I figured he would have to come out eventually, there was no where to go and he would get hungry. I brushed my teeth, washed my face, shut the door and went to bed.
This morning when I woke up I surveyed the bathroom and nothing. I went to shut the door and spotted a little brown fur ball out of the corner of my eye. He was balled up near the little crevice under the cabinet. I grabbed the cat carrier and headed in. I put a little piece of cardboard to block the crack and pushed him into the carrier. He hopped right in, I'm guessing because it was darker and there was a towel for him to nestle under.
I will wait until tonight to release him because they are nocturnal little guys.
A quick side note: At first I thought is was a Sugar Glider. It looks just like one; little and cute. So I googled. It seems that sugar gliders can survive in the wild, but are considered invasive and should not be re-released. So I googled again, to try and confirm exactly what I had. Come to find out it was as my son suspected a flying squirrel.
They don't look like the ones I've seen on the animal channels on tv.
Here's what we have.
wild florida/flying squirrels
image from outdooralabama.com |
there's our little fella |
You can Google flying squirrels in Florida and see tons of pics of these little cuties.
No comments:
Post a Comment