On Monday, September 8, 2008 I felt totally helpless. I was sitting on the computer talking to friends when something told me to look out my window. So I went over to my window and I didn’t realize what I saw at first. My dads girlfriend has been emptying the pool out since we aren’t going to go swimming in it for the rest of the year.. She got it where it was just a little over ankle deep in water with the tube on it still blown up. There was a squirrel what I thought at first swimming in the pool. I just thought it was soo cute. Then I realized as I poked my head out the window that he wasn’t doing so good. He was actually drowning. So I panic. I feed these little cuties every day. I either feed them peanuts, bread or cereal. There are several of them that will almost take the peanut right out of my hand. I have them pretty much spoiled rotten around my house. But anyway, I jump out my bedroom window with the garage key in my hand. I run in there and try to think of something that I can get him out with. I wasn’t going to grab him for darn sure. I mean they are cute and all but they will attack in a heartbeat if they feel threatened in anyway. So I find the swimming pool skimmer. I grabbed it and I run back to the pool area. I get him out with that. I was thinking he should just get on it and run right off. I was scared that he was going to run towards me. He did everything but that. I put him on the edge of the pool and the little guy just laid there. He would raise up his little head and water just kept pouring out. He was eye balling me pretty good. He thought I was going to hurt him but little did he know I wouldn’t do no harm to my buddies that I feed every day. I sat outside for about 2 hours with him. He was trying to maneuver himself over to this tree. He made it after a hour and a half. All the other squirrels wanted to keep going near him. When I saw them trying to approach him I would get up and of course they would run off. I didn’t want them attacking a helpless animal. So after 2 hours I got up and I took the skimmer that I got him out with and pushed up on his bottom really hard. Well, that got him going for sure. He ran back towards me like nothing happened to him and up the tree. He finally got on this branch after a few minutes of trying to stay on the tree. IM thinking that he broke his tiny leg when he jumped or something. He could barely stay on it. I kept a eye on him for a few more hours after I went back in the house. I didn’t sleep that whole night and after this happened to this squirrel there was no way in heck that I could fall asleep now. I ended up going to bed around 3:30 pm after I told my dad and his girlfriend what had happened. If he would have passed on I would have probably cried. Since I moved over to the area IM in I have become attached to these little creatures. You would just have to know how I am about animals to understand. IM so glad that my dads girlfriend emptied out the pool totally. If I hadn’t been awake that poor guy would have drowned. But now since I wrote this I think it is time to go feed them. : )
