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This can be a pretty painful experience. Apparently there is a colony of palm squirrels in perth.

My Squirrel Days By Ellie Kemper Books Hachette Australia

They are unfortunately hard to find these days and will cost around 1000 if you do find one.

Squirrel pet australia. They are touted as the next big thing in niche pets hand reared squirrels being sold in sydney pet shops for more than 1200. Like other tree squirrels they still have very sharp claws and they love to climb up their owner s body. I did find a trancript of a nsw parliament session from 1997 which was about the introduction of a licence to keep a squirrel as a pet.

Making an animal wild again. Indian palm squirrels funambulus palmarum on the other hand were introduced to perth in 1898 and have persisted ever since. There used to be a colony in ballarat but they have died out.

The squirrel family includes tree squirrels ground squirrels chipmunks marmots including groundhogs flying squirrels and prairie dogs amongst other rodents. If you found a baby squirrel and raised it to 5 6 months of age and it s time to set it free it must change from a pet to a wild animal with instincts necessary for its survival. They are also regarded by the federal government as an extreme threat to australia.

Squirrels are indigenous to the americas eurasia and africa and were introduced by humans to australia. Australia has very strict pet laws. Some states and countries have outlawed keeping squirrels as pets.

Along with the northern palm squirrel funambulus pennantii some of which escaped from a perth zoo that same year indian palm squirrels have made quite a nuisance of themselves in australia. A male squirrel for sale for 1200 in a broadway pet store. These squirrels are stunningly beautiful and have a better disposition as a pet than grey squirrels.