I honestly did. When I was like 7.
I'll tell you one thing; they aren't family pets. They can make a good pet when tamed, but only to one person. They get attached to one person and one only. Then they hate the rest
. My squirrel was named Rocket, he was my mom's pet mainly and she loved him so much. I always found him cute too and liked to tell my friends I owned a squirrel
My mom got Rocket because I told her I loved squirrels and we were exploring some part of town that was cutting down trees and found some baby squirrels sheltering in one tree trunk. Then my mom decided to take one and nurse it.
OH, we also owned more squirrels but not exactly the same. They were flying squirrels named Jill and something else. Tbh, I don't remember much about them. We didn't have them for long. Jill died because she choked on something when I was at school (my mom was heartbroken), and I don't remember what happened to the other. Rocket was our primary squirrel.