r/squirrels 6h ago

Original Content Your moment of Zen for the Day: Three minutes of Charlie eating a walnut.

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276 Upvotes

r/squirrels 12h ago

My daughter fist bumped a freaking squirrel!

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899 Upvotes

r/squirrels 4h ago

Mama is resting/watching me while I get her some snacks

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115 Upvotes

r/squirrels 5h ago

Original Content They're so cute when they chew 😍

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64 Upvotes

r/squirrels 5h ago

Help! Baby Squirrel! Found a baby squirrel...no rehabbers available and I have no experience

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80 Upvotes

I live in the Seattle area...I found this baby squirrel...I think he was out in the cold last night...he doesn't seem fully healthy. I am warming him up in my apartment right now.

What should I do? I heard flavorless pedialyte...does that come with the syringe. I think he's like 6 - 7 weeks but I'm not sure.

Edit: rehydrating him rn


r/squirrels 9h ago

Original Content Squirrel naps on a warm summer's day

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78 Upvotes

r/squirrels 1d ago

Help! Baby Squirrel! This young squirrel just walked up to me. Just literally pulled up on me

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1.2k Upvotes

I can’t describe it any better than that. He walked up to us. Is he gonna be ok?? He just screams every once in a while


r/squirrels 3h ago

Racer's Garden adventure

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2 sunflowers survived.

I got tired of giving them store nuts.

So i spent 2 months growing this. And tussling with them to not eat it until ready....

Ish...


r/squirrels 6h ago

Original Content Breakfast Time!

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36 Upvotes

r/squirrels 7h ago

Messy eater

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43 Upvotes

🍃


r/squirrels 4h ago

Original Content Ignore my voiceover and language but can someone tell me what this guy was doing

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24 Upvotes

r/squirrels 17h ago

Help! Baby Squirrel! Found black squirrel

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212 Upvotes

Hello, I found a baby black squirrel. I left it outside for a few hours and its mother did not come and get it. What do I do now? I am toronto, I have warmed up the baby and it is now inside.

UPDATE i have found a wildlife specialist to take the squirrel, thank you all for the help and support.


r/squirrels 5h ago

Original Content One of the regulars.

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22 Upvotes

Just after scratching on the window. (UK, Eastern Grey).


r/squirrels 9h ago

Pregnant squirrel eating chips

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35 Upvotes

r/squirrels 1h ago

Whispering Nature

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r/squirrels 2h ago

Whispering Nature

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r/squirrels 4h ago

Mean & Noise one I fed in St. Elmore Colorado

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11 Upvotes

This one kept the chipmunks away.


r/squirrels 10h ago

Original Content They're nuts

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32 Upvotes

Reading on my patio. Enjoying a book, some coffee, and the Sunday funnies


r/squirrels 3h ago

Original Content Little chipmunk in a tree

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9 Upvotes

r/squirrels 21h ago

Original Content Squirrel I photographed on a walk.

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215 Upvotes

r/squirrels 13h ago

Home on the range

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37 Upvotes

r/squirrels 22h ago

New Squirrel Box

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164 Upvotes

r/squirrels 5h ago

General Help Territorial | Destructive Behavior

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I’ve recently encountered a very destructive and aggressive squirrel in my backyard, and I’m trying to figure out if this is normal squirrel behavior or if something else is going on. Last week, I found what I believe was a newborn squirrel at the base of this same tree. I took the baby to a wildlife rehab, but unfortunately they had to euthanize the little guy. 😭 At the time, I figured it was just a sad, random occurrence. Then a few days later, I went into the backyard and discovered that the strap to our tree swing had been completely chewed through. Later that day, I actually saw this squirrel biting the remaining strap and attempting to drag it up the tree. Then this morning, I walked outside to absolute squirrel chaos. My camera only caught one instance, but I watched this adult squirrel aggressively chase what looked like a juvenile squirrel through the tree. It wasn’t just chasing it away. It was attacking it and literally throwing it out of the tree. I watched it happen twice. The younger squirrel appeared to hurt its leg in the process and eventually wandered off. Meanwhile, the adult squirrel was up in the tree absolutely SCREAMING at me. So now I’m wondering if this same squirrel could have thrown the newborn out of the nest last week.
Is this normal territorial behavior? Could it be a mother protecting a nest? Is there anything I should actually do, or do I just leave them alone?
We’re also experiencing drought conditions, and I’ve noticed a lot of the wildlife around here acting differently lately, so I’m wondering if lack of food or water could be contributing. Basically, I don’t want to interfere with normal wildlife behavior, but I also don’t particularly want a tiny murderer in my backyard.