thinking about tagging my neighborhood squirrels... catch and release... so I can attribute names to these little jerks. Give them little bracelets like they give birds
2026-05-01 01:19 UTC
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@Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-01 12:08
Please don't catch and attach random shit to wild animals.
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@JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2026-05-01 03:16
Some years back, a little family of squirrels got in to our attic and made it their playground. After the outer hole was patched, I began humanely trapping and releasing them with good ol' peanut butter as the bait. I then had the idea to add some white spray paint to their backs, to make sure they weren't still getting back in. Actually I only tagged one squirrel that way, as it just... well, something felt off about the process, and I only needed one test subject, I thought. A couple weeks later I saw a squirrel running around with a lot of its back-fur missing, and realised that I'd F'd up. Fortunately (I think, I hope) that given it was summer, the little one would have plenty of time to 'fur-up' before winter.
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@kambusha@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-01 09:28
Nice try, RFK jr.
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@SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 2026-05-01 09:51
Squirrels are giving bracelets to birds?