We had to study and ask a lot of questions from vets and animal rescue people.

They are not scared if you raise them and constantly touch and hold them all the time. But when you go even a day or so without direct contact the instincts take over and they become detached.

From a rescue standpoint that’s what you want. They are a flight animal. In other words the natural defense is to run. They must have comfortable space.

Pay attention to the behavior and you will see it is not just humans. They keep their distance from everything and to a degree, even each other.

They are not a pack or herd animal like a horse which is also a flight animal but can accept a human as part of the herd.

I’m not recommending you try it ,but If you do find a baby that needs to be rescued you will need to provide exacting and constant care.

For instance regular milk will kill them. They need cats milk blended with yogurt for the bacterial content, fed at a specific temperature. Things like that make it very hard to do. Most rescue efforts end in death of the animal unless you really know what you’re doing.

We have tried to rescue a total of six and lost the first three until we got all the steps right. The last three we released into the yard. We can identify them and they stay in the area. They won’t let us get near them even though we raised them from before their eyes had even opened.

When I was 7 or 8, I saw one crawl into an empty chip bag… and I tried to snag it [desperate for a pet], and the thing freaked out in that bag so spastically that I backed off quickly, and decided “squirrels…too squirrelly for me.”

If you want to watch him, sit still and wait a while. Don’t do anything but watch.

He’ll get used to you after a while and let you watch.

Asshole little kids chase them with sticks & Shi*!