05-30-2011, 10:19 PM
I tamed a chipmunk to eat peanuts in the shell right out of my hand. It was the cutest thing. Then, the next year there were a couple of them, then more. The year after that, I had a whole woodpile full of the friendliest chipmunks you ever saw, all of them capable of taking peanuts out of your hands. After that they got in my attic, and cleaned out all the eggs in my birdhouses too. About the time they were wearing their welcome a little thin, the big, long bull snake started moving into the woodpile too. Within a month or two there wasn't a chipmunk to be found. I've never tamed them since.