Culprit caught in the act

**Taz_Zoee** · 08-24-2010, 01:45 PM

Awww, how cute! I like to brush the dogs outside and just let their fur fly. I always hope a bird or squirrel will find it for their nest.

**Bonny** · 08-24-2010, 01:54 PM

LOL! Those squirrels are smart. My dad put up houses for the squirrels so they would stay out of our house. The yard had lots of Burr Oak trees growing in it.. Anyhow one day the burlap sack rug was missing from the back door & we were looking all over for it. We finally found it a squirrel had taken it up to one of the squirrel houses & part of the sack was sticking out of the house while the rest was dangling down on a branch.

**Laura's Babies** · 08-24-2010, 01:59 PM

Those stories are eye openers! I had no idea squirrels would do anything like that!

I sure hope you get pictures of that one getting the stuffing from that cushion!

**pomtzu** · 08-24-2010, 02:43 PM

Haven't been able to catch him in the act again, but here's the damage the little sucker did! He's somewhere up that tree.......

I'm still on the lookout for him.

**smokey the elder** · 08-24-2010, 02:45 PM

Busted!

**Randi** · 08-24-2010, 02:52 PM

Smart little creatures they are - warm nest indeed! You might as well take some more out and put below the tree.

**Catherinedana** · 08-24-2010, 02:54 PM

Squirrels usually have their babies in September so you'll be seeing some squirrellettes soon! And you are their god-mother, Provider of the Fluff!

**pomtzu** · 08-24-2010, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by Randi

You might as well take some more out and put below the tree.

Heck no - let him/her work for it! The love seat is under the tree anyway, so it's not far to travel.

Originally Posted by Catherinedana

And you are their god-mother, Provider of the Fluff!

Hey - I kinda like that title......

Originally Posted by Freedom

Sure hope you apologized to Sherbie!

Originally Posted by Pinot's Mom

I hope so, too!!! Poor kitty!

Sherbie isn't exactly Mr Innocent. He exercised those claws on one of the chair cushions, and it now has a shredded look, even tho it's not ripped all the way thru.

**lizbud** · 08-24-2010, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by Taz_Zoee

Awww, how cute! I like to brush the dogs outside and just let their fur fly. I always hope a bird or squirrel will find it for their nest.

Hey, I do that too.

In looking at the pictures, it looks like great fluff to line a nest. The rip in
the cover was probably there & the critter discovered it by accident, but
made the most of it. Oh, very nice trees you have there.

**Lillycat** · 08-24-2010, 07:59 PM

.....and you are so kind to take it so well.....i love squirrels

**kitten645** · 08-24-2010, 09:35 PM

Quite a seamstress that squirrely is! Right along the seams. Making it easy for you to stuff and sew it right up! Considerate squirrel...well..kinda! LOL!

**Medusa** · 08-25-2010, 07:39 AM

The little thief! That is cute, though. I hope you get a pic of it happening.

At the house I rented, I noticed one day that my door mat was gone. I thought some neighborhood kids might have taken it. A few days later I bought a new one, came home from work, doormat gone. Ok, now I'm angry. I waited a few more days, then bought another one. I looked out my door that afternoon and saw the groundhog (that I had named Scarface b/c the poor boy was a mess) dragging the doormat down into his hole! I got into a tug of war w/that rascal and I won! I figured, though, that as soon as I turned my back that it would be gone but he left it alone after that.

**Bonny** · 08-25-2010, 09:58 AM

ROFL! I can see poor Scarface down in his hole teeth chattering just miserable because he couldn't have that rug.

**Catherinedana** · 08-25-2010, 11:19 AM

That's hysterical!!! he was decorating his house, Mary!! How could you be so mean

I guess you and ol' Scarface have the same taste in floor coverings!!

**pomtzu** · 08-25-2010, 06:16 AM

Originally Posted by Lillycat

.....and you are so kind to take it so well.....i love squirrels

I wouldn't have been so calm about it if they were new or in good condition. They needed to be tossed out for new ones anyway - next year.

Originally Posted by kitten645

Quite a seamstress that squirrely is! Right along the seams. Making it easy for you to stuff and sew it right up! Considerate squirrel...well..kinda! LOL!

Not that easy. You can't see in the pic where the whole front of the fabric is chewed, since I tucked that down inside to get a better shot of how much stuffing got pulled out. There's a little piece of the frayed and chewed fabric showing at about the center/bottom part of the hole.