Do you feed the squirrels?

[candyterrius]

I do not feed the squirrels. They usually manage to find their own food, especially when there is a tree that bears fruit at our home.

[sbenkoski]

I love feeding any critters  but i have stray cats and eagles who like eating small animals so I stopped .

[LenoraMinogue]

I don't feed the squirrels. But around here, they're pretty good at feeding themselves. There's quite a few pecan trees in my neighborhood.

[sfreeman8]

We never fed the squirrels. They stole from us years ago. We had a whole fish net full of popcorn that we were drying. One day it was there, the next half gone and this was on the cobs. They also stole my black walnuts one year. I would watch them bury they stash in the yard then in the winter, run around trying to remember where they buried it. One squirrel used to come up on our porch and gnaw at the wood, leaving behind a round indentation that looked like the wood was burned.

I don't think we have any squirrels around anymore. I have had 2 sets of feral cats move in so....

[judylucas]

I haven'e seen any squirrels to feed where I live now

[braggin]

Squirrels can become big pests if you feed them at your home. They hang around and go after your birds, which is not so good. Of course, they don't do as much damage as groundhogs or deer though.

[bshee58]

No, have enough pecan trees in my yard that they feed themselves.

[sdenimandlace1]

I have never feed the squirrels here we have Black Walnut trees that they clean up under.

[lguzman1]

I live in the city so not to much squirrels her but there is some in the park.

[mrsmere]

No but we have a walnut tree in the yard and they help themselves to it.  They know when they are ready and watching them claw into those things with ease is fascinating.  We need a sledgehammer, gloves and tnt.

[killers2]

They never come close enough where I am in PA.  I would if they did though!

[LiverDerchie]

What do squirrels eat?

[wildpanda]

No, but my dog chases them around the yard.

[timvolley]

i dont feed the squirrels they seem to do fine by themselves without any help  from humans

[linderlizzie]

Our neighborhood is overrun with them. They tear up anything made of wood and get into people's houses by making huge holes and I detest them. They are purely rodents with no reason to live, in my opinion. I know God must have had a reason for creating them, but for the life of me I don't know what it could be. 

I know I'm in the minority on the forum, but if you had the kind of carnage done in your neighborhood as we have had here, you might not think they're so cute. I would never feed them, but one of my neighbors doesn't close her garbage can lid, so they can get to that. I'm not worried about them at all. And I'd be happy to never see one again as long as I live. 

Don't mean to be so negative, but they really get on my nerves. There are always about five or six romping in my yard. And if they're not romping, they're screeching. They make the most hideous noises.