Greetings,
First off I should say, actually, they were my neighbors’ nuts. At first I was worried that he and she would be upset, but they apparently did not mind one bit.
To summarize, The Battle of Five Rodents, The Sciurinae Struggle, The War of the Acorn, has ended, and peace offerings duly made. A representative from the puffy-tail delegation has accepted the terms. Any broach of this truce will result in sanctions and possible supersoaker disciplinary action. Under no situation may I be dive-bombed by rogue Nuts of Mass Destruction. In return, I will not scare the bejeezus out of them during their dinner.
Seriously though, You should have seen how cute the little squirrel was when he slowly snuck up to my crouching body and grabbed the peanut from my hand with his mouth. So cute, I almost squeed :eek: It really made my day, and I wanted to share my happy squirrel love with all of you!
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Geez, upon proofreading, this thread makes me wonder if I should get my manliness examined :smack:
I love squirrels!
Autolycus
As much as I love feeding squirrels, I have to warn that they sometimes mistake your fingertips for nuts. Since getting bitten (Um…a couple of times :rolleyes: ) I’m a bit more wary of feeding them by hand. They were just excited at getting a treat and didn’t really mean any harm but, dang! It hurts. I can just about guarantee you that if bitten, those little rodent teeth will break the skin, as well as several underlying layers. Wash very well if this happens and, for Pete’s sake, get to a doctor if an infection or any other problems arise.
Squirrels are cute as the dickens, though, and very squee-worthy, in my book.
You only think they’re cute, let me enlighten you. When I was back in middle school I always saw squirrels while walking to school. And I always thought they were cute the way that two of them would sometimes scooter along and chase each other through the grass and even up a tree. Up until the day that I was horrified by what happens when squirrel A actually catches up to squirrel B. A was chasing B up a tree, racing around the trunk towards the top, then onto a long and thin branch until **B ** could not go any further. This was when A somehow pushed off B who emitted a squirrelly screech as it fell from the tree and plumetted to it’s demise. I couldn’t believe it when A just sat up there and made the same sounds that squirrels make when they run up a tree and escape a cat… that sort of squirrel laugh they make that resembles a dull chirping.
This reminds me of a favorite bit from lno. He was talking to a big spider in his garage and said he thought they had an agreement: You won’t jump out and startle me, and I won’t scream like a little girl.
Squirrels are great. I grew up in Cleveland, and damn near every tree in the neighborhood had squirrels in it. We used to feed them all the time. It got to the point where the squirrels would watch us if we were out in the yard.
One time we decided to feed them pretzels, and they liked em. And then we dunked the pretzels in peanut butter, and the squirrels loved em. They would lick all the peanut butter off, and then toss the pretzel aside and go look for more peanut butter.
One year, my dad bought me a kid’s fishing rod so he could teach me. I took the hook off the line and tied a big pretzel loaded with peanut butter to it, and went squirrel fishing. Those squirrels chased that thing all over the yard, stopping only to lick gobs of peanut butter off the grass. We were on the ground howling with laughter when my mom caught us.
This one time? At college? One of my floormates had a squirrel root around under her bed, open a jar of peanut butter and help itself.
Also reminds me of my friends’ old dog. If you gave him leftover beef stew he would eat everything , suck the gravy off the peas and carrots and deposit the veggies, licked clean, back in the bowl. RIP, good old Barry.
My cat Zen likes french fries, butter, and Nacho Cheese Doritos, but only the actual cheese. When she’s done with it, it looks like a plain tortilla chip. My other cat Moonshadow likes garbanzo bean juice, but it makes her throw up immediately.
