That is basically the question. Just trying to find out if anyone knows if having a pet as a squirrel is legal or not in the state of Washington. Thanks!

I can't really answer you, except that I can think of no state where squirrels are a protected species. Try the web site for Wash's Dept Natural Resources, or Fish and Game Commission.

That is basically the question. Just trying to find out if anyone knows if having a pet as a squirrel is legal or not in the state of Washington. Thanks!


Per the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife - there are no regulations to owning a squirrel (except for the two species I’ve listed below) BUT it is illegal to remove them from the wild.

Two species cannot be owned in Washington - the Eastern Grey squirrel (a nuisance species) and the Western Grey (a protected species).

I can't really answer you, except that I can think of no state where squirrels are a protected species. Try the web site for Wash's Dept Natural Resources, or Fish and Game Commission.



In fact squirrels - various species - are protected in many States.

Other species are nuisance rodents.

Thanks so much! Any idea how I would go about obtaining a squirrel then..

Thanks so much!! Any idea how I would go about obtaining a squirrel then...?


Looks like you'd have to buy it out of State and find out what the shipping procedure is.

(Why do you want a pet squirrel? They tend to get nasty when they get older.)

I just really like squirrels... and Sugar Bush the squirrel influenced me... hahaha.

I just really like squirrels... and Sugar Bush the squirrel influenced me... hahaha.



Well, we all have our personal heroes.

Hahahhahahahah. Damn right we do..