A new family...

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As mother's yard holds a nicely formed rock fountain, it has been used as a home to various animals and reptiles, from Pack Rats to Lizards, oh and one large Bull Snake.  However, as it is no longer used in a fountain capacity, it's pretty much a pile of rocks nicely stacked on top of each other.

Currently her attempt to keep the ankle-biter dogs from getting in it and stuck behind all the nooks and crannies has worked with the use of garden fencing and a few boards, however her alpha-male Brutus has been found once perched at the very top, but that was thankfully all he did, he came down as soon as he was called otherwise that drop down to the other side is a bitch!

Anyway, now the former rock fountain is home to a family of Squirrels.  From what we can gather, it is a mother and 4 little ones.  As Brutus is the owner of all in the backyard, he is trying feverishly to evict said tenants!  We keep a close eye on him when he is outside as we know quite well that momma Squirrel will go ballistic on him if he gets too close or worse, captures one of her babies.  Thankfully since the holes were taken care of that actually led to the fountain, Brutus has been kept at bay, not liking it very much, but unable to reach them.

Unfortunately, it was brought to my attention by Shawn that these Squirrels, perhaps all Squirrels, but in his experience with his own family of Squirrels, they eat through wire!  Which for him is unfortunate as his company has a lot to do with wires of various sizes, types, etc...  So basically, his Squirrels have a literal buffet, 24/7!

So for now, momma is left to strengthen her brood and then will be moved along before they notice what nice wiring this house consists of!