Yes, I did let the ground squirrel go free, this summer. She got rather wild and quite mean when she reached adulthood, and I took that to be a sign that she was ready for her freedom. I released her at a county park here. It has a large colony of ground squirrels living there, and they are not really bothered. There is also a pond and grass, so I knew she wouldn't be hungry or thirsty until she got the hang of it. She was already hoading food and trying to dig a burrow in her cage, so I'm sure she fit right in.

I still post at Acme, just not on the exotic board anymore, since the ground squirrel saga is over. Yes, the trolls are a bummer, but that comes with the internet, I suppose.