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Scratchie The Squirrel [Vanity]
Self | 11/16/2018 | Self

Posted on 11/16/2018 8:56:04 PM PST by backspace

Been feeding the cute little squirrel out back..... I named him "Scratchie"


TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: humor; joke; squirrel
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We have a squirrel we are feeding with pumpkins right now! He isn’t that tame yet but the relationship is developing. He can carry a pretty big small pumpkin and he can rip to shreds a big one. Sometimes we jut give him the seeds.


21 posted on 11/16/2018 11:24:29 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

Safer to give them peanuts in the shell


22 posted on 11/16/2018 11:40:32 PM PST by Figment
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To: backspace

Looks like you came up with the name Scratchie based on all of those Band-Aids on your fingers and wrist.


23 posted on 11/17/2018 12:17:25 AM PST by octex
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To: backspace

I hand raised a baby squirrel. When it was a bit bigger it would climb all over me like I was a tee shirt clad tree, round and round my trunk, zipping top to bottom.

I looked like a road map...


24 posted on 11/17/2018 12:42:01 AM PST by null and void (Those who make change through the vote impossible make changes by force inevitable)
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To: backspace

I have one that I call Chewy, he’s missing an ear.
That bastard eats my bird seed along with the 500 others around here.

I don’t really care too much about it, they are entertaining the way they chase each other all the time.

I have a weak BB pistol that I practice lobbing BB’s at them just for the challenge.

I could probably kill 10 a day with my .22 if I wanted to.

That’s why I have Owls and Hawks too, I love all my little fur and feather friends but, everyone has to eat.


25 posted on 11/17/2018 12:42:04 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.,)
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To: LibWhacker

“LOL, hilarious (when you start foaming at the mouth, it might be something by called rabies).”

I had a coon that would dance around on my back porch in the afternoon. I named him Foamy.


26 posted on 11/17/2018 12:55:11 AM PST by dgbrown
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To: backspace

Search Foamy the Squirrel. Hilarious cartoons!


27 posted on 11/17/2018 1:01:56 AM PST by W. (Belch!)
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To: LibWhacker

“Squirrels are almost never found to be infected with the rabies virus . Squirrels also have not been known to cause rabies in humans within the United States. Bites from a squirrel are not considered a risk for rabies unless the animal was sick or behaving in an unusual manner, and rabies is widespread in the area. “

I had checked into this previously because of all the squirrels we have around.


28 posted on 11/17/2018 2:01:06 AM PST by MagnoliaB (You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)
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We had a baby squirrel we raised when I was a kid. They are so much fun and personable as pets. When he got grown enough he was taken to a city park and released. Didn’t want him to get shot by hunters.


29 posted on 11/17/2018 2:06:34 AM PST by MagnoliaB (You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)
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To: backspace

After you get tired of him, get a squirrel launcher — very entertaining.

https://youtu.be/HSbDKNj2Mdg


30 posted on 11/17/2018 2:16:12 AM PST by zipper (In their heart of hearts, every Democrat is a communist)
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To: backspace
Why did the chicken cross the road?

To prove to the squirrels 🐿 that it could be done.

31 posted on 11/17/2018 2:25:09 AM PST by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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Don’t pay any attention to the talk about rabies. You’ll be fine. Avoid being bitten or scratched, though, and promptly wash hands and/or disinfect scratches. A glove might be a good idea, or maybe consider tossing the food to them instead of handing it to them.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/pets/index.html
“Small mammals such as squirrels, rats, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chipmunks, rabbits, and hares are almost never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to cause rabies among humans in the United States. Bites by these animals are usually not considered a risk of rabies unless the animal was sick or behaving in any unusual manner and rabies is widespread in your area.”


32 posted on 11/17/2018 2:56:23 AM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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Prince Charles was recently in the news for carrying nuts in his pocket and letting squirrels in the house. Heh. Thought that was pretty funny.


33 posted on 11/17/2018 2:57:24 AM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: backspace

I have a skunk. I named him Stinky.


34 posted on 11/17/2018 3:43:51 AM PST by fulltlt
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35 posted on 11/17/2018 3:52:14 AM PST by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as wll say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!"to)
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I can still remember the owner of an antique store near Danbury CT, who sat near a stove wrapped in an IMMENSE fur coat. She told a wonderful story of having raised 3 baby squirrels, and had used the coat to save her body from your bandaids.

I’m currently dealing with a hole in the ceiling of the enclosed back porch thru which a squirrel has dropped twice and sat on the back of my recliner, catching its breath from freaking out. If it hadn’t snowed, we would have made the first attempt to force it to find a new, not-as-warm home.


36 posted on 11/17/2018 4:18:30 AM PST by mairdie (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKo6Ll07wmk8TeGx9PShukg)
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I’ve noticed that more and more squirrels have learned to use the telephone wires to cross streets.....


37 posted on 11/17/2018 4:34:01 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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your squirrel story is similar to mine;)

Our 3 dogs, Great Dane, toy poodle and beagle mutt were sniffing at something on the lawn. It was a newborn squirrel that had fallen out of a tree.

I scooped it up and fed it an evaporated milk formula by eyedropper. It flourished on dog food etc., He would grab onto my bath robe and climb up the drapes. Months later, we released it up the same tree it fell out of. He found his squirrel family - but he would hang around the windows watching us and begging to come inside.

Loved that little guy;)


38 posted on 11/17/2018 4:48:23 AM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: LibWhacker; Nifster

There has never been a documented case of a squirrel carrying rabies. Rodentia are naturally protected. They could carry other things though.

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/pets/index.html


39 posted on 11/17/2018 5:03:31 AM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Nifster
Careful. Wild animals carry diseases including rabies

After a hurricane we raised several baby squirrels, and we continued to feed them on occasion after they were released. From the CDC, "Small mammals such as squirrels, rats, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chipmunks, rabbits, and hares are almost never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to cause rabies among humans in the United States."
40 posted on 11/17/2018 5:23:38 AM PST by klgator
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