OK,
So this morning when I walked out of my bedroom I was greeted by a flying squirrel sitting on our printer with our two cats surrounding it! Needless to say this was a fun way to begin our Saturday...
Marvin and Camden came in to "help" me catch the little thing with a shoe box. First we had to lock the cats out of the den, then block off any doorways that might lead to a better hiding place for it. So I have the shoe box and am chasing it around the room like we normally do with the little mice and shrews our cat sometimes brings in. Only this is a flying (and evidently jumping) squirrel. So it proceeds to jump/glide from curtain to curtain and sometimes from picture to picture! Camden was all for the action until in got a running start and jumped clear over her head! Then Marvin started yelling that I should just kill it with the broom by bashing its head in. Those of you who know how I feel about animals and killing things know that wasn't an option for me. So we decide to open the back door and run it outside, shortly after getting the door propped open our dog runs in and starts chasing it around the room. Camden is back to her old self by this time and thinks this is quite amusing. We do eventually catch it and I was able to safely return it outside. I guess this is one of the many pleasures of having pets and living in the country!
Too bad we didn't get any pictures!
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Flying Squirrel
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Animals
OK,
So this morning when I walked out of my bedroom I was greeted by a flying squirrel sitting on our printer with our two cats surrounding it! Needless to say this was a fun way to begin our Saturday...
Marvin and Camden came in to "help" me catch the little thing with a shoe box. First we had to lock the cats out of the den, then block off any doorways that might lead to a better hiding place for it. So I have the shoe box and am chasing it around the room like we normally do with the little mice and shrews our cat sometimes brings in. Only this is a flying (and evidently jumping) squirrel. So it proceeds to jump/glide from curtain to curtain and sometimes from picture to picture! Camden was all for the action until in got a running start and jumped clear over her head! Then Marvin started yelling that I should just kill it with the broom by bashing its head in. Those of you who know how I feel about animals and killing things know that wasn't an option for me. So we decide to open the back door and run it outside, shortly after getting the door propped open our dog runs in and starts chasing it around the room. Camden is back to her old self by this time and thinks this is quite amusing. We do eventually catch it and I was able to safely return it outside. I guess this is one of the many pleasures of having pets and living in the country!
Too bad we didn't get any pictures!
So this morning when I walked out of my bedroom I was greeted by a flying squirrel sitting on our printer with our two cats surrounding it! Needless to say this was a fun way to begin our Saturday...
Marvin and Camden came in to "help" me catch the little thing with a shoe box. First we had to lock the cats out of the den, then block off any doorways that might lead to a better hiding place for it. So I have the shoe box and am chasing it around the room like we normally do with the little mice and shrews our cat sometimes brings in. Only this is a flying (and evidently jumping) squirrel. So it proceeds to jump/glide from curtain to curtain and sometimes from picture to picture! Camden was all for the action until in got a running start and jumped clear over her head! Then Marvin started yelling that I should just kill it with the broom by bashing its head in. Those of you who know how I feel about animals and killing things know that wasn't an option for me. So we decide to open the back door and run it outside, shortly after getting the door propped open our dog runs in and starts chasing it around the room. Camden is back to her old self by this time and thinks this is quite amusing. We do eventually catch it and I was able to safely return it outside. I guess this is one of the many pleasures of having pets and living in the country!
Too bad we didn't get any pictures!
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