I’ve been feeding the squirrels outside my apartment door. I dumped a big bag of seeds into a plastic kitty litter box so I could leave it outside. I would fill a couple of bowls, but I guess I wasn’t fast enough because they chewed a hole in the box. I really don’t care because now they can feed themselves, but it makes me wonder- are they smart enough to not relieve themselves in their food? Is the box going to be half poop in a while?
They will poop where they stand.
I’ve seen a squirrel with a 3 point hanging situation from a branch (3 legs in precarious contact) 4th paw holding a nut, and he pooped.
He looked down as it fell to the ground.
If birds indulge, they’ll poop in the box too.
Well, I’ll assume they’re smart enough not to eat their own shit, so I guess they can just pick around it. If they don’t like it, it’s their own fault.
Not your problem. They’ll eat the shit or not as they will.
Squirrels are fun. I’m certainly not a squirrel hater as some folks are.
But I gotta say it’s nuts to feed wild animals of any kind. Mixing metaphors, you’re creating a monster that’ll be real hard to put back into the bottle. You do you, but I bet you’ll be back asking how to get your overpopulation of aggressive squirrels and loud squawky birds under control. Not to mention the racoons and rats. Especially the rats.
My mother had a habit of feeding squirrels from her backdoor. She would toss crackers out onto the patio and watch the squirrels. She did this for quite some time, until the rats showed up.
I mean, squirrels basically are rats, just with better PR.
And a better outfit with the party in the back.
Really squirrels are jerks.
I’ve tried to be friends with them. But they leave pecan shells on my deck. The shells are leagues worse than Lego to step on. Believe me.
I like to see them use the deck rail for a runway. We’ve had up to 4 chasing by. I assume the lead squirrel was a 'babe’ squirrel.