I’ve only just realized it’s been ages since I posted a cat video. Chalk that up to chemo-brain, throwing blankets over my memories.
So here’s a heart-warming pet video, a cat and a squirrel. We don’t have those gorgeous red squirrels here in New Jersey, more’s the pity. But our grey squirrels are pretty friendly.
A man in Idaho has a pet squirrel who doubles as a mini guard dog. It seems a burglar was driven off the premises by Joey, the squirrel, who kept attacking him. The police caught him with stolen goods and got the story out of him.
Gee, why won’t this squirrel take a bite out of this nice coconut we put out for him? It turns out there’s a reason for it.
If you watch carefully, you’ll see at least four squirrels getting involved in this situation.
Boo! This squirrel was set up! Tempted by squirrely treats, and lured into a life of crime–to wit, towel-stealing. It’s only a matter of time before she graduates to towel-stealing and (dare we say it?) spreading disinformation, Climbit Chainge Denial, etc…
Have you ever hand-fed wild squirrels? After a while they aren’t so wild anymore. There was a squirrel who used to sit down next to me when I sat on the porch step. Sometimes I forgot to bring squirrel treats, but he didn’t seem to mind.
What does a squirrel have to do, to get the cat to chase him? Maybe the cat is wondering why the humans have let a squirrel into the house in the first place. Betcha he’s jealous.
Normally my money would be on the squirrel; but this time out, I would’ve lost.
The squirrel will try and try to climb the pole to the bird feeder, but he can’t get past the Slinky.
But he’s a rodent: give him time, he’ll think of something.
So much for squirrels as plaster saints. Did you see what this guy did?
You could make it a pool. Whoever guesses correctly which particular candy the squirrel makes off with, wins the pool. I think here he got away with a Mounds bar.
This has all the makings of a bad idea–a pet door that’ll let any animal that can fit through it come into your house.
But not to worry; we have a cat! The cat won’t let anything come in…
I don’t know. Afraid of a squirrel… Someone needs to turn in his cat badge.
I wonder how come squirrels never caught on as pets. They’re bright, playful, and affectionate… although the video does not discuss the question of housekeeping. Arboreal animals generally don’t care where they poop; although my experience is that they can be taught better manners.
Cuddly little characters, though, aren’t they?