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04-May-08, 08:37 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: kellyville,sydney Age/Gender: 34  | | | | swift death to all fertile unattended squirrels!!!!!!!!!!!! |
04-May-08, 08:48 AM
|  | Impatient Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Geronimo  I don't think we should allow squirrels into Australia. | ...seems a moot point since they have been here for the best part of 100 years...
...as has been said, the populations in the Southern States have died out - so we seem pretty safe in that regard - and the Perth Zoo population seem to be controlled from any major spread due to predation or similar...
...however, JasonL makes a great point in that these cities don't fulfil the requirements for the Squirrels to thrive - and if an environmental impact study is yet to be completed then a lot of caution needs to be taken to control their spread as 'pets' as noone seems to know for sure IF they will have an effect on the more Northern regions where the climate, in theory, would be more suited...
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04-May-08, 09:47 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Sydney Age: 43 | | | | For those that are interested - get out to the Frog & Reptile Expo today and have a look at one of these squirrels. Yes, they are very cute. But seriously, the only reason any of us would want to buy one is because in NSW we can buy a squirrel off a breeder but not a sugar glider. Go Figure!!! Surely there would be much less envirnmental risk if they just allowed us to buy sugar gliders off breeders in Victoria or South Australia. Oh, and I dont think they would cost us $1,000 each either.
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04-May-08, 10:16 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: Werrington County Age/Gender: 25 | | | | these were at Berkshire Park Bird Farm when I went there yesterday
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04-May-08, 10:43 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 20 | | | | They were so tiny, im not a fan. For 1k i dont see the appeal. |
04-May-08, 10:50 AM
| | Impatient Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | Grim - Agreed, interesting due to the novelty factor, limited appeal at a reasonable price - no appeal at $1k
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04-May-08, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Miss_Croft You can release guinea pigs in your back yard – they might bread for a while – but before long they will probably die out due to hawks and other land predators (Cats, foxes and dogs).
| i have had guinea pigs running around my back yard, and breding quite profusly for years without any substantial predation. |
04-May-08, 11:40 AM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: mid-north coast Gender: | | | | $1000 for squirrel what a joke they where selling them up my way for $175 each . i was also told they werent the best pets as they like to hide most of the day. |
04-May-08, 11:51 AM
|  | Willia6 fan Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Victoria Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by peterjohnson64 For those that are interested - get out to the Frog & Reptile Expo today and have a look at one of these squirrels. Yes, they are very cute. But seriously, the only reason any of us would want to buy one is because in NSW we can buy a squirrel off a breeder but not a sugar glider. Go Figure!!! Surely there would be much less envirnmental risk if they just allowed us to buy sugar gliders off breeders in Victoria or South Australia. Oh, and I dont think they would cost us $1,000 each either. |
That's a good point you raised PJ.
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04-May-08, 05:14 PM
|  | QUEEN B Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23  | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by reptilesDownUnder Speaking of New Yorkers, it must really be the town that never sleeps! Why are you up so early in the morning?!? You must be very enthralled in this discussion! | I think we all know Miss Croft isn't really in New York  
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04-May-08, 05:24 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | I had a pet grey squirrel in the states for a while. It was free - just picked it up off the road where the rest of its family had been wiped out by cars. Nice little animal, but not worth $1000!
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07-May-08, 06:11 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-08 Location: SYDNEY Age/Gender: 41 | | | | hahaha ..... even if they went feral...they look good ...better then freakin toads. |
08-Jun-08, 04:05 PM
| | | I was actually at the Zoo yesterday and just found this thread while trying to find more info on these squirrels. I had to ask one of the Zoo guides if they were chipmunks or squirrels!
What he told me was that they basically jumped ship while the animals get transfered and roam free around the Zoo and other areas. I asked him if they were pests, but he said they didnt pose any threat to Australian wildlife so werent actually pestsof any sort.
He said that they are also found in other surrounding areas of Perth Zoo, and if you catch them you can keep them!!!
Thanks for the interesting conversations about the Indian Squirrels, I thought that if they would make a sweet pet for my daughter, but if they were being sold for $1000, that seems a bit steep for something you could catch for nothing, maybe next time we go to the Zoo we will come armed with nets... 
Does anyone know if you can buy them elsewhere? | | |
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