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Badger:
My girlfriend was living in a mobile home park in the city with a large population of red squirrels which are not native here. One particular squirrel appears to be about 5 times the size and weight of the others and regularly taunts the cats face to face and has even taken on my chihuahua, he bangs on the sliding glass door and makes the dog go nuts, they race back and forth fighting with the glass inbetween them. The stupid thing sleeps on top of a telephone poll just tempting the red tail hawks to come and get him, when they go in for a swoop at him he lunges at them. Just walks around like he owns the world. Same color as the others just a lot bigger, I was wondering if this could be a fox squirrel? Or a cross of some kind, anyone ever heard of this before? If he wasn't so entertaining I would pop him with my pellet rifle. I would guess he weighs about 4# or so. Steve
Parnell:
We've go fox squirrels down here and they are much bigger and more brazen but I've never seen anything like what you're talking about. That's crazy! You gotta get some video!
El Destructo:
Man Steve....all we have here isFox Squirrels....but I can't say that I have ever seen a 4 pound Squirrel before....sure it ain't a Pine Martin..... ;D
Damned Squirrels on steroids for.sure.... :P
Cacatch:
Is he always 5 times the size of the others, even in summer? Or could it be that he is getting a thick early winter coat and it is making him look so much bigger? I ask because when I went out Saturday morning, I saw several fox squirrels that looked way bigger and heavier than they normally do, kind of like what you are saying. One came down a tree and was having a standoff with a wild turkey. Guess who won? The turkey decided to take his morning groove somewhere a little less hostile.
CP
Badger:
4# is just a guess, we don't have winter here in So Cal, they don't really get winter coats from what I can tell. I have never been aware of any fox squirrels around here either but not sure if I would know one when I saw it or not. He might just be very very fat like obese and it gives him this huge impression, but face to face with a normal size cat he doesn't look all that much smaller. Steve
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