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53. Well, I don't look closely at the squirrels ... usually I shout to my 3 dogs 'SQUIRREL!' and the ...

Sun Nov 17, 2019, 12:24 PM

Nov 2019

dogs go crazy and run like mad to 'catch/chase/bark/etc.' at the squirrel, out the back door, and of course, always fail to catch them. It's a form of exercise I like to use for my dogs, it's too hard to walk (and its more fun) 3 of them at the same time (my feet wouldn't be even touching the ground!).

What's I've noticed is that there are lots of squirrels, none too big really. Just plentiful numbers. Thus, mild winter indeed. We've finally just got our below freezing temps here in STLMO a couple of weeks or so ago.

Got to run, it's squirrel chasing time! Have a good one.

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Are the squirrels on your lawn fat or lean? [View all] CTyankee Nov 2019 OP

Please don't fat shame the squirrels 🐿. Funtatlaguy Nov 2019 #1

Ha! 🌰🌰🥜 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2019 #2

No way! Squirrels are our friends! CTyankee Nov 2019 #3

LOL! skylucy Nov 2019 #29

Pudgy... A record acorn crop this year. hlthe2b Nov 2019 #4

Squirrels in my neighborhood are fat and happy. Arkansas Granny Nov 2019 #5

That's supposed to mean a cold winter here in CT. CTyankee Nov 2019 #7

I've always heard that you go by how thick their fur is. Although, unless you hunt squirrels, Arkansas Granny Nov 2019 #13

Squirrelly pets? Shrike47 Nov 2019 #51

I have no actual 4 legged squirrelly pets, just a few friends that some might consider squirrelly. Arkansas Granny Nov 2019 #60

I have no squirrels. Did they go to Arizona? Sneederbunk Nov 2019 #6

I watched the Boone and Crockett red squirrel in my yard the other day. He's been brewens Nov 2019 #8

No squirrels for me. Polly Hennessey Nov 2019 #9

The squirrels in my yard are fat BigMin28 Nov 2019 #10

FAT. My mother's home has several oak trees in the back yard . . DinahMoeHum Nov 2019 #11

When i first arrived in Oregon I went out onto the balcony of the apt CentralMass Nov 2019 #12

My squirrels are chubby Marthe48 Nov 2019 #14

Where do you put their feed? CTyankee Nov 2019 #19

I have bird feeders Marthe48 Nov 2019 #22

In northern DE, chubby squirrels and HUGE acorns. woodsprite Nov 2019 #15

It is going to be hard to judge Marthe48 Nov 2019 #24

My grandparents always said that was bad flu weather. nt woodsprite Nov 2019 #27

They look kind of round, but I don't know if it's fat or fur. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #16

Makes sense. Put on some weight and warmth to get them through a tough, cold winter... CTyankee Nov 2019 #17

Squirrels need 140 calories a day or 1/6 cup of shelled sunflower seeds Beringia Nov 2019 #18

I'm more interested to know where a tree rat is going to find shelled sunflower seeds Major Nikon Nov 2019 #20

Dollar store, most likely. sl8 Nov 2019 #21

Tree rat? Gross Beringia Nov 2019 #23

I offer unshelled sunflowers Marthe48 Nov 2019 #26

Interesting Marthe48 Nov 2019 #25

Someone made a joke before about this Beringia Nov 2019 #28

The chipmunks would ask for more Marthe48 Nov 2019 #30

I love chipmunks too Beringia Nov 2019 #31

Oh, so cute Marthe48 Nov 2019 #46

Thanks Beringia Nov 2019 #48

They're fat because they keep raiding my bird feeder mainer Nov 2019 #32

Had the same problem with a furry thief in our backyard. Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2019 #33

When I was tutoring ESL to Chinese students, one asked me if it was legal in our city to shoot CTyankee Nov 2019 #34

Fortunately, I do not think of squirrels as vermin. Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2019 #35

Perhaps they alarm the Chinese, much like a rat would alarm us... CTyankee Nov 2019 #36

Does she actually shoot them or was she asking a rhetorical question? smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #37

I didn't feel it was my place as a tutor to make a judgment on her culture, so I didn't ask. CTyankee Nov 2019 #38

Regarding "holy shit" ... sl8 Nov 2019 #44

i would say that "holy" has been used as a magnifier of intensity when you use the word it modifies. CTyankee Nov 2019 #49

Not 100% harmless. They do eat / chew on cedar wood products if you have on your house, and... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #58

in America, a bushy tail exonerates an animal from vermin status Skittles Nov 2019 #40

seems to be... CTyankee Nov 2019 #41

True. Chickens, cows and pigs need to get busy evolving cuter, bushier tails. n/t sl8 Nov 2019 #45

certainly my squirrel "Chubby" is not a good indicator Skittles Nov 2019 #39

My daughter feeds the squirrels in her yard Marthe48 Nov 2019 #47

Our squirrels are always fat and our winters always cold and long. Central NH n/t sarge43 Nov 2019 #42

In NYC, they eat pizza Yavin4 Nov 2019 #43

the title of this post sounds like the title of a surrealist work by a new artist on display CTyankee Nov 2019 #50

My squirrels are fat Doreen Nov 2019 #52

But are your squirrels phat? n/t sl8 Nov 2019 #56

Well, I don't look closely at the squirrels ... usually I shout to my 3 dogs 'SQUIRREL!' and the ... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #53

Mine are very tubby from having dug up and eat all the tulip bulbs I planted. dawg day Nov 2019 #54

Mine look pretty healthy! get the red out Nov 2019 #55

The one on my deck looks like this... jberryhill Nov 2019 #57

Well I guess we will have another climate change type of winter - which means almost not at all. lark Nov 2019 #59

Be sure to have enough firewood on hand keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #61