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Where have all the squirrels gone?
ITIWBS Posted May 13, 2012
I've always admired them for their ability to work simple latches, on food safes and refrigerators and suchlike.
Very few non-simian animals can.
Where have all the squirrels gone?
2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted May 13, 2012
and, for that matter, quite a few simian animals find it very difficult too 
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 13, 2012
"a rain of squirrels is unlikely unless they're sucked up into a hail storm formation by a tornado" [ITIWBS]
That kind of rain is unlikely, but large numbers of squirrels might jump down from trees. If they startle you, you might well think it's raining squirrels.
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swl Posted May 13, 2012
Training squirrels you say?
I think they'd make excellent pickpockets
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 13, 2012
"Training squirrels you say? I think they'd make excellent pickpockets" [swl]
I agree.
Where have all the squirrels gone?
winternights Posted May 13, 2012
My brother tells a story of how he was walking
across the park and came across 2 squirrels
.
Doing their bit of natures must
say no more
.
Seems Mr Squirrel wasn’t too happy being watched
.Bro said,Mr Squirrel stopped being a love machine
and started to chase him away
Only when my brother had managed to circumnavigate his way around Mrs Squirrel
,was far enough away, was Mr Squirrel happy and got back to the job in hand
Where have all the squirrels gone?
winternights Posted May 16, 2012
Don’t know about squirrels but we’ve got another rat living in next doors compost heap.
We had one a few weeks ago before Splodge our 
sent “Ratbag” (That’s what the girlfriendcall it) on its way to 
.
Wonder
how long this rat will survive 
Where have all the squirrels gone?
ITIWBS Posted May 16, 2012
I wish Splodge were here.
A wabbit has been attacking some of my cacti.
Where have all the squirrels gone?
ITIWBS Posted May 16, 2012
I wish Splodge were here.
A wabbit 
has been attacking some of my cacti.
Where have all the squirrels gone?
winternights Posted May 16, 2012
Dontcacti have long spiky needly things on them,are your 's armour plated
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 16, 2012
Maybe these are not exactly 
s.
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Rosie Posted May 16, 2012
>>Don’t know about squirrels but we’ve got another rat living in next doors compost heap.>>
....Your rat has been despatched....
I found it on my doorstep this morning
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 16, 2012
A rat on your doorstep. That sounds like the beginning of a Monty Python skit. 
Where have all the squirrels gone?
ITIWBS Posted May 16, 2012
Probably Splodge serving notice.
I had a cat like that once.
She wouldn't eat the rats she killed, just killed them and left them as a warning for others.
On the rabbits, their outlook is conditioned by the desert.
In the Perris Valley, just a hundred miles away on the seaward side of the Santa Rosa Mts., I found a row of giant chollas in flowerpots made an effective barrier against rabbits, there as here, the same species, the desert hare.
Here, the rabbits will chew the cacti to the ground for the moisture they contain.
Also, the cacti the rabbit is attacking at the moment are short spined varieties.
I've put up some temporary wire barriers.
I've got a "bring them back alive" type trap I may try next, but I may end up catching merely a feral cat.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 16, 2012
You also have a ground-dwelling species of squirrel, don't you?
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ITIWBS Posted May 16, 2012
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Colorado+Desert,+squirrels&hl=en&as_st=y&biw=1277&bih=644&tbm=isch&tbnid=Tz9-ave4uUZ-qM:&imgrefurl=http://wildlife.state.co.us/WildlifeSpecies/Profiles/Mammals/Pages/GroundSquirrels.aspx&docid=f9hqB5npmQEUNM&imgurl=http://dnr.state.co.us/ImageDBImages/20037Web.jpg&w=250&h=300&ei=_uyzT8SpMYXs2QWd6snpCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=676&vpy=286&dur=8495&hovh=240&hovw=200&tx=106&ty=97&sig=103006648363933433432&page=1&tbnh=144&tbnw=120&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:0,i:93
This little devil is the local squirrel.
It looks superficially like a chipmunk and is about the same size as a chipmunk, but it is a squirrel.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Colorado+Desert,+squirrels&hl=en&as_st=y&noj=1&tbm=isch&tbnid=2esrBdZKQWdkwM:&imgrefurl=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2010/06/03/three-desert-squirrels/&docid=eWxfiHW8Vs8ElM&imgurl=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/files/2010/06/rock-squirrel.jpg&w=400&h=270&ei=jO2zT6LWBaXs2QXlspnpCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=338&vpy=166&dur=4185&hovh=184&hovw=273&tx=148&ty=147&sig=103006648363933433432&page=1&tbnh=125&tbnw=157&start=0&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0,i:91&biw=1049&bih=463
This is the prevalent kind over most of California, from the coastal plain in San Diego County to the dune grass prairie of the Central Coast, where they have their largest population (where once the grizzly bear roamed), to the open oak forests of northern California.
They are burrowing animals over most of their range, but I have seen them taking up an arboreal habit in northern California.
Where have all the squirrels gone?
winternights Posted May 16, 2012
Another one bites the dust, the girlfriend was only asking the other morning, whilst we had our
in the conservatory
(she fond
of watching the 
fly in and out of their nest box on the garage wall) , as to whether I had seen “Ratbag” No2.
Good luck with your cacti ITIWBS, lets hope
your don’t come armed with wire cutters
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8584330 Posted May 17, 2012
We don't seem to have a squirrel shortage here. Perhaps you would like a few?
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 17, 2012
I think you have a different species where you live, Happynerd. I don't want to see a war between species....
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- 41: ITIWBS (May 13, 2012)
- 42: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (May 13, 2012)
- 43: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (May 13, 2012)
- 44: swl (May 13, 2012)
- 45: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (May 13, 2012)
- 46: winternights (May 13, 2012)
- 47: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (May 14, 2012)
- 48: winternights (May 16, 2012)
- 49: ITIWBS (May 16, 2012)
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- 51: winternights (May 16, 2012)
- 52: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (May 16, 2012)
- 53: Rosie (May 16, 2012)
- 54: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (May 16, 2012)
- 55: ITIWBS (May 16, 2012)
- 56: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (May 16, 2012)
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- 58: winternights (May 16, 2012)
- 59: 8584330 (May 17, 2012)
- 60: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (May 17, 2012)
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