A picture of a bright red squirrel I found. WTF
 

So early this morning I was leaving my apartment for a final and my girlfriend started laughing and going nuts. Turns out she saw a bright red squirrel running around my complex. Sure enough she was right. Two things struck me as odd: 1-he's red, 2-he was rather small and quite friendly, unlike most squirrels. I'd like to call him a chipmunk due to his size but I'm not sure if that'd be correct.

Well, without further ado, I present the mysteriously curious and kind Red Squirrel of San Diego!

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Not sure if he was spray painted by a cruel person or what. He almost seemed to be a pet due to how comfortable he was with us approaching him. That and there's no color around his eyes and mouth which wouldn't happen if he were painted. I'm thinking he's someone's domestic pet on the loose and was dyed red for fun... :confused: :thumbsup:


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I think he must be someones pet that got loose....

If he was spray painted, it would've probably clumped his fur, or been uneven.

My aunt used to dye her poodle green or red for christmas. I always thought it was a bit cruel.

We have squirrels around here that are his size... oddly enough they're called "red squirrels" too. :)

Yeah, that looks like a dye job. Poor little guy. It is adorable though.

thats is a pet, around me weirdos dye their pets and some arent even domesticated

If it is a dye job, it's a damn good one! The area around the eyes and nose were not touched and seems like there is a lighter shade on the underside.

I bet the poor thing will never be able to find a mate now!

That is crazy. I'll keep an eye out in case he heads up the coast to Carlsbad.

So cute! Poor thing.

That's awesome. But it definately looks like a dye job.

It's kinda cool how whoever did it was cautious enough to stay away from the eyes and mouth. Makes it look like a superhero. It's definately a dye job, though. Hopefully it's non-toxic. ;)

Anyone else think of that Disney movie "The Sword In The Stone"?

Poor little guy. :( I hope it wasn't too much drama to be dyed like that!

But it did make me smile :D

That first picture is sweet. Nice pose, super seyajin squirrel.

pictures dont seem to be working

I've always thought if you could get a squirrel as a baby it would prolly make a pretty good pet... like a rat

Red squirrel? I blame Communism.

is it just me or does he have an eyebrow drawn in on the first picture??

It's a punk squirrle! That is awsome. That HAS to be a dye job. I want one now...

If squrrel could be decent pets I would like a few, i'd have a yellow one.

I can see the new trend now...pet dyeing! Hmm, I wonder if PETA will object.

Anybody remember that Bastard skwerlz posted awhile back?

http://tinypic.com/bjvwz

Hmmm...

strange...

very very strange!!!

Is it just me or is it fake.

Let me guess, everyone already knew that and I stated the obvious.

I've seen this before.

It's just a frat prank over at the skwerl college.

awwww thats the cutest thing ever!! its a dye job..i've pink-ified a couple of doggies ..its easy to leave space around the eyes..you just paint the stuff on then leave it for 20 min then just rinse it off and taaa daaa colorful cuteness :)

Amusing.

I thought you were talking about a real red squirrel for a moment, but alas. Still good though.

I notice that Flyman is conspicuously absent from this thread...

Requisite posting of <a href="http://www.scarysquirrel.org/special/movies/longjump/clip2b.mpg">flying skwerl</a> movie.

Other scarysquirrel.org movies:
http://www.scarysquirrel.org/special/movies/

bet the pity will feed him well.

Do they come in other high fashion colours to?

I've always wanted a pet squirrel...

what do squirrels taste like?

greasy chciken

BAHAHAHAHA, that's awesome. He doesn't look like he's in pain or anything, so I feel totally ok with laughing at it. I bet all his little critter peers are laughing as well.

I have had many squirrel's in my home off and on since I was about 8 or 9. The first ones' name was Lucky, he was a grey squirrel that my mom found out at Pentwater woods (upnorth) in the early spring of lovery Michigan weather. In other words, his parents got started early and he was found freezing in the snow as a result. She brought him home (to redford, a very long drive) and nursed him tofull health, and he lived with us for about 4 Months, he was awesome! She went and built a little squirrel house and attacehed it to the roof and he came and went during the fall and winter months, then disappeared!

Since then we have moved and have raised at least another half dozen squirrels as a result of my mom being the neighborhood 'go to lady' when it comes to any animals. She gets so many new baby birds every spring it's not funny! And to put an old wives tale to rest, you can touch a baby bird, to put it back in it'snearby nest, or in a butter tub and nail it to a tree, and the mother will not turn it away...the only reason they do that is if they might feel the bird is helpless, not because he was touched!

We had another squirrel once, I don't remember how we got him, but he had his own big cage in the house, which he mostly only used to sleep, and would run around most of the day, this was always fun to be walkin the hallway, and have this little creature with VERY sharp nails JUMP on your leg and run up to your shoulder...scared the crap outta me and hurt like hell til he'd get his nails trimmed. This squirrel survived a house fire, all of my mom's birds and cats, but alas, curiosity didn't just harm the cat :( He got into my brother's halloween stash and ate 3/4 of a hershey bar and it killed him. We were quite upset! :( No chocolate for animals!!

Squirrels are really a lot of fun, we at one time had 2 black and 2 greys that were found by a friend who worked for a tree removal service. We raised them all until they were old enough to fend for themselves, and built another squirell house, they have long gone now, but you def. see more grey's and blacks in my moms' neighborhood :) We didn't try to train them really, or teach them more then to come when called for food or to let us pet them. When we let them go, we had a few neighbors complain of them jumping on them looking for attention, but other then that it usually a pretty good outcome.

There was also one time we took in a wildlife rescue blind racoon, she was very ornery but very cute. Not sure what happened after they placed her, but they can be quite cuddly also, but only when you get them as babies. They are a LOT of work to raise and maintain and require a lot of handling to be tamed down, but it can be done. Most places have restrictions to do this though, so I'd weigh the pro's and con's and look up the legalities before I'd go lookin' for one to 'take in'.


://edit: We have NEVER dyed our animals ;) But that one is just adorable! I'm glad to see he's out and about, but I hope he's old enough and not to spoiled, to be able to fend for himself :)