someone wrote:
"TheScullster" wrote in message
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Hi all

Bad news on the wild life front.
Looked out into the back garden this morning and noticed a squirrel sat in
an unusual pose.
Appeared to be digging for nuts, but with his (her) tail laid along his
back.
About 1/2 hour later, SWMBO saw that he was now laid out on his side.
Being a nurse she started on about twisted bowels etc etc.
Anyway I have to be prepared to face a deceased squirrel when I return
this evening.
I know some people in the group consider them pests and would say good
riddance, but I like to see them.

The problem comes in disposing of the remains.
Do I put him in the green bin as this is destined for landfill, or are
there a million and one rules about not including ex-squirrels or other
animals in domestic waste?
I am reluctant to bury him in the garden as we are remodelling and would
no doubt end up digging him up again.
We only have a small composter, so this is not suitable.
SWMBO does not like the Hugh Fernley-Wittingstall approach and I have no
intention of learning butchery at the expense of the recently departed.

So, assuming we do not witness a miraculous recovery, where does Sammy
squirrel go?

If you don't want to put it in your garden, and if you have a lawn, dig a
one-foot square hole in your lawn, remove the turf carefully, remove some
topsoil to a suitable depth (a foot for a squirrel, a couple of feet for a
cat) put the squirrel in there, fill in the hole and put the turf over,
sprinkling any excess soil over the rest of your garden.

Works for us with our cats. We now have about seven cats buried in our
front garden over the past 30-odd years. And they come up as crocuses in
the spring, which is nice to see.

someone


I often find dead squirrels in my garden, they have all died from lead
poisoning. I simply lay them out at the bottom of the garden which is
rough land. within no time at all the birds are at it, then by morning
it has gone, a fox I think. Let nature dispose.