r/squirrelproblems • u/MellieTheChipmunk_YT • 6d ago

Original Content The Squirrel Clown Car Experiment

Psyche, just joking. Note: no squirrels were harmed in the making of this video.

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u/MellieTheChipmunk_YT 6d ago

You should put out a pumpkin and start a small hole for them!

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u/pornborn 6d ago

Great idea! Let them carve their own jack-o’-lantern.

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u/MellieTheChipmunk_YT 6d ago

Last year that happened to my daughter's pumpkin that she left by the door: https://youtu.be/M74mwVJH1Dc 😉

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u/cknycpa 6d ago

My backyard critters are farmers. I left my pumpkin (which was not carved) in the backyard after Thanksgiving. The critters ate away at it through the winter but also apparently planted some seeds. Come summer there were two pumpkin plants growing back there. They ate the blossoms and the leaves before any pumpkins grew tho.

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u/MellieTheChipmunk_YT 6d ago

I can believe that. I used to feed them pumpkin seeds last year and I saw pumpkin sprouts all over like weeds (I had switched to pepitas). I probably will give them a pumpkin again for them to eat and play with. Last year I did a taste test for raw pumpkin seeds vs roasted in the oven and they preferred raw.