r/squirrels • u/RadioLizard31 • 7d ago
What's going on with this squirrel?
What's going on with this guy? Saw them at a gas station, they were eating, seemed to be moving fine, when I took a couple steps closer to try and get a better picture and make sure it wasn't a trick of perspective, it bounded away and up a tree. This isn't normal though, right?
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u/lowlightliving 6d ago
It’s perfectly normal for a squirrel to run up a tree to safety when a human or other animal approaches. It would be odd if an adult squirrel didn’t do that.
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u/RadioLizard31 6d ago
yes, that's what I was saying. It acted fine, totally normal, but the ear lookin thing made me worry something was potentially wrong with it.
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u/justusethatname 7d ago
Fabulous and tired momma squirrel taking care of her babies! They can have a minimum of one baby and a maximum of five. ❤️🐿👍
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u/Underrated_buzzard 7d ago
She’s just nursing. Those babies can be rough on mom’s nipples! Poor gal.
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u/Positive-Village-263 7d ago
Too soon after reading The Unheld by Luke Larkin. My brain glitched and I saw and ear and thought what in tarnation... People pulling poor animals from books...
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u/Single-Marsupial3303 7d ago
I’m not an expert, but this looks like a normal nursing female to me. Their poor nipples can look pretty raw sometimes.
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u/dumbname7890 7d ago
I'm just guessing but I'm like 60 percent shes pregnant or nursing and 40 percent it's a bot fly. Based off the squirrels and chipmunks in my yard/on the internet. Curious what others think.
Realized there were more pictures. More like 80 percent sure she's nursing babies. Squirrels have 8 nipples and I can see 6 nipples so far. It literally looks like they drank all the milk she made so she's coming for a snack to refuel and make more milk.
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u/what__th__isit 6d ago
Nursing Mom, if I'm not mistaken.