General Chat

The best Christmas movie.

This could be us this Christmas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdiXSsFp29s

Deb

Ohhh Liz! It isn't Peanut.
Peanut wasn't a black squirrel, he was on the brownish side.

My sister and myself were sitting in the back yard during the summer. She mentioned that you never see baby squirrels. She had just "met" Nutty.

Low and behold the next day there was a teeny squirrel in the back yard. She came over later in the day via the yard. I stopped her and said "look at the compost". She looked at what she thought was a chipmonk. Nope, it was a Squirrel, We named him Peanut because he is so tiny.
Cute little thing. A little bugger too and cheeky!

Maybe Peanut will return next year to visit us. But how will I recognise him after he has grown?

We have had just about every kind of wildlife in our yard. Black bears, deer, raccoons, cayotes and of course squirrels. One of the nice things about living on the base of a mountain.

Our daughter and her friend were down at the river ( we are greenbelt to the river) a few years back and swore a cougar was on the opposit side of the river from where they were. Doesn't surprise me.

Glad that they weren't partial to poison and my way of catching them worked out fine!

Deb

Hi Deb, glad you caught Peanut to go and live with Nutty in their enchanted wood lol

Love the Christmas pressie, do tell us how far it goes when your o.h. throws it out the window lol

Lizxx

Ah...but just think how amused you and others would be if you sent Oh into the attic to find the animated squirrel....and the fun we will have reading about it.....where is your sense of daring?

Re: Nutty and friend....make that 180 descendants for the future excursion to the homeland :-))))

I think we have seen the last of our lodgers.

Squirrel number two - (don't have a name for him) was in the trap last night.

Brought him down from the attic and he was non too pleased! Hissing and spitting and making noises I've never heard a squirrel make before.

He was taken for a car ride to the a nice wooded are just up the road. His friend Nutty is up there too.

I just couldn't resist getting something I saw today for Hubby for Christmas.
An animated squirrel! He moves and makes three different noises. It comes with it's own birth certificate and baby bottle :)
I know what choice words will be said when he opens it on the 25th.

My daughter and I were thinking about putting it in the trap and sending the "Squirrel Huter" aka Hubby up to get it down. We had second thought as we are sure he would not be ammused.

So all is good (for now) in this part of the world :)

Deb

Well someone is up there!
I told hubby not to wrap his butties in a map :)

It is either him (thinking about squirrels travelling 6 miles in a night) or my little Peanut.

The trap is set and a tiny hole in one of the roof overhangs has been welded shut!

Deb

Is he back then Deb? or have you had a change of heart? lol

Is he back yet lol?

xxx

****Sighs, and goes to the garage to get the trap AGAIN****

LOL you nut cases

Deb, I am so glad you have set down ground rules in case Nutty comes back, how you can live with yourself tho is beyond me lol

O.h. has noticed Ratty seems to be about again, always seems to be alone so far, this is the second year, I first noticed him in Summer 2007 skipping across the lawn towards the food dropped off the bird table, didn't say anything for ages till o.h. found the holes under the shed and garage lol
He blocked them up and we tried to keep the bird food on the table and he put down the trap a ratcatcher left here a while back when we had rats, and all we find is a cosy nest of grass etc in one corner of the trap and the bait thrown all over the place, almost the way a cat will scrap cat litter about lol

Whilst I don't like the idea of rats doing their dirty deeds all over the place, I have to say this one was quite cute and smallish but I suppose by now he will be grown and maybe thinking of settling down and breeding if he finds a partner!
We did have a grey squirrel visit once to pinch the hazel nuts, the first crop, but haven't seen one since.

Lizx

But it is nearly Christmas Deb....where is your heart?.....poor little Nutty...he is homeless! and where could he find a job at this time of year as a professional wire cutter to pay rent to a landlady who he thought was his friend and loved him so much she invited him to a party?.

I bet you are wiping tears from your eyes for being so harsh to the poor fluffy little fellah.... and feeling guilty...... and feeling like scrooge.....Did you even pack him a lunch box before he was cast into the unknown?...How could you? Tut!

Rasberries back lol.....

Susan who is waiting for the men in the white coats :-)))



Edit to add.....He is soooo sweeet! You wicked woman!

http://www.black-squirrels.com/Pictures/Toronto/P2240024.JPG


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http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_05/mentalsquirrelMMP_468x371.jpg



Awwwww!!!!

***Blows raspberries at Susan***

Like heck they will be visiting their ancestral home!

Seeing as Nutty is such a smart squirrel (having young ones sit on his knee telling them stories) I'll put an ad in the local rag for him.

I'll explaine that he is more than welcome to visit, but seeing as he doesn't have a job there is no way he can afford the rent I'm going to be charging in future for the attic.
If and when he does get a job good enough to afford the outrageous rent, I will need him to sign a lease agreement.
Some of the conditions are:
1) No running
2) If running is required (in the case of emergency) it will be done in such a manner that it doesn't disturb the downstairs tennants.
3) No chewing wires
4) No hoarding food stuffs over winter as this may attract rats.
5) No overnight guests or loud parties.

Nutty doesn't know how good he had it. How many other squirrels do you know who got to attend a 21st birthday dinner?

Deb

Tsk! Liz

I have no time to worry about bathrooms when poor little nutty is homeless and wandering goodness knows where.....Poor little thing......I bet he is a clever little fellah though and finds his way home :-)).

Susan
x

Omg, Susan, you are worse than Esther Rantzen telling fairy tales to the bugs in the bushtucker trial lol

You want to mind Nutty doesn't find his way to your garden, if he is that clever he might hitch a ride and drop in.

How's the bathroom coming along? We might be able to use the shower by Christmas altho bath still won't have panel, room will have no heating, and walls are still sort of yukky chocolate brown which was under the old tile effect wall paper he took off last November! His ex had rubbish taste in home decor, still living with it in here, but if the bathroom has taken a year and not finished, will never encourage him to start on kitchen/diner while I stay here, would be the worse nightmare ever!

Lizxx

And so you should Deb! Poor little thing is probably crying his little eyes out wondering how to get home to Deb's nice warm house. Nothing to eat and no-where to go. Alone, without friends and soon it will be Christmas. What will poor Nutty do? How will he survive?....and all because he chewed a few wires trying to make a comfortable home for himself.......Yer heartless woman!

But then....maybe he will meet another and they will have children. He will sit them on his knee and tell them the story of where he used to live, how he loved it there and meant no harm. His offspring, of which there will be many, will tell the story to their children.....Then one day, when poor Nutty has passed away they will all decide to visit the ancestral home of their beloved Father who died of a broken heart over the cruel way he was taken from all that was dear to him......They decide to make a pilgrimage and maybe set up home there ....all 90 of them lol

Susan who has nothing better to do at this time in the morning :-)))))

I feel quite sad that Nutty has gone. I know that's crazy, but we got to know each other during the summer :)
He is more than welcome to hang out in the back yard, I just don't need him as a lodger.

I've been peering out in the yard all day expecting to see him. Maybe the couple of miles was far enough and he is happy at the other end of the river.

Now the little tiny one "Peanut" I wonder where he is??

Deb

I understand it's illegal here in the UK to release any squirrels you might catch in a trap.
Probably why Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has a recipe for squirrel ragout... can't say I fancy it much though (I was once a junior member of the Tufty club - LOL!)