I didn’t feel like doin a One-Liner today, although if I did, it’d be, “Hang on, there’s a squirrel at the door.”
Yes, Chubby lives on, although as it turns out, Chubby is a female who wasn’t so much chubby as she was “with squirrel.” I had previously thought that there was nothin more precious than a squirrel in my apple tree, just munchin away, but then I saw baby squirrels. *SQUEEEEEE!* Ohmagerd, Soooo Cuuuuute! *SQUEEEEEE!*
For a few weeks, we’ve had an even chubbier squirrel. Given her size, I assume she will birth a litter of giant squirrels, all of whom will scratch on my door for food.
I’m not composting right now, so the squirrels get all my fruit and veggie scraps, plus popcorn dregs and whatever is stale. I have kids, so there are always plenty of smashed up cracker bits and stale cereal no one wanted to eat after they told me they loved it and to buy it FOREVER.
Anyway, of course I feed the squirrels. The squirrels are clearly grateful.
I fed them goodies all summer, here and there, and when I didn’t, they ate bird seed and corn. In September, they ate my decorative squash. Truth be told, I don’t really buy into decorative squash, but it was a gift, so all the better it was eaten. They are raiding the garden now, but honestly, I can’t complain, because we cannot eat the tomatoes at the rate they’ve grown. I don’t know much about squirrels, really, but I do know as winter approaches, they definitely eat more and get more aggressive.
Anything edible which is left on the porch will be eaten.
They drive the dog to madness, because they come right up to the glass door. Everyone watches, and I have the suspicion that if I let Cletus the kitten out, he would play with them, and maybe even groom them, which is his new thing to do, and squirrels groom themselves similarly to cats, only it’s ten times as cute because their paws are much more like human hands.
I cannot photograph them well, because I am me, and not a skilled photographer with knowledge of lenses and stuff, and I don’t even own a fancy camera, because why would I, since I dunno anything about lenses and stuff? I do post a lot of photos of them on Instagram, but it doesn’t make me a better photographer.
Yesterday, we thought Cletus the kitten was playin in the window, but it was actually a squirrel climbing down the window. Yes, on the glass, from the roof. It was one of the craziest things we’ve ever seen.
The Squirrels rule here!
joeyfullystated 
Dearest Joey – lest I ruin your love affair with those cute little creatures … Beware 🙂 My next door neighbor and my sister both have horror stories about the little buggers who, after being kindly and generously fed, decided the homes also belonged to them. They are clever about finding openings to nest or live, and will destroy electrical wiring, chew through walls … Major $$$ repairs!
When we lived in our former townhouse, we had to hire an exterminator to come trap four of them (grown babies) who got way too aggressive when we’d sit on our own patio! They had to be relocated far far away.
I have some funny stories about watching them in the snow and love to see them scurry through the trees, but I no longer put out corn cobs or feeders for them. Neither does my sister!
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Aw, I appreciate the warning. Three of them nest in the tree in my front yard, and there are two other nests in the pine trees, but there’s also an abandoned house next door, which I would hope they choose over mine. My dog hunts them and we have a squirrel cemetery out back
so she really helps keep the population down. If I suspect they’re taking advantage of our home, I wouldn’t hesitate to release the hound.
They are totally food aggressive in the fall, absolutely. I’ll keep a watchful eye 🙂
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I shoulda known you’d have it under control 🙂 Squirrel cemetery ‘n all 🙂
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Great post. We feed out squirrels too. The dog tries to sneak up on the but we bang something so the squirrel will run. We actually made a squirrel feeder when our daughter was little do she could watch them figure stuff out like the ladder and the door that were designed to keep the blue jays out. I love the way you write, I feel like you’re here talking to me.
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Thanks, Dan 🙂 That’s a great compliment!
I love watching them, and they never fail to amaze me — so clever and acrobatic! I’ve seen videos where they perform in an obstacle course, similar to the Rat Race game (remember that?) but I dunno if I could construct a course myself. Perhaps a good project for Moo and The Mister when she’s a bit older? It’s a good educational idea you’ve given me.
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I’ve never seen a pregnant squirrel. Do you get fully red squirrels or mainly grey? X
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These are fox squirrels, which is predominately what I have in my neighborhood, but we have gray, red and flying here in the city/state.
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wow, I have never heard of a fox squirrel, what classifies them as a fox, are they bigger or something? x
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I dunno, but when we moved here, I went to the Department of Natural Resources, because my MIL was annoying me about “what kind of squirrels?” and there are only four species of squirrels here, so I read about the ones we get on our property and marveled at the photos. Here’s a link: http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/3373.htm
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they seem to have very glorious tails lol
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I think so — like hyper puppies 😛 hehe!
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haha funny and cute
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Aw it’s Chubby!!! ❤ I've got a pair of squirrels scrambling around on my tree, they're so fun to watch! I'll have to see if they eat the decorative gourds we just put out there, my mom will be pissed if they do! 😉 I loved it that one time when I had baby squirrels, so freaking adorable! ❤
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I really wish I could capture some of the preciousness — but they’re fast and careful with their babies! Good luck keepin the gourds safe. If I put my pumpkins out, they’ll be smeared with chili paste 😉
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animals are so fun to watch…we had a possum that used to feed at the bird feeder at one time, the squirrels were not numerous in the meadow, I think there is some ratio of distance from tree to tree that is observed…too many deaths at the hands of the dog…your friends are no doubt appreciative that they have zoomed up the scale of likely to survive to old age…:)
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I’d much rather have squirrels than the kind of vermin we get around here! I had to stop composting. I’ve seen skunks in my garden. They’re so cute, but I don’t want to scare them!
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Skunks are quite cute, until they spray the dog ^_^
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Right? I don’t have a dog now, so I don’t have to worry about that. But I don’t want to get sprayed myself!
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I love squirrels and make sure to feed them everyday but I can see I could do more – oh so much more. Your squirrels are enormous hahahaha One might even say ‘corn fed.’
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Thank you for commenting 🙂 Yes, I reckon they’re corn-fed literally and figuratively, bein Indiana squirrels and all 🙂
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Loved the line “Chubby is a female who wasn’t so much chubby as she was ‘with squirrel.'”
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What a lovely chubby squirrel 🙂 Very nice photos!
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Thank you 🙂
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Yep, when you said “with squirrel” I completely spit my beer out. 🙂
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LOL @ “with squirrel”
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