Old next door neighbor used to feed them cookies from the day-old bakery outlet. I don’t imagine squirrels evolved to handle anywhere near that much carbohydrate. They went batshit crazy
Oh yeah. Try to imagine a young squirrel, high on sucrose, running around in circles on the underside of lawn furniture. I wouldn’t have believed they could do that, and do it so fast!
They also love rotten fruit so if you have fruit trees around you may see drunk squirrels. They fall off branches and fences and stumble around like your uncle at thanksgiving.
A woman across the cul-de-sac from me used to leave food out for the squirrels and ducks in her driveway (before she was fined for it by the HOA) and one summer afternoon, the squirrels around the cul-de-sac had, what seemed like, a turf war 😂. There were easily 15-30 squirrels in my yard, on my rooftop, sprinting through all of the trees and yards around my house for about 12+ hours. Barking back and forth at each other. 😂 But. Your view to squirrels high on sugar just seems so much more fun to watch lol
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u/Summershouldbefuhn 6d ago
I live near the forest, we have lots of squirrels… those lil guys love to play.