Squirrels can get attached to people and people to squirrels.
When I was in college, I started to feed some squirrels on campus with walnuts, which they liked very much.
They got to know me and the treats so well, that when I called out to them, they recognized my voice and came to me, even sat in my lap and on my shoulder, and I was feeding them.
They were adorable.
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I agree, squirrels are adorable, and I too have trained some to come up to me and take food from my hand. And their antics are highly amusing.
But they are short lived creatures, which means if one is relying on a squirrel for emotional support, one is going to be broken-hearted often, as one’s companion animal dies. A dog or cat breed, which would be suitable as an emotional support therapy animal is usually one with a long life, say 15 years.
” Squirrels can get attached to people and people to squirrels.
When I was in college, I started to feed some squirrels on campus with walnuts, which they liked very much.
They got to know me and the treats so well, that when I called out to them, they recognized my voice and came to me, even sat in my lap and on my shoulder, and I was feeding them.
They were adorable.”
The learned you were ‘nuts’. /s
Once while camping, I fed some squirrels from a bag of M & M’s that I had in the ice chest to keep from melting. They ‘shelled’ the M & M’s and ate the chocolate inside. They were plain M & M’s that were hard frozen.