the baby about half hour later and the groundhog was trying to climb out the box ! I let it go and it ran behind some bushes .
The poor thing was over heated and needed some water ,I think a fox may had gotten the mother b/c I saw one near the groundhog borrow in our yard. I have seen a rolly polly groundhog around my yard a few times
and I am pretty sure it the one I helped. I tried not to touch the baby too much b/c it mother could had reject it if it had human odor on it.
 
I think what you described was a situation where there was cause to intervene- healthy wild animals <that aren't possums> don't just usually lay prone on the pavement in the middle of what could be a busy area.
and you tried to make some calls but weren't able to reach anyone.
it was smart of you to wear the gloves and be careful about touching the baby.
in this case it seems you really considered things and let the baby go after you saw he was ok, as opposed to trying to continue to raise the baby.
:)
 
dogmom said:
I think what you described was a situation where there was cause to intervene- healthy wild animals <that aren't possums> don't just usually lay prone on the pavement in the middle of what could be a busy area.
and you tried to make some calls but weren't able to reach anyone.
it was smart of you to wear the gloves and be careful about touching the baby.
in this case it seems you really considered things and let the baby go after you saw he was ok, as opposed to trying to continue to raise the baby.
:)
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It was really hot that day and the poor baby wasn't able to made it across the driveway , I was worried the fox was around and the baby was had been an easy meal . The funny thing was I was at the grocery store and saw a cardboard box with a photo of a red fox on it and I really liked the box and took it. The store is giving out free boxes. When I got home I had no idea what I would use the box for but it sure came in handy to help the groundhog !
The box had holes in it and cover so it was prefect to keep the baby in until it recovered from it heat stroke . It was about 90 out that day and the sun was beating down the poor little guy. I wasn't sure how bad off the animal was and I was going made some more calls the next day but the drink of water did the trick and getting out the heat helped too.
My neighbor thought it had rabies , I knew right away what was wrong .
 
I had a squrrel in my pants once. It was like being attacked by fuzzy razor blades.
 
:lol: Something on the order of like a cheap and chippy chopper, eh.....
 
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