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A community devoted to one of the most fascinating, mischievous, adorable critters on our planet. We feature photos, blogs, studies, videos, and up-to-date news on these bushy-tailed little guys!

Where my squirrels at?

A community devoted to one of the most fascinating, mischievous, adorable critters on our planet. We feature photos, blogs, studies, videos, and up-to-date news on these bushy-tailed little guys!

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found this little guy hanging out on my fire escape

1 Comment
2024/02/29
00:25 UTC

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🐿️

2 Comments
2024/02/28
23:43 UTC

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u/Kraftdinnerforever β€˜s squirrel MommeΓ© πŸ’œ

Beautiful little lady πŸ’œπŸŒΈπŸ‘œπŸ‘—

3 Comments
2024/02/28
23:03 UTC

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Home for lunch

One of my Salt Lake City, Utah, squirrels. 🐿️

10 Comments
2024/02/28
21:31 UTC

2

CAT TV: Bird & Squirrel Feeder Cam Day 8

0 Comments
2024/02/28
21:04 UTC

5

Squirrel Meal Prep

So I've been buying dark greens for my baby Rockette and They've been spoiling so quickly I was wondering if anyone else has tried frozen greens like kale and broccoli as the Henry's Blocks are frozen and defrost fast wouldnt it be the same. I'm not much of a cook either so don't really know

3 Comments
2024/02/28
20:43 UTC

141

Such photogenicity is a real talent

7 Comments
2024/02/28
17:44 UTC

18

My squirrel friend complains about loud NYC sirens 🚨🐿️

0 Comments
2024/02/28
17:22 UTC

18

Inspired by u/Chance-Exchange2857’s Post

This is a true depiction of me when my squirrels were still at home. 😁🐿️🐿️🐿️

8 Comments
2024/02/28
16:04 UTC

51

Sweet Mother Squirrel

1 Comment
2024/02/28
15:30 UTC

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Cute squirrel friend decided to climb me to get acorns

2 Comments
2024/02/28
15:27 UTC

19

Squirrel Eats Walnut 🌸

It hurts how much I love them.

0 Comments
2024/02/28
15:03 UTC

31

Drinking Positions πŸ‘…πŸΏοΈπŸ’¦

4 Comments
2024/02/28
14:53 UTC

42

I always feel like somebody’s watching me

3 Comments
2024/02/28
14:32 UTC

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When you haven't visited with treats for a while

14 Comments
2024/02/28
14:13 UTC

11

Red and Grey Eat in Peace

0 Comments
2024/02/28
14:10 UTC

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It is trying to flyπŸ˜„

0 Comments
2024/02/28
13:42 UTC

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Red gets Bullied

8 Comments
2024/02/28
12:48 UTC

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I am very distraught

I live in a townhouse in Schaumburg Illinois about 20 miles outside Chicago. I have been feeding the squirrels outside my patio and front doors for years. Last week I came home and found a dead squirrel near my front door with a strange head injury and was deeply bothered.

Sunday morning I hear two pops around 7:30 AM and I ran downstairs and saw a squirrel had just been shot by my patio. I grabbed the squirrel and ran inside screaming for my wife to give me my phone. I called 911 to report the discharge of a weapon in public. The neighbors boyfriend next door has been shooting out the front and back door killing squirrels in a highly populated suburban area.

Police came and gave him a $100 fine and said it was a only a BB gun. How is it OK to shoot any gun into a community courtyard. I believe it was a .22 caliber rifle. They also issued me a ticket for feeding wildlife. Now I can’t feed any of my friends and I am terrified I will hear more popping sounds or get shot at walking out my door. To the three friends I lost rest in peace🐿️🐿️🐿️

54 Comments
2024/02/28
12:41 UTC

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Squirrels not Sharing

2 Comments
2024/02/28
12:15 UTC

11

Peekaboo Plot Twist!!

Yesterday I saw Peekie having a little play fight with another squirrel, after which they both scurried up to the top of the tree and settled down for an affectionate grooming session - and I realised that the other squirrel must be one of Peekie’s two siblings that I’d lost track of (Minnie and Tiptoe)!!!

The other sibling had a little V-shaped fork in their tail, so I made a mental note to watch out for that later.

…later on, Peekie visited with β€œKetchup” (working nickname 🀣), the little boy squirrel I thought was Mustard’s BF, trailing close behind. They both came up for treats, and that’s when I realised that β€œKetchup” had that exact little V-tail…he was the other sibling!!!!

Suddenly everything made sense - that’s why I was sure at first that one of Spitty’s fall kittens was a boy! And that’s why the little guy hung out around Mustard’s nest so much…because that nest was previously occupied by Spitty, and it was the same nest she had her last litter in! His birth-nest!

So, I think that β€œKetchup” is actually very likely to be Tiptoe - Peekaboo’s brother and Spitty’s son!!!

2 Comments
2024/02/28
07:04 UTC

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Young Squirrel Found on Window Ledge

Around 10pm we just noticed this young looking squirrel on the ledge of our 2nd story window. it’s very rainy outside albeit not freezing (~50F) and the squirrel is kind of curled up and seems cold/ wet. We can’t tell if it’s young or just small but it’s been there for over an hour at this point seemingly sleeping and occasionally cleaning itself.

We have been brainstorming how to help but we fear trying to reach out the window as we’re worried it will accidentally jump off and it’s a long way to the ground. What can we do to help this squirrel/ does it need help?

8 Comments
2024/02/28
04:02 UTC

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