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Help me identify my mystery guest!!
DUDE. I think I just saw a sugar glider out on my balcony!!
Whatever it was, the cats were transfixed. They wanted to chase/pounce on/eat it SO BADLY.
It is not a squirrel, so please don't tell me that it is. It is much smaller than a squirrel, the bars on my balcony are only 5" apart. Its head and eyes were round and the eyes were really big proportional to the head, which would make sense for a nocturnal animal. I didn't get a picture clearly showing it, but when it climbed down the chair, I think I saw extra skin between its arms and legs? But I didn't see it glide.
One time pet that got loose? Escapee from the local zoo? Considering I live in VA, and the native habitat of a sugar glider is AUSTRALIA, it's very intriguing!
Whatever it was, the cats were transfixed. They wanted to chase/pounce on/eat it SO BADLY.
It is not a squirrel, so please don't tell me that it is. It is much smaller than a squirrel, the bars on my balcony are only 5" apart. Its head and eyes were round and the eyes were really big proportional to the head, which would make sense for a nocturnal animal. I didn't get a picture clearly showing it, but when it climbed down the chair, I think I saw extra skin between its arms and legs? But I didn't see it glide.
One time pet that got loose? Escapee from the local zoo? Considering I live in VA, and the native habitat of a sugar glider is AUSTRALIA, it's very intriguing!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_flying_squirrel
They do live in the south. People don't always see them because they are small and nocturnal.
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Ok, now that I've read the Wikipedia page, it seems very possible. It's a lot more logical than my original theory.
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