Culprit caught in the act

[pomtzu]

I once was attacked by a chipmunk in the woods. I was to near its winter store & it ran up the outside of my pant leg & chattered at me. I of course ran like the dickens screaming through the woods I have been attacked my a nut eating chipmunk. Just kidding but it did run up my pant leg & chattered at me.

Oh - I believe it. I live close to a wildlife preserve, and I used to take bike rides out there quite frequently. I had one come at me from the ditch along side of the road - it actually chased me! Must have had babies nearby and I got too close.

[mrspunkysmom]

Years ago, something was digging up my potted plants. The dirt wasn't gone, just seriously disturbed. One day I caught the squirrel in the act. He and others were hiding their meager winter stash of pecans (poor crop that year) in my pots. He ran from me up the porch railings,. but stopped at the roof and hung there chittering at me, I could have sworn he was laughing.

[Medusa]

I love chipmunks, I think they're so cute, but they sure can do some damage. They ate the entire bottom of our garage door, the rubber part, and they chewed through all the underground wiring. We had to have our entire front yard dug up and have the wiring replaced. I rescued one from the mouth of a neighborhood cat, called my vet and asked him what to feed it. I bottle fed him a special formula, even took him to soccer games w/me. I carried him in my track suit pocket and he'd poke his head out but never tried to run away. Eventually, I had to set him free b/c it wasn't fair to keep him indoors. Plus I didn't want him to do to my furniture what your outdoor squirrel did to your patio furniture.

My son feeds a squirrel outside his apt. and he's named it Chubby. When we were in England, he got a squirrel to come up to him and he hand fed him. The squirrel put his paw right on my son's hand and onlookers were so surprised to see that. They tried it and the squirrel wouldn't come to them. So we now call the boy the Squirrel Whisperer.

[pomtzu]

You're right Mary - chipmunks are very cute, but very destructive too. We used to have a pair here - we named them Charlie and Charlene. They got under the house and did some damage - chewed thru the flex line for the central a.c. No one messes with my a.c.!!!! They eventually disappeared tho, and we haven't had any more problems. I think they got upset with me when I found a way to keep them out of the bird feeders, and their seed source dried up.

Still haven't seen my thieving little friend all day today. I still would like to get a pic of him in action.

[Bonny]

Your thieving friend could be a she & maybe she is having her babies in that nice soft plush filler she took out of your cushion. Those squirrels know how to live I tell you.

I use to take two teaspoons & fill them with peanut butter & sit on a lawn chair in my folks back yard. The squirrels would climb up on the lawn chair & sit on the arm of the chair & eat peanut butter off the spoons. One time I had two on each arm of the chair eating peanut butter. They would get a little greedy & you know how sticky peanut butter is & they didn't have anything to wash it down so they would gag on the peanut butter if they took to much at a time. I would start giggling & the chair would be moving but they would keep eating.