Comments on: Three-striped Palm Squirrel

by: Aarti

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:33:37 +0000

Never tire watching them run about, eat food, or jump from one branch to the other!!
infact we rescued abt 2 babies from car, they were hidden near the engine… tried caring for them, alas , one got killed by a cat n other disappeared

by: Deepa

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:21:45 +0000

Enjoyed this lovely post a lot! We’ve always had squirrels around, and my hope is that they don’t become like sparrows….suddenly pushed out of urban life!

by: Celine

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:26:20 +0000

These clever little ones are indeed, as you rightly termed, endearing.:)

by: Arun

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:06:53 +0000

I have seen them eating papads as well. But the most interesting this I have seen them doing is with Rangoli. I am not sure if they eat Rangoli powder. After my neighbour draws a Rangoli in the morning, they come and walk along the Rangoli lines, usually sniffing it closely, seeming to consume a bit. It is funny to watch them walk precisely along the Rangoli’s lines, as though they have been trained!

by: Uma

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:04:06 +0000

My mother would feed them chapatis. Once, my neighbour’s kid took one bite from a slice of bread with jam on it and threw it away. Almost immediately, one of our chapati eating squirrels grabbed it and began to nibble one corner! It was such a funny sight - I can still recall it clearly so many years later! Wish I had had a camera then…

by: vijji

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:29:46 +0000

Squirrels. And rodents??
…..NEVER!!!!!

by: lakshmi

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:58:00 +0000

I can never tire of watching them and their antics…we rescued a pair of babies and kept them at home until they were old enough to be sent out…and they were quite a handful to manage