Hey everyone.
I just wanted to share with you a story about a little friend I have found. About a year ago We started feeding a couple of our back yard wild grey squirrels( especially in the winter when it is so cold). Well about 4 or close to 5 months ago I noticed I would get this little guy who does not really live close to our house( I think he is in the next block) well he is a disabled squirrel. At first I noticed when he would run, he kind of tilted to one side. I mean he can move, and he can run real fast if he wants to or needs to. When I seen him I started feeding him a few nuts. I noticed when he sits up to eat he does not have great balance at all, he kind of wobbles back and fourth. I also learned that he is blind in one eye for sure. Well I kind of fell for this little guy and now he is a regular visitor to my yard, usually about every other day or so. He is my buddy. I call him dizzy( due to how un-steady he is ).
This little guy is amazing. I mean with all he has against him, he keeps going and he does not give up, EVER. I mean we get a few other squirrels that come to eat( these are our regular back yard wilds). Well sometimes squirrels can be very territorial and mean. Once about 2 months ago one of my regular back yard wilds tried to chase my Dizzy off, well Dizzy was having NO part of of that. He stood his gound and chased the other squirrel away! Well today this morning I spotted my Dizzy out back so I gathered my stash of nuts ( unsalted pecans and walnuts, and hazelnuts) and I went to feed him. Behind our house in the alley we have a huge telephone pole that the squirrels will run up if they sense danger( like a person walking their dog or something). Well today that is exactly what happened. Well Dizzy makes me so nervous when he climbs high. I mean I know he is use to it, he is a squirrel after all. But today he tested the waters( almost gave me a heart attack too!). Well he went up the pole and started climbing across on the electircal wires! Ok, so there is Dizzy about 3 stories high trying to climb across the high tension electrical wires and he is wobbling all over the place!! I thought he was going to fall, but thank God after I called to him he turned around and came back down:yfaint:
Anyhow, Dizzy has been coming to eat here for the last 4 or 5 months and I have seen this little guy over come so many adversities that his little life has given him. I mean I am not sure if his disabilities were due to a birth injury or was he dropped when he was a baby, did he get sick, fall out of a tree,I dont know. He is blind in one eye and he does not have good balance. But he manages to make up a pole and up a tree and he does ok( as long as he does not try and walk across the wires like a tight rope walker!
He keeps going no matter what. I am a huge animal lover and this little squirrel amazes me. I mean I feel for these little guys. Look what they have to overcome, they have be out in the freezing winter weather, snow storms, freezing rain, you name it. But they do not have the option to just stay in the nest if they dont feel good or if it is cold, No they have to go find food because they have to eat. When they are sick they have to keep going, there is no room for weakness in the animal world. It is the survival of the fittest for them. They have it so hard. So if I can help them a little by giving them some nuts and water, especially the little disabled one, well that makes me feel good. Being chronically sick myself for the last 9 years with such awful debilitating health problems, well I have had quite a few times where I just want to give up. I mean I have prayed to just die I was in so much pain and so tired of being in such severe pain I just wanted it to end. Well Now when I start to feel that way, I just think of Dizzy. I think, look at that little guy, he keeps going. He has it way rougher than I do. He has no doctor to run to for help, he has to storm the weather in order to eat and drink, he has no choice. When I think of him, I think maybe I can keep going too...
I just wanted to share with you a story about a little friend I have found. About a year ago We started feeding a couple of our back yard wild grey squirrels( especially in the winter when it is so cold). Well about 4 or close to 5 months ago I noticed I would get this little guy who does not really live close to our house( I think he is in the next block) well he is a disabled squirrel. At first I noticed when he would run, he kind of tilted to one side. I mean he can move, and he can run real fast if he wants to or needs to. When I seen him I started feeding him a few nuts. I noticed when he sits up to eat he does not have great balance at all, he kind of wobbles back and fourth. I also learned that he is blind in one eye for sure. Well I kind of fell for this little guy and now he is a regular visitor to my yard, usually about every other day or so. He is my buddy. I call him dizzy( due to how un-steady he is ).
This little guy is amazing. I mean with all he has against him, he keeps going and he does not give up, EVER. I mean we get a few other squirrels that come to eat( these are our regular back yard wilds). Well sometimes squirrels can be very territorial and mean. Once about 2 months ago one of my regular back yard wilds tried to chase my Dizzy off, well Dizzy was having NO part of of that. He stood his gound and chased the other squirrel away! Well today this morning I spotted my Dizzy out back so I gathered my stash of nuts ( unsalted pecans and walnuts, and hazelnuts) and I went to feed him. Behind our house in the alley we have a huge telephone pole that the squirrels will run up if they sense danger( like a person walking their dog or something). Well today that is exactly what happened. Well Dizzy makes me so nervous when he climbs high. I mean I know he is use to it, he is a squirrel after all. But today he tested the waters( almost gave me a heart attack too!). Well he went up the pole and started climbing across on the electircal wires! Ok, so there is Dizzy about 3 stories high trying to climb across the high tension electrical wires and he is wobbling all over the place!! I thought he was going to fall, but thank God after I called to him he turned around and came back down:yfaint:
Anyhow, Dizzy has been coming to eat here for the last 4 or 5 months and I have seen this little guy over come so many adversities that his little life has given him. I mean I am not sure if his disabilities were due to a birth injury or was he dropped when he was a baby, did he get sick, fall out of a tree,I dont know. He is blind in one eye and he does not have good balance. But he manages to make up a pole and up a tree and he does ok( as long as he does not try and walk across the wires like a tight rope walker!
He keeps going no matter what. I am a huge animal lover and this little squirrel amazes me. I mean I feel for these little guys. Look what they have to overcome, they have be out in the freezing winter weather, snow storms, freezing rain, you name it. But they do not have the option to just stay in the nest if they dont feel good or if it is cold, No they have to go find food because they have to eat. When they are sick they have to keep going, there is no room for weakness in the animal world. It is the survival of the fittest for them. They have it so hard. So if I can help them a little by giving them some nuts and water, especially the little disabled one, well that makes me feel good. Being chronically sick myself for the last 9 years with such awful debilitating health problems, well I have had quite a few times where I just want to give up. I mean I have prayed to just die I was in so much pain and so tired of being in such severe pain I just wanted it to end. Well Now when I start to feel that way, I just think of Dizzy. I think, look at that little guy, he keeps going. He has it way rougher than I do. He has no doctor to run to for help, he has to storm the weather in order to eat and drink, he has no choice. When I think of him, I think maybe I can keep going too...
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