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| 3647.1 | | NRADM::ROBINSON | did i tell you this already??? | Tue May 29 1990 11:55 | 10 |
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Baby squirrels can be quite friendly, I had two someone gave
me when I worked for a vet...Watch out for fleas, they all seem
to be infested with them from birth...When she was calling you,
was is more like a loud whistle than a chirp? This is their
`I'm desperately hungry and I'm going to die if you don't feed
me' call, I found that out at 5 am one morning... :)
Sherry
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| 3647.2 | She had TWO sounds! | NATASH::ANDERSON | | Tue May 29 1990 13:46 | 15 |
| When I heard her 'crying'...I had never heard that sound before.
Actually, there were two distinct sounds. The first sound was like
a bird (whistling) the second was definately a 'desparate' cry. What
was interesting is that she really looked like she was hanging on
for dear life....she didn't move a muscle. Everytime she would make
an attempt to turn around, the branch would bend way down.
Otis and Tiffany just kept staring at the tree - they never took their
eyes off her.
Otis and Tiffany appear to 'wait' for her arrival on the deck now...
they are all so fun to watch.
Marilyn
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| 3647.3 | | JJLIET::JUDY | York beach boogyin with the band | Tue May 29 1990 14:02 | 21 |
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My parent's have a camp in Winchester NH. Well we have
a 'family' of chipmunks that live nearby. I have one that
I call my 'pet chipmunk'. This little cutie will come up onto
the deck of the trailer and eat out of my hand and let me pet
him while he's stuffing his face. My mom thinks it's the cutest
thing and took some pictures of it. She thought it was so great
that while I was gone for a short time on Saturday, she fed him
herself and took a picture at the same time. The noise of the
camera didn't even make him flinch! There's another one that
will eat out of your hand but takes it and RUNS! Then there's
the two younger ones. One I call stupid because I'll sit there
with my hand full of peanuts and the silly little thing will
walk right by it! Must not have a keen sense of smell! Then
there's "the teenage mutant ninja chipmunk". We call him that
because he was born with only a stump of a tail. Look like a
bunny tail. Funny, he hops like one too!
They're sooo cute! As long as they don't bite I think it's safe.
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| 3647.4 | They get pushy, but they are fun!... | BOOVX1::MANDILE | | Tue May 29 1990 16:38 | 10 |
| My mom has one that has been coming for her "handouts"
for about 5+ yrs now. Comes right up to the glass,
taps and calls for his snacks.
She tried to shoo him away from the bird feeder last
week, and the cheeky little B gave her an earfull and
refused to budge until she gave him something.
"Chippy" (her name for the squirrel), has her well trained.
L-
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| 3647.5 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313 | Wed May 30 1990 07:40 | 4 |
| Jack and I have fed squirrels on the Boston Common. They're BOLD!
We also had a neighbor who had a "pet" squirrel. He'd come up and
eat out of her hand.
Nancy
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| 3647.6 | Named HIM 'Wally' | NATASH::ANDERSON | | Wed May 30 1990 07:55 | 11 |
| Well I got home in the pouring rain last night and Tracey had put some
walnuts out for 'Wally' (short for WALNUT??? and she feels the squirrel
is a boy) but he didn't come around. I am assuming it's because of all
the wind and rain. Each nut will probably weigh about a pound today
after sitting on the railing all night long.
Tiffany and Otis were up at the crack of dawn this morning - peering
out onto to the deck...waiting for Wally to visit!
Marilyn
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| 3647.7 | Daily Squirrel Visits | FSHQA2::NGRILLO | | Fri Jul 06 1990 16:42 | 13 |
| My mom and her boyfriend, who live across the street from us, have a
family of squirrels that come and visit them on a daily basis. They
take the nuts right from my mom's boyfriend's hands. They've also come
to the door, scratched it, and come right into the house!
Sometimes they will come across the street to our house too. I
sometimes get a little nervous though with our two cats Ralph and Alice.
Alice I
trust but Ralph is a true hunter and has little fear in him. Although
I've seen all of them "playing" by one of the trees in my mother's
yard. One of the squirrels was up higher in the tree than Ralph and
was kinda playing a "cat & squirrel" game with Ralph. I watched this
for about 1/2hr. It was pretty humerous.
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| 3647.8 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313 | Tue Jul 10 1990 07:54 | 6 |
| One day when I came out to check on the cats on their leashes I found
Bonnie at the base of a tree looking up at a squirrel who was about 3.5
feet up a tree. The squirrel was chattering and scolding at Bonnie
and knew full well that Bonnie couldn't get it. Now Bonnie didn't
know that and it was pretty funny to watch that squirrel teasing
Bonnie. :-)
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