My wife had a wild rabbit she would talk to while gardening. One day a dog came into the yard and the rabbit ran right between my wife’s feet and stopped. Another time she had an owl adopt her for a summer. He would fly around and perch above her. One time she was having lunch outside and the owl took off and returned with a heron and dined above her. Animals are strange.
I had a pet skunk and a pet armadillo when I was a kid. I found them as orphans.