Blowing the lid off stereotypes about “Squirrel People”

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  • @SquirrelTheater
    @SquirrelTheater 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    I wasn’t even aware that there were stereotypes about people who feed squirrels.
    Very interesting.
    😳😳🤣❤️🐿

  • @hppower_and_squirrels
    @hppower_and_squirrels 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    The fluffy ones reduce my stress level. My patience with some people would be at an all-time low otherwise. Don't pay attention to the negative person.. walk away it ain't worth losing your sanity for them 🐿🖤🐿🤍

  • @guylaine4992
    @guylaine4992 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Indeed Amy, people think we're crazy 🤪 if we feed squirrels, they really don't get it 😊. Squirrels are amazing, smart, lovable little animals 😊❤😊

  • @PeanutTheBoySquirrel
    @PeanutTheBoySquirrel 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Preach knowledge ab Squirrel 😊

  • @annadunham2373
    @annadunham2373 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Ps. My wild squirrel family give me a reason to keep going at difficult times, and that's OK. They keep me sane, because they live life in the present, and this is an important life lesson. Thank you squirrels!🙏

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @annadunham2373 Oh, that’s so true!!! They force that “life is just right now” thing. Maybe because we need all our focus to keep up with them zipping around. 😂😂 Plus all the smiles they bring. 👍😃😃🐿️👍😃👍🐿️

    • @annadunham2373
      @annadunham2373 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Littleanimalsarecute absolutely! Great point! 💖🐿💖💫💫💫💫💫💫

  • @annadunham2373
    @annadunham2373 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I'm with you on these misconceptions re us squirrel lovers/friends/family members!
    I get odd looks and I can sense that others find me weird and quirky because of my relationships.... folk wouldn't think twice if we were talking cats or dogs!
    Oh well, maybe we are special (in a positive way)!!! 🤩
    Here's to squirrel lovers and squirrels! 🎉 💙🐿💚

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @annadunham2373 Yes!!! 👑 🎉 🎈 🐿️🐿️❤️❤️❤️ More squirrels for us to love 😃😃👍👍🐿️🐿️🐿️

    • @NavvyMom
      @NavvyMom 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @annadunham2373 That's a great point. People gush over dogs and cats. Squirrels are at least as cute and beautiful, and smarter and more personable than some of those dogs and cats.

    • @annadunham2373
      @annadunham2373 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@NavvyMom right on! 💖🐿💙💫💫💫

  • @lyndab6260
    @lyndab6260 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Amy, you’re an angel. Thank you so much for feeding, housing, caring, and loving the squirrels. Ignore inconsiderate mean people who are ignorant. I have a registered certified humane backyard and I care and feed squirrels, raccoons, opossum, rabbits,blue jays, cardinals, cats, and so many other birds. Animals need our help and I will be there for them every day. Unfortunately, I have neighbors that don’t like me nor the squirrels. One neighbor demanded that I bring down my birds feeders. He’s gone as far as trapping the squirrels. Everyday he’ll set several traps along my fence right along the property line. To avoid these neighbors I’ve built a tall fence to avoid their nastiness and I don’t have to see them. Keep on squirreling. You’re love Amy by many and especially by me. Haters will be hater it’s sad that they have to fill some void in their lives. I’ve had a large St Frances statue on my backyard for about 6 years and the hypocrites placed one just like it on their lawn last year.

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@lyndab6260 I don’t know how to respond to this adequately. I’m so happy to hear of your backyard haven!! It sounds amazing!! The he neighbor sounds from hell though. Did putting up the fence stop the trapping? Is that the same guy that coped your statue? Why in the world would someone do that? Why are people so ODD?? I respect the way squirrels stay focused on what they have to do, and don’t hang out in groups gossiping about some “other” blacklisted squirrel. 🤣🤣. I love your backyard animals list!

    • @lyndab6260
      @lyndab6260 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Yes! It’s the same psycho neighbor that copied my Saint Francis. Odd indeed! Narcissistic personality maybe. He came over to my front door and “Demanded “ I took down my bird feeder when in fact he has some up in his property I think he does it purposely to lure the squirrels. The fence has helped for the purpose of not see him when times he sits in his four season room directly facing my property.

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @ oh my gosh, HUGS!!!! No one should have to live with that!!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 I don’t even know what to say. That’s horrible. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @TheInternetHurtMyFeelings
    @TheInternetHurtMyFeelings 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    😂😂 my neighbor calls me the squirrel whisperer everybody around here knows I have a baby squirrel😊.. if an animal comes to me and I'm taking care of it that's a pet I don't really care what kind of animal it is as long as it's clean and disease-free, I always tell people I may be poor but I feel like Cinderella over here with all of the wild animals 😂😂

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@TheInternetHurtMyFeelings ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @NavvyMom
    @NavvyMom 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Surprising that your crew was willing to take a chance on you. My BIL was one of those who ran out the back door clapping his hands to shoo the squirrels off his bird feeders. Then Navvy came along and my niece wanted to interact with her and all my squirrels, and I guess also to make friends with their squirrels. I need to ask her if she ever got anywhere with that.

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@NavvyMom I think they recognized big differences between us and those who were here before. Huge difference being the old regime didn’t live outside; they lived inside.
      Was your niece there long time ago start things up with Navvy?

  • @paulag4536
    @paulag4536 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Great video, 👍 ❤

  • @joepalladino3467
    @joepalladino3467 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I love my squirrels

  • @critterallywithjohnernest.
    @critterallywithjohnernest. 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Omg you hit every topic spot on! I was rolling on the floor about the who just wakes up one day to say i think I'm going to just start chucking money out the window. 😂😂😂😂 I never thought i would be spending this much on them but it only started off with one. They they tell friends about the cool new dive and then they tell some more friends and pretty soon 1 turns into 30.😂😂😂 You nailed it when you said they are thinking beings that are smart enough to manipulate us into seeing how cute they are. Puting paws on the window looking in. They are smart enough to get your attention and they in turn are hoping that we are smart enough to pick up on this nonverbal cue to make friends with them. They know how to manipulate us if only we look for the cues. So true what you said about them showing up so we can help them when they are in need too. I feel so helpless, especially because we can't get medicine for them as we have to go through a veterinarian per state law and yet if you take them to a vet they will only put them down. Our laws need to change. People have no empathy for a squirrel, only dogs and cat. Narrow minded and shallow people.

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@critterallywithjohnernest. ❤️👍❤️👍🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️ In my first “take” for this video, outdoors in the rain which turns out affects video quality 😂, I mentioned how smart all the animals are who find you, right up to a cat who has figured out a way past your defenses by being good to the squirrels!!! Shocking to me that a cat figured that out, and says so much about you as a person. No wonder so many animals know they can come to you. And who told the cat?? How far is it traveling to get to you. 😃👍😃🐿️

    • @critterallywithjohnernest.
      @critterallywithjohnernest. 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@LittleanimalsarecuteIt really is amazing how smart animals are. I have no idea how that juvenile cat showed up on my porch but i kind of freaked out when i saw it sitting next to a few squirrels on the porch. I'm not really into cats and squirrels are #1 in my life so i definitely felt threatened by his presence. Now he is getting within a few feet of me and comes when i call him. He needs a warm home and i hope i can befriend him to make tgat happen. I'm am so greatful that he respects my squirrel boundaries and gets turkey every day for being good. Of course the opossums get fed as well but these guys are showing up early A.M when i am in bed. I miss watching them and peting them in the garage. 2 years is way too short to live.😢 I guess i should open an animal shelter and definitely would if i lived in the country and had the $ to do so.💔

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @ If anyone should, it’s you for sure!! I wish the government would spend taxpayer money on saving animals rather than killing people’s pets, and they could set you up. Then animal haters would be paying into a good cause and could hate on their own time. 😃

    • @critterallywithjohnernest.
      @critterallywithjohnernest. 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@LittleanimalsarecuteI'm with you on that. I seen the little kitty on my porch waiting for me again today and at least 6 squirrels all around him. He is so well behaved that the squirrels actually trust him. I'm going to try and get video of it if i can. The other bigger cat that must be the mom or dad is a different story. The squirrels send out the predator alarm and hide in the trees when he comes around. Like you said yesterday, they are thinking beings and they know which one is a threat and which one they can trust. How do they know this??? Smart little cookies 🍪 😅😅😅

  • @Umbreona
    @Umbreona 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    One reason people don't understand this relationship is that they do not realize that squirrels are very intelligent animals. They are not motivated just by food and nothing else. They LEARN human language so that they can understand OUR warning calls and beckons.

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Umbreona hey, that makes sense!! It just clicked why people minimize it to “feeding squirrels”. They think that’s all there is to it because they don’t know the depth of squirrels. That makes sense!! Still wrong of them, but makes sense why they drag it down to the ridiculously simplistic 😂😂

  • @defluxion
    @defluxion 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I’m hereby reporting for my weekly Sweet Tank update!

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@defluxion ha ha!! Well, here’s all I’ve got: I’ve been seeing a big orange Tank in the yard of people I’ve long suspected Sweet Tank lives in. I drive by, slow down and gawk, but am too afraid of the “crazy” (squirrel hating) people who live there to yell, “Hey, Sweet Tank!” out the window at her to see if she responds, afraid I’ll put her under the radar of the haters.
      So I have no verification that it’s her, but I’m hopeful. As winter wears on and fall nuts run low, I’m expecting to see the Tanks show back up.
      That’s all I’ve got for now. Thanks for asking. I’m waiting for her too ❤️🐿️❤️🐿️👍👍👍

  • @timdowning9732
    @timdowning9732 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Us squirrelers stick together! ….

  • @dancerina219
    @dancerina219 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Good use of humor to get a message across 😊. I didnt know there were that many stereotypes out there, but thats what they are, sterotypes. Misconceptions made by people who dont know aby better! Which brings to light how your channel does infoem and educate people. We feed our squirrels and chipmunks here too and id people rhihk anything about us because of that, ao be it. It wont change who I am.
    Keep on with all you do for the cute little animals!

    • @dancerina219
      @dancerina219 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Ignore all the typos 😂

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@dancerina219 So good to hear from you, Dancerina. And happy to hear you’re out there hanging with the squirrels & ‘munks. 👍🐿️😊😊😊
      Thank you for the encouragement. I hit some discouraging feedback yesterday and briefly considered taking the channel down. Your words mean a lot right now. This video garnered enough positive feedback that I’m back on track, believing again that humanity (good humanity, lol) is out there. ❤️

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ I didn’t notice. I think our brains naturally autocorrect when we read, better than phones do sometimes. 😃👍

  • @SquirrelsonDeck
    @SquirrelsonDeck 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Wonderful video. Keep up the excellent work 🐿🩷🐿

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@SquirrelsonDeck Thank you. You too!!! ❤️🐿️❤️🐿️❤️

    • @SquirrelsonDeck
      @SquirrelsonDeck 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Littleanimalsarecute

  • @ThepupsnameisBrian
    @ThepupsnameisBrian 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I don't feed squirrels. I feed birds. The squirrels haven't gotten the memo.

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ThepupsnameisBrian 😂 The birds started getting a free ride here when I saw what buddies they are with the squirrels. Friends’ friends are my friends. 😀👍

  • @MichaelBecker93
    @MichaelBecker93 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    hello amy ❤🐿❤
    first of all - not in a flirty way or anything like that - but you looked real pretty today ^^
    second, i fully agree with the whole talk about "squirrel people".
    whenever i started to go out to feed squirrels (on weekends and in my freetime) even my friends didnt get it at first, they thought im slowly drifting into weirdness bevause i go and feed squirrels which are wild animals. theyd ask me- why would you feed them, they get enough food on their own yada yada.
    and its true, they do find enough on their own where im from. but what people dont get about squirrels (at least to me) is that it is so rewarding if such a small wild animal that has to be cautious 24/7 puts their trust into your hands quite literally.
    whenever their little hands and fingers touch mine, whenever they sit and eat right next to me, or if that one squirrel comes right away when i do my lil squirrel whistle. it warms my heart
    i actually view them as my friends, i give them funny names and i get actually excited when i see one of the named squirrels and it recognizes me and comes running.
    and im not 50 or retired, or have no friends or hobbies either 😅
    its true i dont have "many" friends, but really really good one. i draw, manga i workout, i cook, i read, i do sports with friends and im sometimes even out at weekends. BUT I STILL WANT TO GO FEED SQUIRRELS ON TOP OF THAT!!! ❤🐿❤
    just keep on squirreling

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@MichaelBecker93 YEAH!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🐿️🐿️👍🐿️👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
      This was awesome to read and I totally get it about that excitement when a named squirrel comes running. And they sit next to us and eat knowing they’re safe from the unknown. We’re known safe, and a trusted protector.
      As for friends, it sounds like you have a great inner circle. ⭕️ No need for outer circles really, but I figured I’d toss that trivia in there since it goes against a “squirrel weirdo” stereotype. 😀
      Squirrel on!!!
      And thanks for the compliment. I moved around a bit to find somewhere I looked less uggo. 😃

  • @batphink2655
    @batphink2655 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I know for a fact most animals are more intelligent than they're given credit for. I freely admit it I have nearly no friends here in Canada(the most friendly/polite place on Earth LMAO). I was a touring musician too for 4 years in Canada late 80's(in a band of narcissist Vipers lol). I love animals no matter what. Squirrels have personalities and you see it after months of feeding and talking to them. Still my family hate all wildlife only liking dogs and cats wtf ?I could care less what ppl think of me but I get along with strangers better than my family lol. Good comments Amy. What was your band called?

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@batphink2655 I wasn’t in the band, but traveled around with Kansas. (Not a groupie lol) When you said Canadian band in 80s, here’s what sprung to mind: Honeymoon Suite, Gowan!!, Triumph, The Spoons (Romantic Traffic). So many good Canadian 80s artists!! Was your band called Narcissistic Vipers?

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@batphink2655 also, so happy you stick by our friends that seem to drive humans away from us. It’s so weird that something that beings such joy can be so splintering!!

    • @batphink2655
      @batphink2655 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​ @Littleanimalsarecute ​ We didn't score a record deal but were SO close. Even hear of Lee Aaron? We opened for her band lol. We played in Spain what a disaster. I'm sorry if I sound negative, our singer a talented lad sabotaged everything I or our Management tried to do a losing battle it was. We started recording an album and he ruined that so all remains is a demo tape. Our Manager in Spain fell out with us so kept most all our concert pics. Sadly I have only club pics. I should write a book "How NOT To Tour A Band!. We were called 'Ter Horus' but changed our name to 'Prezident Stone' for a short reunion in 1990 then I left. I record my own music now don't need a band I have another channel on here on YT.

    • @batphink2655
      @batphink2655 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Littleanimalsarecute ​ I kept thinking it was something to do with a procedure a few years back...my family act so hostile and explode much of the time over these little mostly harmless creatures that bring me much joy.

  • @NavvyMom
    @NavvyMom 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Probably better that they went out of vogue as a pet, but they were right up there with cats and dogs for a hundred years. I am totally against legislating whether someone can have a pet squirrel. I would prefer people to figure out on their own whether a pet squirrel is right for them.

    • @Littleanimalsarecute
      @Littleanimalsarecute  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@NavvyMom 👍👍👍👍👍👍
      I can’t believe our country who says it’s founded on freedom has legislation on something so crazy as what pets someone can keep in their own house. Blows my mind. Oh, and also legislates that a person can’t hurt a hawk if it’s attacking their daughter, on their own property. Just wow.

    • @NavvyMom
      @NavvyMom 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @Littleanimalsarecute I'm sure there are all kinds of "reasons" aimed at protecting them from a bad situation, but that can also happen to a cat or dog, and there is no such intrusion on people's rights to have them.

  • @DougB4421
    @DougB4421 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    You are so right! Thank you for all you do, and I agree, ewww!

  • @morgannstryffe
    @morgannstryffe 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    You don't need to explain yourself to people who try to get happines by putting down other people. Also They'll say they don't care but if they didn't they would not comment.