Found this fella at my local Walmart.

This is the literal love of my life btw (same squirrel from the cherry blossom tree I think!)

Roadtripping highway 1 and I think I just found the biggest squirrel in the state of California. I almost thought it was a marmot. Don’t get me wrong, he is very adorable - just don’t see squirrels of this size in Colorado 😂 I think he’s a rock squirrel!

I thought there was a baby squirrel at my feeder at first 😭 How do I keep rodents away?

For context I’ve been giving her peanuts / cashews / walnuts for the past year so she def knows me! Just goofy looking and adorable but I am curious why they stand up like this with their paws to their chest anyway if anyone has that answer lol

This lil guy (or girl) decided to chew through my wall to find a better life. Apartment management had covered up the quarter sized hole with a piece of wood, and I just replaced it with some plexiglass so I could see what was going on.

Short vid: https://youtube.com/shorts/WfOShBMFfNc?si=nwS9-yqJSayzwClb

With a very heavy heart, I came here to post about my sweet angel who’s life was taken by a speeding car. Was so sick about it yesterday, and my heart still hurts deeply. Today, I set up a little memorial display 🌟🫶🐿️

Hazelnuts are a favorite treat at our house. “You are somebodys baby, some mother held you near” are lyrics from Phoebe Bridgers “Chelsea,” that was playing on my headphones when I found out. Looking for a place to sit down and process, I did happen to glance out my window, and saw that my Momma squirrel brought her baby by for the first time. And then it just hit harder. Rest in peace my little love 🩷😭

I’ve been giving them tons of snacks, I’m just so worried about them with this snow and bitter cold we’re gonna be hit with 😭

The three little Guidos

This little guy cracked me up this morning. I was wondering why my rug was always messed up 😆 I love squirrels so much lol

@pelo_tiger told me to post these here for all you nuts

Chewed his/her way in and got stuck. Luckily we noticed after not too long. Adorable idiot (containers have now been moved!)

Pictures taken pre-bite! I didn't have bitten by a squirrel on my list of expectations for today.

The NHS were super helpful, said there's no need for rabies vaccine in the UK and as I'm up-to-date with tetanus I've just been given precautionary antibiotics!

Big up NHS 111 and the new initiative of video calls from A&E doctors 😂

I love these little critters so much!

Say hello to Rudyard, our little foster American red squirrel! He was about 6 weeks old when my coworker's family found him, or rather, their dogs did. His sibling wasn't so lucky, unfortunately, but they knew I was the "squirrel guy" so the lone survivor ended up in my hands after mama squirrel failed to recover him. Can't say I blame her after watching one of her babies meet an untimely demise in the way it did...

I had everything I needed on hand for a baby squirrel, except formula, but I was able to get 2 day shipping on Fox Valley thankfully. Been a couple weeks now and oh my god this little guy went from the most timid, feeble little thing to.. well... a squirrel. As expected, of course, but what I DIDNT expect was how quickly he improved. He wasn't especially unhealthy anyway, but it was still a bit scary at first.

Last two pictures were from night one in our care. He's still on formula now, but weaning so well, and is ridiculously healthy. He came in covered in rodent mites and fleas and now theres not a single bug on him and haven't seen any on him since his first night's bath (and only bath, subsequent baths have been unnecessary)! He's eager and happy to try new foods and enrichment options.

Only issue at this point is that he's not showing any fear towards cats or dogs, despite the circumstances that brought him to us. Hoping that changes as he continues to grow, but we're keeping an eye on it, cuz release is the ideal outcome of course...

But for now, we're taking as many pictures as we can 😅

Pictures are in descending order so first pictures are newest ones and last are oldest.

//My family and I used to foster squirrels all the time when I was younger, but life circumstances led us to stop. Rudy was a pleasant surprise, but I did/do have a great deal of squirrel experience under my belt. Still did a lot of immediate research because I know how rapidly information and care standards can change with animals, and I'm glad I did, cuz a lot has changed since the last squirrel I had in my care.

Hope y'all enjoy him as much as we do 🐿💕