Wow good memory! It is her indeed 😁 still hanging out on the campus!

Yes indeed! And the title was just for the joke anyway, I have two other ratties who are also fund of pants exploration haha.

Haha yes, I love how cuddly rats are

Thanks! Squirrels on McGill campus are so friendly!

Yessss

Hahaha omg true

We're doomed!

Oh yeah thanks for the reminder it exists! Posted there :)

Thank you! Mental health is a little rough these days tbh but I'm managing. I hope things are good on your end!

Also I now have furry rodents at home (pet rats!) so I have less time to devote to the squirrelly friends

I knew of "smart ass", but "smart balls" sounds nice for sure too!

How about cocky behavior therapy?

Aw thanks so much for your kind words. It was indeed pretty close to the river!! Here's the point on the map

Here's another shot of the same building

Nope :(

Crazy talk!! Lovely picture. I can confirm this 100% looks like a McGill picnic table 😁 thanks for the post Ricky

So cuddly! 😍

I'm a vagina with a pH of 4

Soooo bottled water instead of tap to make a brine? Assuming the former has no chlorine while the latter does

Absolutely!

For those who didn't get it, it does actually say minimum !

Source : I dabbled in calligraphy; it's a fun word to write out (although you can make it more legible with proper spacing between letters so it doesn't look like a bunch of lines)

I'd rather they live off unsalted raw almonds I feed them then off the open trashcans available on the McGill campus, and the less nutrient dense food other people will feed them like peanuts or whatever they have on hand. It is indeed illegal though, you're right on that point.

Basically I think you're right that human interfering with wild life can be harmful to said wildlife, and I don't think that applies to this case until the McGill administration stops all people from feeding them (there are a lot of others) and closes their open trashcans; so that wildlife can be self sufficient again.

Also do you really think the best thing you can do for wildlife is going after people feeding city squirrels on the internet? Don't you think some other actions are a little more destructive to wildlife? Maybe go after government allowing companies to drain swamps to build fancy houses or some other shit and cut my squirrel feeding ass some slack.

PS I won't reply any further as I'm not interested in debating online via comments, it tends to be very unproductive and draining.

Thanks for your curiosity :D Thankfully she has a very recognizable feature which is her shorter tail. I assume she lost part of it in a fight or something. I once tried to start telling apart the others but it's really hard haha, so many of them on the campus. A few have distinctive faces but that's it.

The claws aren't a problem for now (winter) since I'm always wearing a jacket. I taught her to climbing on my arm directly so shorts won't be an issue, but I'll have to figure something for summer !

Video of her jumping on my arm (she knows by now!)

https://photos.app.goo.gl/UmDe8zAgWBH8oqYC6

Thanks :) Show your moves!

I take this to mean my mobile drawing skills are on point 😎

Shady stuff for sure

Hey there, thanks for taking time to write here about your life, thoughts and feelings. I'm sorry to hear things are incredibly tough right now.

This book (The Happiness Trap) was recommended to me by my therapist, and I found the practices in there to be very helpful for me (depression). Here's a free online version.

https://cabct.hr/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/The-Happiness-Trap-Harris-R1.pdf

Among other things, it helped me see my thoughts for what they are: just thoughts. And to not always listen to them. To choose which thoughts I think are helpful, and just acknowledge and then ignore the rest of them ( I was talking down to myself a lot too).

Another thing I got better at with the help of the book is to act according to my values, even if something is unpleasant in the short term (simple exemple : exercise because I value health).

Another ressource that helped me greatly are free and community led gatherings to talk about mental health (and in my case addiction). I used to attend the ones organised by DBSA, here's the link :

https://www.dbsalliance.org/support/chapters-and-support-groups/online-support-groups/

Best of luck. Virtual hug.

She did go up! The picture is a mid jump frame of this short video

https://photos.app.goo.gl/pmBx4LGyKDMx7qVZ6

If anyone needs a recipe for this, Kenji's is great!

https://youtu.be/nrDLLhqUXdc?si=XIaRfQ47mjpVn_Cp

Note the egg isn't quite raw as it should cook a little from the heat of the rice.

Since I don't quite like super goey eggs, I usually pour the whisked egg in the warm pan I reheated the rice in (heat off), and stir quickly before serving for it not turn into scrambled egg.

Hahaha dat username

Yes! So amazing to see their fur has a rich mix of white, grey, black, and brown!

I never heard of it before, thanks for the info. Thankfully it seems more common in hot climates

In Canada, human cases of plague are very uncommon. The last case was reported in 1939.

From gov website : https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/plague/causes-plague.html

Haha can't unsee it now!

Yes that would make most sense! Or maybe to watch for incoming doggos too (not too many predators on a university campus haha)

Nard yinja!

Birrel squat.

So glad to hear they're appreciated ☺️ They do know me at this point! Especially this one on the picture. She's easily recognizable by her short tail and she's really friendly.

Cheers 😁

DEEZ NUTS! HA! GOTTEE!

Are we still doing this? 😬

Same. Homemade baked goods exchange it is for me. Show me your love with chocolate mousse, bro.

It is actually really short, not a weird illusion thing. No clue if she was BornWithIt™ or if it's an injury :o From another angle :