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Help! My apples have vanished
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Squirrels can and will carry surprisingly large items.DullGreyGuy said:Saw a squirrel running along our balcony with 90% of an apple in its mouth, no idea where it picked up from. Bit smaller than a cricket ball but not much. Eventually took a leap and scarpered off into the thicket of trees behind ours.
Can't say seen foxes take fruit but have seen them with their head in a crisp packet kindly left behind by some random people picnicking in the thicket.
https://youtu.be/bX2oXfynDJk?si=RSbauG9-NozTi_7x I'm not an early bird or a night owl; I’m some form of permanently exhausted pigeon.0 -
Wow! He must have bought his friends perhaps a few visits.
I was reluctant to stop his progress on his route as I'm usually bypassed but now, perhaps not.
The weird part time neighbour is still not off the hook
I can rise and shine - just not at the same time!
viral kindness .....kindness is contageous pass it on
The only normal people you know are the ones you don’t know very well
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Thing is... if someone walked up to me filming and chuckling while I was eating an apple, I might have a very similar expression/reaction to the squirrel
I'm not an early bird or a night owl; I’m some form of permanently exhausted pigeon.0 -
He didn't want to share.1
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My cat once brought a pear home - I found it in his bed in the morning, completely unblemished / bruise free - remarkable since he would have had to bring it in through the kitchen fanlight window. (But I don't think he also picked it from the tree!)5
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Thats funny Kittenchops
As is the name you have.
Thinking that through a cat has determinedly visited my catproofed garden and it was a scrabbling noise I heard but I can't see one bothering 3 times and from the tree.
I was lucky enough that a new neighbour gave me a bag of very small ones when she heard.
Not the same though.I can rise and shine - just not at the same time!
viral kindness .....kindness is contageous pass it on
The only normal people you know are the ones you don’t know very well
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Cats are funny like that sometimes mine is more likely to bring home pizza (or brioche, or toast) than anything alive I'm not an early bird or a night owl; I’m some form of permanently exhausted pigeon.3
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Tidying the patio last week, I found a satsuma! Pristine like it had just come out of a fruit bowl, no teeth marks or dirt.Logically, it had been chucked over the wall by my neighbours, but they are a quiet couple with no young children so it just seems odd.ArbitraryRandom - I had a Maine Coon who was a scavenger - he used to bring home burger buns etc and once a polystyrene box of chips."Cheap", "Fast", "Right" -- pick two.1
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