# Creamsicle caught a squirrel **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709 "2018-05-06T18:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/1 "2018-05-06T18:20:57Z")
Creamsicle caught a [squirrel](https://imgur.com/a/o9Tg1Zk). I thought it was dead, but Mrs. L.A. said it was still moving. I was going to dispatch it with snakeshot, but couldn’t find my H&R 999 immediately. The squirrel seemed to be perking up, so I put it on top of the shed in the back yard. It isn’t moving around much, but it _is_ moving on the top of the shed. Creamsicle was a stray who adopted us. She must have developed hunting skills, and she has demonstrated them with birds and mice. But a squirrel? She never seemed to be interested. Besides that, she has a tiny little mouth and she’s not a very big kitty. And the squirrels are alert and fast. It never occurred to us that she would or could catch one. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/2 "2018-05-06T19:13:01Z")
Looks like a young squirrel. It may have been previously injured. Maybe Creamsicle wants it as a pet. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/3 "2018-05-06T19:26:51Z")
The squirrel hadn’t moved since I posted an hour ago. I went out to assess whether its hindquarters were functional, and whether it would have to be euthanised. When I set up the ladder, it ran to a corner of the shed. When I went to that corner, it ran to another corner. When I went to _that_ corner, I could see its hind legs were working as it scampered over the roof. It jumped into a nearby tree. 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/4 "2018-05-06T19:29:10Z")
Go Creamsicle! I hate squirrels. Rats with fluffy tails. [Have a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9-rE5RBZvU) of a squirrel failing to get into a bird feeder. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/5 "2018-05-06T19:38:47Z")
Years ago I had a friend who had a small (5 or 6 pounds) ball of fluff female kitty. She regularly brought home prey as large as herself or larger (I heard reports of rabbits). They used to joke that some day she was going to bring home a deer. I think it was a joke. Anyway, it’s never safe to assume what a cat thinks it can tackle, and what it can successfully tackle. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/6 "2018-05-06T19:55:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Creamsicle caught a [squirrel](https://imgur.com/a/o9Tg1Zk). > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Creamsicle was a stray who adopted us. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Maybe Creamsicle wants it as a pet. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Go Creamsicle! Are we supposed to know who Creamsicle is? I’m assuming a cat. If so, hope this isn’t the beginning of dozens of former squirrels brought home and dropped onto your pillow as trophies (Mr. Morris’s favorite trick). ps: Mr. Morris is a cat. (Sorry, just a pet peeve = OPs that make you guess acronyms or genders… or species.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/7 "2018-05-06T22:08:12Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Are we supposed to know who Creamsicle is? [Intro thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=731643). ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/8 "2018-05-06T23:01:10Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Intro thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=731643). Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/9 "2018-05-07T00:04:09Z")
The squirrel has remained in the afore-mentioned tree, grasping onto the trunk. It finally, just now, moved to a horizontal board that’s on the tree for some reason. The poor thing is definitely hurt. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/10 "2018-05-07T00:18:36Z")
The squirrels in my backyard avoid the ground whenever possible. They must have seen what happened to the rabbit and, just recently, the duck that thought they could escape Demon Dog. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/11 "2018-05-07T00:18:59Z")
Dang, what a letdown. I thought this thread was going to be about a sure-fire bait for people with squirrel problems. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/12 "2018-05-07T14:14:00Z")
The squirrel eventually made its way up the trunk into the branches. I hope it lives. Our back yard has a drop-off down to a creek. Mrs. L.A. went to look for the squirrel on the back side of the tree and fell down the top part of the drop-off. Fortunately, the blackberry bushes kept her from rolling all the way down. But it took a while to get her disentangled, and she’s pretty scratched up. She says she’s _never_ going to go there again. She says she’s ‘letting the squirrel go’. If it survives, it survives. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. But she’s not going to look for it. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/13 "2018-05-07T16:44:44Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Dang, what a letdown. I thought this thread was going to be about a sure-fire bait for people with squirrel problems. I did too. 😃 As for the squirrel, you did right by him. If he’s able to run and climb, then he should be bale to make it on his own. Well done for checking on him. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-caught-a-squirrel/813709/14 "2018-05-07T20:40:40Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Go Creamsicle! I hate squirrels. Rats with fluffy tails. > > [Have a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9-rE5RBZvU) of a squirrel failing to get into a bird feeder. 😃 This is basic cruelty to a squirrel. And yet I can’t stop laughing at it. I’m going to hell. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Ya6z-NlDo)