1 red for every 66 grey squirrels

[PMC]

I quite liked the odea of the weighted feeding tables I saw on "Tomorrow's World" (where else?) a few years back.  Being smaller, Mr Red Squirrel doesn't trip the spring and can get to the food left out for him.  However, the lardier Mr Grey causes a weight to move and cover the food over, so no free lunch for him.

Literally tipping the scales in favour of our little red pals.  

[nadoom]

.. is there pit of spikes underneath?

[jkirk]

apparently there is very little meat on the bones

tried dove? there is so little meat there you are lucky to get enough to stew with rice or dumplings. oh man and i just ate and here i am thinking food. but there is more meat on the little critters than you give em credit for.

[nadoom]

ive tried pigeon in egypt.. hmm very little meat on that.

[boing]

As a person who has raised and lived with both a red squirrel and a grey squirrel, I am emminently qualified to stake out a position here. Not to mention being one of the last crackers in my neighborhood.

My avatar image is of my little red (RIP).


There's a T-shirt that comes to mind regarding this situation.

http://www.tshirthell.com/shirts/products/a355/thumb_ltd_a355.gif


British red squirrels: little pussies should have fought harder.


Now I have to say that I'm kidding here. I'm of mixed Euro and Native American Indian lineage so...


 North American Red squirrels kick the crap out of North American Grey squirrels despite being nearly half the size of the greys.  This shows the Brit Reds are indeed pussies.

OK, I'm kidding again.  

I love them all, and only non-lethal means should be used to preserve the UK Reds.

Each life of the squirrel, native or not, means as much to it (him or her), regardless of it's color.  It seems unfair to kill an individual grey just because the group he's a member of is outbreeding the other group.  The arguement for lethal means could be just as readily applied to the white people of the US who are rapidly being outbred by browns and blacks.  And there's a phrase that describes that: Nazism.  It's not fair for humans, nor for squirrels.

[Cyberus]

Am I right in thinking that the grey squirrels in UK originally came from the US?

[nadoom]

yep they came to the uk about 150 years ago.

[boing]

Are you sure it was really that long ago? I was under the impression it happened n the 20th century. Stupid humans.

This is Woodsy, AKA the real life Ami/Amy the Squirrel.
The mug is very large so it makes her look even smaller than reds are.
http://img286.echo.cx/img286/3351/woodsymugchocobeige03580x75878.jpg


And this is Sparky, the grey i'm caring for now. This pic is about a year old.
http://img267.echo.cx/img267/3305/sparkydsc07591960percmp1xz.jpg

[PMC]

Are they tame?  

[bloodline]

I was lucky enough to grow up on the Isle of Wight, where we only have Red Squirrels... with their funny tufty ears... they are no where near as tame as Greys though.

The Island is ideal for Reds as they need to eat conifer seeds and the Island has several large conifer forests.

In fact I had never seen a Grey Squirrel until I came to London...

In Canada I saw black (or goth as I call them) Squirrels :-)

@Nadeem

Do I detect your presence in the hallowed ranks of the AROS Dev list? ;-)

[nadoom]

@ bloodline
yes its true.. i will help in anyway i can, but that really doesnt mean much at this point lol

[bloodline]

nadoom wrote:
@ bloodline
yes its true.. i will help in anyway i can, but that really doesnt mean much at this point lol

At this stage of the game, just having more people to throw ideas into the ring is a very welcome thing.

[jkirk]

anybody know how to make them jokers go away. they are in my mom in law's attic and even when sealing the holes they still get up there.

[metalman]

PMC wrote:
I quite liked the odea of the weighted feeding tables I saw on "Tomorrow's World" (where else?) a few years back.  Being smaller, Mr Red Squirrel doesn't trip the spring and can get to the food left out for him.  However, the lardier Mr Grey causes a weight to move and cover the food over, so no free lunch for him.

Literally tipping the scales in favour of our little red pals.  

IF you can come up with a device that would feed ONLY birds and NOT grey squirrel's you would make a fortune from bird lovers alone!

[metalman]

nadoom wrote:
yep they came to the uk about 150 years ago.

And these  pests were imported from England in 1850

[nadoom]

serves you right