Dear Fellow Squirrel Miester I too have a love for our four legged friends. I feed them peanuts each and every day, they take them from my hands and even walk on my hands. Some times they get excited and forget their manners and then they think your fingers are part and parcel of the peanut. And then that sharp little toothy goes down into your precious little digit and you let out the biggest ouch. Then oh my God am I bleeding, did this little skallywag eat my fingy, ah sigh of relief no blood, finger in place, great, breathe in and out and I am going to be fine. But later alas. gee should I go to the doctor, or what, let it pass, mybe not mybe I will get sick and frothe at the mouth. No No just my imagination. Well let me tell you my story. My little squirrel drew blood not a whole lot but enough. My fingy was hot to touch. I put some alcohol on it and thought it will be okay. Then thought no better not may be go to doctor, no, being silly , no being rational, no being stupid, no being chicken, okay already go to the clinic, noone knows you there. Saunter in, got a boo boo from squirrel. Take a seat doctor will see you shortly. Terry doctor will see you now. Slink slink slink, take a seat. Now what can I do for you today? Shove finger in doctors face, got a boo boo from squirrel it bit me here, and I bled. Hummmmmmmmm let me sseeeeeee. Oh, I will be right back... meanwhile me thinks shes going to get scalpel amputation, I am sure she is going to chop my finger off. No no no stop it stupid your being ridiculious. Oops here she is, smiling, now Terry squirrels are rodents (oh my god a rat, the Plague) and they are not known to carry rabies in this area. And you have really no cause for alarm, however (No here it comes, lower the boom rabie shots just in case)we are going to give you a tetnus shot as a precautionary thing. A tetnus shot I say, thats it,
and I will be okay, no rabie shot? No rabie shots. Oh thank God, your my hero. Here I had visions of you stabing me in my stomach with these beasty shots. Oh no dear we don't do it that way anymore, we are not as barbaric as we use to be. Ah a sigh of relief.
So goes the tale or tail of the squirrel and orangefatcat. and the moral of the story is go get a tetnus shot so you won't frothe at the mouth any more. And it still is okay to feed the squirrels. But keep you fingers to yourself!! They belong to you!!
All my love
your fellow squirrel miester, orangefatcat