WWYD squirrelgate

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Meet jake, our lovely neighbourhood squirrel who has been in this tree since 6.30 am.
Wwyd?! I'm not sure ringing rspca or fire brigade is the answer.
We have 3 cats, but have kept them in, in hope he makes a bid for freedom!

Are you OK OP?

I once had a squirrel that I named Bignuts Dave. Well 'ard he was.

Totally stark raving bonkers but thanks for the laugh OP

I'm sorry but I'm actually laughing at this.

Not quite at the point where I'm reading him a good night story but I do feel a sense of responsibility, he must be thirsty!

Jake is actually on the phone to the SSPCH (Squirrel Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Humans) to report that you're stuck in a brick & glass box. He's number 47 in the queue and his call is very important to them.

Is he still there?

He is still there, I've said goodnight, sleep tight. Will update in the morning. He'll either still be there, be dead on the floor, or there'll be an empty space in the tree where he used to be....

Have you got enough family members awake to have one knocking him off the branch with a full blast garden hose and two of you holding a sheet to catch him?

I have visions of this being the next step

hahahahaha

i think you and dh should stay up all night watvhing - do shifts

Well if you're in the East of England I'm going to suggest you cover the ground in bubble wrap or something similar, because its blowing a hooley here and your squiggle might get whooshed out of his tree......

My cat once chased a baby squirrel up a tree, where it appeared to get stuck. It shrieked, continuously for several minutes. Eventually a bigger squirrel (mum?) came running up and led it to safety.

I have not been drinking.

I can't see any squirrel, is it a proper one or a tree rat ?? There is a.difference >

Ah. I've spotted him.
()()()()().

The roof not the floor

Please can this laugh out loud thread go in classics?

Imagine calling the firebrigade for a fish in a pond. Everyone knows it's the coastguard for that

I'm crying

Late night/early morning feed for the child that doesn't like to sleep so I've hadn't a look outside and I think hes still there! Now surely that's not right, maybe he's come here to die?
If his is dead on the patio tomoro how do I tell dh?

If he is dead I'm happy to chip in for funeral flowers for him x :(

You're much nicer about squirrels than I am OP. I despise them, mostly because they spend all summer raiding my veggie patch and scoffing my tomatoes

On one occasion a tree in our garden had grown enough that the squirrels were jumping off the tree and onto our roof. They sounded like they were clog-dancing up there as they scampered around and it drove us to distraction until one day DH simply snapped, strode off outside without a word about where he was going.

I went to investigate and found him just chainsawing the whole tree down. Then he waved a downed branch at a squirrel sitting in a different tree while shouting: "Ha! See you get on my roof now you stupid tufty-tailed fucknuts!"

He hadn't even been drinking, and is normally a very calm laid back type. So clearly squirrels are evil if they can send him into a berserker rage.

Hang on a sec. Yep. Thought so.