Schizophrenic squirrel

[caroln]

I swear this one squirrel is schizo. He jumps around like a rabbit, runs around in circles and rolls around on the ground. Then he'll dash up a maple tree to a skinny branch near the ground, climb out on the branch, turn upside down and crawl to the end of the branch until it bends to the ground. Then he lets go, falls to the ground, and looks up to watch the branch spring back up. Then he does it over and over, rolling on the ground in between his runs up the tree. I watched him do it 11 times in a row. This can't be normal behavior! He looks healthy enough, just acts weird.

 

[Geezer Garage]

Just like humans, there's one in every family.

 

[IrisSenior]

I swear this one squirrel is schizo. He jumps around like a rabbit, runs around in circles and rolls around on the ground. Then he'll dash up a maple tree to a skinny branch near the ground, climb out on the branch, turn upside down and crawl to the end of the branch until it bends to the ground. Then he lets go, falls to the ground, and looks up to watch the branch spring back up. Then he does it over and over, rolling on the ground in between his runs up the tree. I watched him do it 11 times in a row. This can't be normal behavior! He looks healthy enough, just acts weird.

I wish I had that squirrel in my backyard; it sure would be entertaining along with the cardinals always calling. We have a couple of different squirrels and sometimes they get into an argument - they can sure run fast!

 

[hawkdon]

Carolyn that is like all my yard squirells, i spend way to
much time watching the little jerks.....crazy....

 

[Lilac]

I love our squirrels. We feed them in the winter & they provide a lot of entertainment to us & the cats.

@caroln, just curious as to what color he is? Our Fox squirrels seem to be the craziest to us.

 

[Gary O']

This can't be normal behavior! He looks healthy enough, just acts weird.

That's why they're called squirrels

Up at the cabin, they did the craziest of things

Quite entertaining

 

[caroln]

I love our squirrels. We feed them in the winter & they provide a lot of entertainment to us & the cats.

@caroln, just curious as to what color he is? Our Fox squirrels seem to be the craziest to us.

Just a common gray squirrel. Looks to be young, so maybe just getting energy out!

 

[PeppermintPatty]

There’s nothing common about squirrels.

 

[Lilac]

I built a feeder that looked like the one in the photo, but some fat raccoon broke the plexiglass one night while he was steeling the food.

We loved watching their antics.

 

[Tish]

I wish we had them here they are so cute.

 

[Lilac]

 

[Katelivewire]

I swear this one squirrel is schizo. He jumps around like a rabbit, runs around in circles and rolls around on the ground. Then he'll dash up a maple tree to a skinny branch near the ground, climb out on the branch, turn upside down and crawl to the end of the branch until it bends to the ground. Then he lets go, falls to the ground, and looks up to watch the branch spring back up. Then he does it over and over, rolling on the ground in between his runs up the tree. I watched him do it 11 times in a row. This can't be normal behavior! He looks healthy enough, just acts weird.

Maybe he is a pet and doesn’t know how to act like a squirrel! My mom raised a baby squirrel who fell out the tree nest as a baby in virginia, about a week old, eyes still shut. Thought it was a cat, raised with kitten, and german shepherd. The cat and squirrel both played running up and down the stairwell all day.

 

[Alligatorob]

 

[OneEyedDiva]

He's probably just having fun. I haven't seen our resident squirrel do antics like that.

 

[Lilac]

 

[jujube]

All my squirrels are.....well.....squirrely. I think the whole lot of them share one brain cell.

 

[Mr. Ed]

I have not lived as a squirrel