Papa's been letting Sandy (our squirrel) out of her cage to play before supper. We have to make sure the cats are outside! It's been fun to watch her scamper about eating pecans and acorns out of his hand and running up and down his arm (and the curtains!). When he would put her back in the cage she had a tendency to get upset and would rattle the cage like a wild woman trying to get out. Sunday when I got up she had torn off two little pieces of the wire. Thank goodness they weren't in the same place or she would have been out. Late Sunday afternoon he decided it was "time". We called Ryan and had him meet us at one of the old deer stands back in the woods where she would be safe.
Ryan and I kept saying that we couldn't let her go because she hadn't stored up any nuts.
You can see that we took care of that. Lots of corn, sunflower seeds, acorns and pecans. We plan to check on her every so often and replenish her stash. She has water too. Ryan carried the cage to Papa and he put it in the stand.
We all said our goodbyes but none of us could leave. We stood around and watched as she climbed out on the pine limbs and jumped from tree to tree. She went up and came down--Ryan walked over to her and she jumped right on his shoulder. He started walking away and she jumped right back to the tree. She sat there looking at us like she was saying, "It's ok, this is where I live now. I'll be fine. Check on me later."
I know she belongs in the woods and she will be fine. The day the bird cage shows up in the feed room at the barn I know she will have found a new place to hide her stash!
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