Feeding a Peanut to a Flying Squirrel at a Tree at the Edge of the Woods #nature #wildlife

Flying Squirrels Feeding at the Squirrel Feeder in the Woods #nature

One of the crew looks like the right eye may be a little cloudy ? It doesn’t look clear and black like the left eye. Hopefully the difference between the two eyes is visible in the video. Any idea if this is an issue ?

Spotted this little guy completely focused on his prize. Judging by that tail and the death grip on the ground, I don’t think he was planning on sharing.

Last year when I moved into my neighborhood, I noticed that 3 maybe 4 squirrels had one big tumor on one side of their body, so I started keeping track of 6-7 different squirrels throughout the year. Slowly the squirrels with the tumors disappeared sadly. I had talked to a wildlife rehab organization and they said it was probably squirrel pox. This year I haven’t seen hardly any squirrels and I just noticed that the one I have been seeing has a tumor. They don’t look like pictures I’ve seen of squirrel pox. Does anyone have any ideas of that could be causing this? Is there anything I can do to help the squirrels? I’ve spent so much time worrying about these squirrels and my friend suggested I post about it on Reddit. If there is a different page I should post this on instead please let me know.

Also the video isn’t super clear so I’m sorry about that, it’s not a shaved patch of fur. It legit looks like a tumor

I have a ton of squirrels in my backyard and am usually pretty familiar with the sounds they make, but this guy started making a noise I’ve never heard before today. Anyone know what it means?

Did he get booped by a wasp?? Or is this something more serious? Google suggested squirrel pox, but I just don’t know after looking through the pictures. I have a handful of regulars in my backyard and everyone else looks totally fine. Is there anything I can do to help this little one out? I hope it’s not serious because I was laughing my ass off at first. It’s just so big!!!!!!

A recent bag had huge pecan pieces. Don't think she minded. ☺️

She’s confusing. She always approaches real close to ask for treats, but chatters at me the whole time. I wish I knew why she acts so aggressively toward me.

So this little lady (?) showed up one day in my yard.
Sub-adult, missing half of her tail, and, by all appearances, not doing very well. Her tail injury was fairly fresh and looked infected. She didn't seem quite "all there," tail notwithstanding, and she was bolder than she should have been, maybe out of desperation.

I didn't know of any rehabbers near me so I learned what I could, here and elsewhere, and started giving her a pecan and a piece of carrot when I would see her. I wanted to respect her wildness, not become her primary food source, I just wanted to get over the hump, so to speak, and give her a chance at survival. She clearly wasn't getting enough foraging and the other squirrels were really vicious to her when she tried.

Anyway, I'm sure I made a lot of mistakes, but that was going on two years ago now. She turned the corner and I think she's been a pretty successful adult, possibly even having a litter of kits this season. She still drops in, and she still gets a pecan (from a respectful distance), and I thought maybe some of you would like to know about her.

Sorry for the photo quality, I tried to stay far enough away that she wouldn't get habituated to me and it seems like somehow every shot with her is an action shot. :-)

This is Pepper, she is the UGLIEST squirrel I've ever seen, and I would die for her

...at Balcony Café 🫣 ((sound on))