A Question

[moonstonemystyk]

My cat brought me this small animal (unharmed). I'm pretty sure that it's a chinchilla of some kind. Would anyone be able to tell me if I'm right?

 

[starleomach]

looks kinda like a flying squirrel maybe..pics are kinda fuzzy does he have a flat tail? definitly not a chinchilla

 

[Essentia]

To me it looks like a flying squirrel or a sugar glider. I can't really tell from the pictures.

 

[addictedtochins]

Maybe a sugar glider? Guys, do suggies run free outside? Or might this be someones pet?

 

[Essentia]

Flying Squirrel

Sugar Glider

 

[Essentia]

Maybe a sugar glider? Guys, do suggies run free outside? Or might this be someones pet?

From what I know they definitely don't run free outside. If it's a Sugar Glider it has to be someone's pet. Sugar Gliders are from the rainforests of Australia, Indonesia, and New Guinea.

 

[greychins]

Looks like a flying squirrel to me. They're native to many parts of the US, so it's very possible...

I mean I've never seen on in person, like close up, but one of my friends who works at a wildlife place set up a night camera aimed at the trees in this one nature preserve, and you can see all the flying squirrels going from tree to tree...neatest thing...

 

[addictedtochins]

Flying squirrel's can be pets too, right? I don't want it to be set free if it's someone's pet. And he seems rather calm, maybe he's used to being handled.

 

[moon]

What a cutie - looks like a flying squirrel to me. Yes, people also have flying squirrels as pets - you might check with the local veterinarians and post a "found" item. Maybe they could contact any flying squirrel owners they know of and tell them one was found. Can't be too many of them!

 

[FurryAnimalsOhMy]

Doesn't look like a chinchilla. I think it's a flying squirrel, like has been said previously.

 

[Chinmama]

Call your local wildlife rehab, they should be able to help you.