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One of the squirrels visiting my garden has a deep red head, and I do
mean red not reddish brown deep red, pure white front and a light
slate gray back. Its head looks smaller than the others but it is,
overall, a good bit bigger than the rest and intimidates them to get
at the food. It also does what a couple of my crows do it dips their
dry hard toast into the goldfish pond before eating it. It also tips
up the rubbish bin and goes through the rubbish making a hell of a
mess. This one is a new comer. It appeared over the last 3-4 days. I
normally poison off most of the squirrels before I plant out the bulbs
for my spring show. This one is so different from the rest that I
thought I should get advice on it first. Can you help with any info on
this.

I live in the north of Scotland.

If you live in an area which currently has populations of both red and grey
squirrels, and if you wouldn't want to inadvertently kill any red squirrels
when killing off the greys to protect your bulbs, you might be advised to
trap the squirrels, rather than poisoning them, since you could then release
any red squirrel which you might accidentally catch.

BAC wrote:
If you live in an area which currently has populations of both red and grey
squirrels, and if you wouldn't want to inadvertently kill any red squirrels
when killing off the greys to protect your bulbs, you might be advised to
trap the squirrels, rather than poisoning them, since you could then release
any red squirrel which you might accidentally catch.

Me think it's one of John's parakeets disguised as a squirrel to get to
the nuts.

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BAC wrote:
If you live in an area which currently has populations of both red and
grey
squirrels, and if you wouldn't want to inadvertently kill any red
squirrels
when killing off the greys to protect your bulbs, you might be advised
to
trap the squirrels, rather than poisoning them, since you could then
release
any red squirrel which you might accidentally catch.

Me think it's one of John's parakeets disguised as a squirrel to get to
the nuts.


LOL, quite possible. Or maybe some Scots grey squirrels are so canny they've
started disguising themselves as red squirrels to avoid the chop.

Maybe it is some sort of hybrid with the size of the red and the aggression of the gray - in other words, a squirrel with Wee Man Syndrome!

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Maybe it is some sort of hybrid with the size of the red and the
aggression of the gray - in other words, a squirrel with Wee Man
Syndrome!



What a horrible thought! :-)

No, I reckon it's probably a disguised grey squirrel which has learned it's
a criminal offence in Scotland to set poison or lethal traps in an area
where there is a possibility that Red squirrels may be killed, out to con
the OP into stopping his annual poison fest.

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Maybe it is some sort of hybrid with the size of the red and the
aggression of the gray - in other words, a squirrel with Wee Man
Syndrome!



What a horrible thought! :-)

No, I reckon it's probably a disguised grey squirrel which has learned
it's
a criminal offence in Scotland to set poison or lethal traps in an area
where there is a possibility that Red squirrels may be killed, out to
con
the OP into stopping his annual poison fest.

How about, it's a hoodie-wearing squirrel from Essex , forced to seek
asylum in Scotland?


LOL. If he was spouting poetry on route, he could even be (very) Little Red
Rhyming Hoodie :-)

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LOL. If he was spouting poetry on route, he could even be (very) Little Red
Rhyming Hoodie :-)

Spot my lil' first born then ... www.savethehoodie.com

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Maybe it is some sort of hybrid with the size of the red and the
aggression of the gray - in other words, a squirrel with Wee Man
Syndrome!



What a horrible thought! :-)

No, I reckon it's probably a disguised grey squirrel which has learned
it's
a criminal offence in Scotland to set poison or lethal traps in an area
where there is a possibility that Red squirrels may be killed, out to con
the OP into stopping his annual poison fest.

How about, it's a hoodie-wearing squirrel from Essex , forced to seek
asylum in Scotland?

Janet

If it's a Essex girl squirrel then it will be wearing it's knickers round
it's ankles.
Sorry --don't know how to identify the boys

If it's a Essex girl squirrel then it will be wearing it's knickers round
it's ankles.
Sorry --don't know how to identify the boys


?
You don't know the difference between the boys and the girls?

Did your Daddy never sit you on his knee and tell you about the birds and
the bees?

Now boys can be identified by ...........

no not in public, it somewhat embarrasses me, come over here a minute. Bring
your Mum with you as I will need help to explain.

Mike
and the truth WLL prevail

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Maybe it is some sort of hybrid with the size of the red and the
aggression of the gray - in other words, a squirrel with Wee Man
Syndrome!

What a horrible thought! :-)

No, I reckon it's probably a disguised grey squirrel which has
learned it's
a criminal offence in Scotland to set poison or lethal traps in an area
where there is a possibility that Red squirrels may be killed, out to con
the OP into stopping his annual poison fest.

How about, it's a hoodie-wearing squirrel from Essex , forced to seek
asylum in Scotland?

Wearing a hoodie like Long John Silver wore his parrot?

Caw! Stane the craws!

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Caw! Stane the craws!

RSPB on to you mate...

I have an idea they might agree with the sentiment...

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How about, it's a hoodie-wearing squirrel from Essex , forced to seek
asylum in Scotland?

Wearing a hoodie like Long John Silver wore his parrot?

Caw! Stane the craws!

Well, the good news is, nobody's going to call you a fashionista. The
bad news is, wearing a crow on your shoulder in Essex, won't get you
into Hello magazine.

Damn! I suppose I'll have to put the chip back.

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How about, it's a hoodie-wearing squirrel from Essex , forced to
seek
asylum in Scotland?

Wearing a hoodie like Long John Silver wore his parrot?

Caw! Stane the craws!

Well, the good news is, nobody's going to call you a fashionista. The
bad news is, wearing a crow on your shoulder in Essex, won't get you
into Hello magazine.


But if that were all you were wearing, who knows?

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How about, it's a hoodie-wearing squirrel from Essex , forced to
seek
asylum in Scotland?

Wearing a hoodie like Long John Silver wore his parrot?

Caw! Stane the craws!

Well, the good news is, nobody's going to call you a fashionista. The
bad news is, wearing a crow on your shoulder in Essex, won't get you
into Hello magazine.


But if that were all you were wearing, who knows?



If that's all he was wearing we'd know a helluva lot - there is such a thing
as too MUCH information, you know........... ;-)
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How about, it's a hoodie-wearing squirrel from Essex , forced to
seek
asylum in Scotland?

Wearing a hoodie like Long John Silver wore his parrot?

Caw! Stane the craws!

Well, the good news is, nobody's going to call you a fashionista. The
bad news is, wearing a crow on your shoulder in Essex, won't get you
into Hello magazine.


But if that were all you were wearing, who knows?

If that's all he was wearing we'd know a helluva lot - there is such a thing
as too MUCH information, you know........... ;-)

Quite possibly - and not only too much information.

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