Animal Antics and Interactions
Viewing comments for Chapter 6 "Romancing the Squirrel"Animal that inspire me to record their stories.
40 total reviews
Comment from ShirleyT1
Living in a rural area of Georgia, I can spot 2 or a dozen squirrels in my yard at any given time. I have a love/hate relationship with them, and for the same reasons you so aptly described in your well-written story. I enjoyed reading and relating with your delightful story.
reply by the author on 18-Jul-2021
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Living in a rural area of Georgia, I can spot 2 or a dozen squirrels in my yard at any given time. I have a love/hate relationship with them, and for the same reasons you so aptly described in your well-written story. I enjoyed reading and relating with your delightful story.
Comment Written 18-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 18-Jul-2021
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I live on nineteen acres right over the Georgia line in Tennessee, and if you need more squirrels, I'll shoo them your way. LOL Thanks for a great review.
Beth
Comment from Wendy G
An interesting and lovely story, and a well told one. I understand your inability to kill squirrels, or any other animal. They have been part of your life since childhood and your recounting of experiences with them was excellent.
reply by the author on 18-Jul-2021
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An interesting and lovely story, and a well told one. I understand your inability to kill squirrels, or any other animal. They have been part of your life since childhood and your recounting of experiences with them was excellent.
Comment Written 18-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 18-Jul-2021
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Thank you so much Windy. I'm glad you enjoyed my story.They aee aggrivating litttle creature but as you say, I don't like killing animals.
Beth
Comment from blondie560
Oh gosh, I laughed at your squirrel antics. There was a car commercial many years back about that the rat and squirrel are from the rodent family so does the fluffy tail make the squirrel more desirable? Absolutely, it says. We had a squirrel come into our house when I was a kid. We got it trapped upstairs. We lived in a small town so there wasn't an animal control officer. So the local police came: picture Andy Griffith. A kid that worked at the gas station next door came over too. That trapped squirrel was loud! It finally made it out the open window but it was exciting! :) Thanks for sharing! Sally
reply by the author on 18-Jul-2021
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Oh gosh, I laughed at your squirrel antics. There was a car commercial many years back about that the rat and squirrel are from the rodent family so does the fluffy tail make the squirrel more desirable? Absolutely, it says. We had a squirrel come into our house when I was a kid. We got it trapped upstairs. We lived in a small town so there wasn't an animal control officer. So the local police came: picture Andy Griffith. A kid that worked at the gas station next door came over too. That trapped squirrel was loud! It finally made it out the open window but it was exciting! :) Thanks for sharing! Sally
Comment Written 17-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 18-Jul-2021
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Thanks for reviewing my story. I'm so glad you found it funny. Your story is funny too. I think you need to write about it.
Beth
Comment from Eunice Amero
This is a good story. My son had trouble with some. I thought I was smart one day I set on the ground with two traps and waited for them to come get my nuts. I was so proud I caught the both of them I excitedly ran in and told my son because I knew he would be glad but when I went out to check on them they were gone. I called back and told him they were gone and how on earth did they get through. He said, "Mom they are babies and small enough to get through. Well, Well I was discourage because instead of killing he was going to take them some where else. Maybe I'm wrong but should your sentence read> I didn't know what to expect, You did a great job.
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2021
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This is a good story. My son had trouble with some. I thought I was smart one day I set on the ground with two traps and waited for them to come get my nuts. I was so proud I caught the both of them I excitedly ran in and told my son because I knew he would be glad but when I went out to check on them they were gone. I called back and told him they were gone and how on earth did they get through. He said, "Mom they are babies and small enough to get through. Well, Well I was discourage because instead of killing he was going to take them some where else. Maybe I'm wrong but should your sentence read> I didn't know what to expect, You did a great job.
Comment Written 17-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2021
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I really appreciate the excellent review. I enjoyed reading your comments and your own experiences with squirrels. Thank you so much for the six stars.
Beth
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you are welcome again. Have a nice evening
Comment from Sharon Davis
This story says alot, about the author's compassion for squirrels, and about the patience of the author's husband, and the wonderful kindness the pair showed to the persistent squirrels they encountered.
Well written. An enjoyable read.
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2021
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This story says alot, about the author's compassion for squirrels, and about the patience of the author's husband, and the wonderful kindness the pair showed to the persistent squirrels they encountered.
Well written. An enjoyable read.
Comment Written 16-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2021
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Thank you so much for the review and comments on this story. All my friends thought we were nuts painting the squirrel tails. I would like to know what people wondering through the park where we took them thought of those colorful tails.
Comment from mermaids
I share your love of squirrels, I have a few poems about them in my portfolio and a fantasy squirrel tale, Floyd and the Squirrels. I am glad you relocated them, I find them interesting to watch and they eat much of the birdseed I put for the birds. I enjoyed your story which is well written and holds the reader's interest.
reply by the author on 16-Jul-2021
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I share your love of squirrels, I have a few poems about them in my portfolio and a fantasy squirrel tale, Floyd and the Squirrels. I am glad you relocated them, I find them interesting to watch and they eat much of the birdseed I put for the birds. I enjoyed your story which is well written and holds the reader's interest.
Comment Written 16-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 16-Jul-2021
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I'm glad you liked this. I'll have to look for Floyd the Squirrel. I still like them although they do some things to anoy me like digging in my flower pots. They're probably hiding nuts. I really appreciate the six stars.
Beth
Comment from Anne Johnston
I enjoyed your story about all the different incidents you have had with squirrels. They can be quite destructive and pests at times. We have a lot of them around our apartment building, and we are not supposed to feed them, but some people do. Last week, one got into a new Geranium plant on my balcony and destroyed about a third of it. They can climb right up the side of the brick building to get on the balconies.
reply by the author on 15-Jul-2021
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I enjoyed your story about all the different incidents you have had with squirrels. They can be quite destructive and pests at times. We have a lot of them around our apartment building, and we are not supposed to feed them, but some people do. Last week, one got into a new Geranium plant on my balcony and destroyed about a third of it. They can climb right up the side of the brick building to get on the balconies.
Comment Written 15-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 15-Jul-2021
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Thank you for the review and comments. They are so agile they can even cliimb a greased pole and they can be very destructive. They are always digging the dirt out of my plants.
Beth
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You are welcome
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
That was so funny! Squirrels are cute to look at, but ruthless when it comes to the food counter. No other wild life gets a look in. We had a long metal pole and stuck it in the middle of the garden with a table on the top for the birds food. We then greased the pole, that stymied the little blighters, but they never gave up trying. LOL What we have to do! I enjoyed your story, Beth. Well done. I have a similar one about a frog, I'll write about it one day. xx Sandra xx
reply by the author on 15-Jul-2021
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That was so funny! Squirrels are cute to look at, but ruthless when it comes to the food counter. No other wild life gets a look in. We had a long metal pole and stuck it in the middle of the garden with a table on the top for the birds food. We then greased the pole, that stymied the little blighters, but they never gave up trying. LOL What we have to do! I enjoyed your story, Beth. Well done. I have a similar one about a frog, I'll write about it one day. xx Sandra xx
Comment Written 15-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 15-Jul-2021
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Thank you Sandra, I'm so glad you got a laugh from my story. I greased a pole too, but the kept leaping and sliding down until they got all grease off enough they could climb it. I look forward to reading your frog story.
Beth
Comment from Mary Vigasin
This is a funny and very entertaining story about your trials and tribulations with squirrels. Each encounter was amusing and saw that you were shoveling against the tide of squirrels.
I leave dry cat food out for the feral cats and now have the fattest squirrels in the town.
Thank you for the smiles.
Regards,
Mary
reply by the author on 15-Jul-2021
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This is a funny and very entertaining story about your trials and tribulations with squirrels. Each encounter was amusing and saw that you were shoveling against the tide of squirrels.
I leave dry cat food out for the feral cats and now have the fattest squirrels in the town.
Thank you for the smiles.
Regards,
Mary
Comment Written 14-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 15-Jul-2021
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Thank you for the review and comment. I love the story about you fat squirrels I'm glad you found my story funny.
Beth
Comment from Ben Colder
I feed them, and several come up expecting peanuts. I have hunted them in the wild and eaten them for survival. Enjoyed your story. I bet Evan went by himself, never letting you know.LOL. They can be a nuisance and blow out electricity transformers.
reply by the author on 14-Jul-2021
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I feed them, and several come up expecting peanuts. I have hunted them in the wild and eaten them for survival. Enjoyed your story. I bet Evan went by himself, never letting you know.LOL. They can be a nuisance and blow out electricity transformers.
Comment Written 14-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 14-Jul-2021
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Evan took up deer hunting for while, but I thnk he didn't have heart to do it any more after he shot a deer with an arrow and the deer ran off with the arrow still in him. He did kill two with a rifle. Thanks for reading my story.
Betj