It bit him
By bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
Holiday, Florida
April 17, 2022 12:41pm CST
So many memories came to my mind when I read @DaddyEvil, last post. It's hilarious. About a squirrel he has been trying to keep out of his flower pots on his porch.
When my oldest was 14 years old, we lived way out in the country. One day he caught a little squirrel and was saying he was going to keep it as a pet. Before I could say,put it down, it bit him. 
Made him so mad. Luckily it got away.
I was going to tell him because I had learned my lesson about wild animals when I was visiting cousins, I was about 10 yrs. old and they had a groundhog cornered. For some reason they wanted to catch it but no one was moving. So stupid me, I just walked over and grabbed it up by the middle
It about chewed my fingers off before it let go. Lesson learned. Anyone else here ever been dumb enough to pick up a wild animal ?
I recommend Daddy evils post. It's so funny. At least he hasn't been dumb enough to pick the squirrel up. 
Made him so mad. Luckily it got away.
I was going to tell him because I had learned my lesson about wild animals when I was visiting cousins, I was about 10 yrs. old and they had a groundhog cornered. For some reason they wanted to catch it but no one was moving. So stupid me, I just walked over and grabbed it up by the middle
It about chewed my fingers off before it let go. Lesson learned. Anyone else here ever been dumb enough to pick up a wild animal ?
I recommend Daddy evils post. It's so funny. At least he hasn't been dumb enough to pick the squirrel up. 15 people like this
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
17 Apr 22
yes another of my sons did catch a chipmunk once. I just remembered that. Didn't go well either.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
20 Apr 22
@MarieCoyle yes so true. though so hard to resist.
yes so true. though so hard to resist.1 person likes this
@MarieCoyle (38800)
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20 Apr 22
I wanted a pet chipmunk one summer so terribly bad. There was a mama chipmunk that had 3 babies that were nearly tame with us, they came up every day to eat on our back porch. One day I decided I just had to hold one of those babies, so I picked it up. That tiny spitfire bit my finger to the bone. Lesson learned, enjoy wild animals from a distance, they are called wild animals for a reason!
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@ptrikha_2 (47085)
• India
17 Apr 22
For me, better to watch animals rather than keep them as pet.
I too was once bitten by a female dog 16 years ago.
So I try to be careful when dealing with multiple kind of animals.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
17 Apr 22
oh yes that I had happen too. I still have a scar on my hand from when I was 6 yrs old from a mean dog behind a fence that belonged to my friend and she didn't tell me it bit. I reached in to pet it.
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@ptrikha_2 (47085)
• India
18 Apr 22
@bunnybon7
Oh that dog bite must have been pretty hard!
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@ptrikha_2 (47085)
• India
18 Apr 22
@bunnybon7
Hmm..
Well there are some very painful things in life at times but life goes on.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
17 Apr 22
you was just smarter then most I bet.
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@DaddyEvil (137695)
• United States
17 Apr 22
I'm so sorry for both you and your son! (You just can't hear me being sympathetic because I'm giggling too hard right now. ) Thankfully, I've only caught a field mouse that tried to bite me. I was wearing leather gloves at the time and released it as soon as it released me! 
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
17 Apr 22
so often kids want to hold these things because they are cute.
While searching I found out there is such a thing as squirrel repellent, but you might just enjoy watching him and not want to get that anyway.
The photo I have here is of a squirrel I used to enjoy watching at that last house we lived in. It would run around on my window sill out side.
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@DaddyEvil (137695)
• United States
17 Apr 22
@bunnybon7 I don't mind him digging around in the empty pots so won't use repellent on him. A lot of the time he sits on a branch of the walnut tree outside our kitchen window and watches us moving around in the kitchen.
Squirrels are just as curious about us as we are about them.
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@Deepizzaguy (104278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Apr 22
I have come close to touching dogs when I backed off when the dog started to growl.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
17 Apr 22
me too, but when I was that young, it was the first dog I knew to bite a human. Besides it was acting friendly. Not growling at all.
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@Deepizzaguy (104278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 Apr 22
@bunnybon7 The same thing with my former dogs who would bite me out of kindness.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
17 Apr 22
Some do. If they are not introduced to people and are what is called feral cats. You mean domestic ones right?
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
17 Apr 22
@Kandae11 usually they are better if you get 2 so they can play together and not scratch and bite you. find out the nature of it before you get it too. Especially if you can just afford one
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@GardenGerty (160996)
• United States
18 Apr 22
My baby brother, who is almost 65 got bit on his pinky finger by a box turtle he tried to pick up. It would not let go and he went running down the driveway with a turtle hanging off his hand. I do not remember how we got it off.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
19 Apr 22
As children most don't realize such danger. Bet you both laugh about it now.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
19 Apr 22
guess kids in our family was not so wise.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
20 Apr 22
@LadyDuck I had no siblings but watched many of my cousins as a child myself 
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
20 Apr 22
@bunnybon7 I think I was born "adult", I also watched that my younger brother did nothing wrong that could hurt him.
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@wolfgirl569 (108301)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Apr 22
Most wild animals if you want to catch them grab their tail and then keep them moving until you can get them in a cage. Also always have very heavy leather gloves on as they can still get you As for DaddyEvil. give him time and he will
As for DaddyEvil. give him time and he will1 person likes this
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
19 Apr 22
No I haven't had the urge to grab one for many years since I became an adult in fact.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
18 Apr 22
@bunnybon7
I have not picked up or gone up to a squirrel or wild animals. I have tried to pick my cat up because had to and she did not want to be picked up so got angry at me and could have bit me.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
18 Apr 22
you never know with cats. Such strange creatures. Often they will even bite as an expression of love.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
20 Apr 22
@bunnybon7
My cat never learned manners and was left to die at two days old and a family found her and kept her till 3 months old. I did not know much about her and the lady would not tell me much. Most cats have their own agenda.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
19 Apr 22
problem is when we are children, we seldom take precautions
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
17 Apr 22
some animals are just too cute for us to realize they bite when we are kids.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
17 Apr 22
@bunnybon7 But that is the fun part of growing up I believe. A lot of kids don't have that today.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
17 Apr 22
@CarolDM yes many don't go out and play. Just watch tv or play on the tablets . Plus now there is more danger outside with the virus. 
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
19 Apr 22
not since I became adult have I cared to either1 person likes this
