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  • Jac19Jac19 Posts: 496
    Butter gives them a fat layer for hybernation.  A bit of sugar gives them energy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I don't think I want to play anymore
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Oh go on @B3. It’s a laugh. These posts make my day, 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Oh . Go on then @Lyn😁
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited September 2021
    Jac19 said:
    Butter gives them a fat layer for hybernation.  A bit of sugar gives them energy.
    For crying out loud how wrong can you be?!?!  You obviously know nothing about animal nutrition 🤯

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    A timely episode of our countryside programme tonight - Landward.
    It's on nationwide on Sunday morning at 9.15, BBC2.
    Please - anyone who simply doesn't understand the impact - watch it to try and understand just a little bit about what grey squirrels have done to red squirrels.  
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Jac19 said:
    Butter gives them a fat layer for hybernation.  A bit of sugar gives them energy.
    Grey squirrels don't hibernate and are also lactose intolerant. 
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I think this thread is a very successful windup. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DedekindDedekind Posts: 172
    edited September 2021
    Fairygirl said:
    A timely episode of our countryside programme tonight - Landward.
    It's on nationwide on Sunday morning at 9.15, BBC2.
    Please - anyone who simply doesn't understand the impact - watch it to try and understand just a little bit about what grey squirrels have done to red squirrels.  
    Apart from the fact that the introduction of grey squirrels has massive effects on red squirrels.  Is there any reason why grey squirrels are 'bad'? (As some of the posts seem to imply). Are they really on the same level as rats in our perception? I always thought they were cute :( 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Apart from spreading fatal Squirrel pox to red squirrels (the greys are immune)?

    Apart from causing the deaths of a large proportion of British song birds be eating eggs and nestlings? 

    Apart from the damage done to ancient deciduous woodland by stripping bark which kills the trees? 

    Apart from the above and other havoc they cause, there’s the damage they cause to fruit and vegetable crops. 

    They are a serious pest in the UK. 



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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