Will YOU be my valentine?

squirrels, scar
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
February 14, 2016 9:50am CST
Those danged squirrels. They just can't stop teasing poor Scar since they have figured out he can't...quite...reach them. I even had one on the ground feeding in front of him earlier. Poor guy...he doesn't understand it...all he wants to do is play...and love on them a bit...
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
14 Feb 16
I say it's time to get Scar a cat buddy @JolietJake . Maybe?
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@DaddyEvil (148706)
• United States
15 Feb 16
@JolietJake Uhm... should I warn him of your plans? He might want to use those someday, you know! If I did warn him, you might re-think your beddy-bye attire, or he might "fix" you, first!
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
14 Feb 16
@JolietJake Oh yeah, good plan. That would calm him down a bit too.
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@JolietJake (50190)
14 Feb 16
I need to get him neutered first
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@TheHorse (226659)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Feb 16
Cats are smarter than people. And squirrels are smarter than cats. No wonder I can't grow a dang garden at work. (It's ground squirrel central.)
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@DaddyEvil (148706)
• United States
15 Feb 16
Hmmm... where does a pony fit into that, @TheHorse ?
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@DaddyEvil (148706)
• United States
15 Feb 16
@TheHorse Uhhh... You survive because I keep taking you to the vet when @mommaj gets a hold of you! Want some salted sunflower kernels? *DE holds a handful of sunflower kernels out to pony, carefully keeping his fingers tightly together and as flat as possible.* Get a finger nipped by a horse once and you never make that mistake again!
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@TheHorse (226659)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Feb 16
@DaddyEvil We survive with the help of the herd.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 Feb 16
My dogs will chase every squirrel they see. They will try catching them, but of course the squirrels are just to fast, and climb up into the tree. My pom will stand at the bottom of the tree, and look up in the tree and bark it at. She will also try to follow the squirrel by running along the ground, as the squirrel is running on top of the fence. She is persistent, I will give her that much.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
16 Feb 16
@vandana7 She really makes me laugh when she tries to catch the squirrel. She doesn't realize that she will never be able to catch them, as they are so fast. I don't know what the fascination of the squirrels are anyway.
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@vandana7 (101803)
• India
17 Feb 16
@rosekiss ...Mrs. King Bruce..
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@vandana7 (101803)
• India
16 Feb 16
That is so cute...
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@much2say (57569)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Feb 16
Awww . . . well a good Valentine's gift for Scar would be - a ladder !
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@much2say (57569)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Feb 16
@JolietJake Oh ok, I didn't realize he was on a leash . . . I thought the squirrels ran when he tried to get to them!
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@JolietJake (50190)
14 Feb 16
The leash was about 5 feet longer originally, I had to shorten it when he went up the tree after one of them, didn't want him to hang himself over a branch
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@rebelann (113988)
• El Paso, Texas
14 Feb 16
Why won't he just go up that tree after the little cuties? He is such a cutie.
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@JolietJake (50190)
14 Feb 16
His lead isn't long enough to climb it
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@JolietJake (50190)
14 Feb 16
@rebelann I had severe doubts I'd be able to use a lead with him, because he had spent his entire kittenhood proving to me he was the most spastic hyperactive demon imaginable, but it only took a few minute working with him to get him to accept it. He didn't even do all the jerking and panicked flopping around at the end of it that I was worried about, just got to the end and kept pulling...and pulling, and pulling until he finally decided that he couldn't break it. After that, it has been no problem.
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@jaboUK (64350)
• United Kingdom
14 Feb 16
Your photo doesn't blow up very well - is that a squirrel on the other side of the tree in the bottom photo? If so, it really has got it figured that Scar can't reach that far.
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@jaboUK (64350)
• United Kingdom
14 Feb 16
@JolietJake Ah, that's better, thank you. I can clearly see that squirrel now, and he's completely unperturbed by the proximity of Scar! (I thought your squirrels were white?)
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@JolietJake (50190)
14 Feb 16
This should show it better, I had to shrink the other two a bit to join them together
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@JolietJake (50190)
14 Feb 16
@jaboUK We have grey, brown, and white in the city limits, with fox and a few blacks ones in the countryside
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@GardenGerty (163600)
• United States
14 Feb 16
Princess knows
And this would be the case where "Love Hurts". They could give him rabies and he could give them a fatal "love bite"
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@mommaj (23112)
• United States
15 Feb 16
Looks like he wants to love them in his stomach... Animals are fun to watch when one side learns the other side can't hurt them.
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@mommaj (23112)
• United States
19 Feb 16
@vandana7 Interesting. I have seen many a cat kill without eating what they kill. Sometimes they just play with the creature until it is no more. LOL My cat use to do that. She also use to kill things and leave them as "gifts" for us. UGH. I thought that was the most disgusting. LOL
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@vandana7 (101803)
• India
19 Feb 16
@mommaj ..Is that so? My turn to be surprised...rats yes, they kill, because we kill rats...and so they perceive rats as enemies...but we don't kill squirrels...possible though..I am sure Ms. Squirrel is not interested...
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@vandana7 (101803)
• India
16 Feb 16
In general, animals don't kill unless they are hungry, even if it is a species that they normally eat. Not that they are kind. They do not have refrigeration facilities like we have. So my bet is, scar will not eat the squirrel.
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@yugocean (9963)
• India
15 Feb 16
Cats can jump on trees, he is allowing them to tease him
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@yugocean (9963)
• India
16 Feb 16
@JolietJake oh, he need to be
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@JolietJake (50190)
15 Feb 16
He's on a leash, he can't jump on the tree
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• United States
14 Feb 16
A very cute photo. The poor fellow is trying to get a Valentine poor Scar lolz
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@vandana7 (101803)
• India
16 Feb 16
Heart broken scar..
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@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
14 Feb 16
Oh, squirrels are so fluffy. Here in Portugal we barely see them.
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@vandana7 (101803)
• India
16 Feb 16
What do you expect from the land of piranhas..
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
14 Feb 16
Squirrels are cunning creatures...
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@JolietJake (50190)
14 Feb 16
The first day out on the leash, there were 3 or 4 of them up in the tree yelling at him, now they just quietly tease
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@boiboing (13152)
• Northampton, England
14 Feb 16
Poor Scar. You need to relocate to somewhere he can be more of a cat.
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@JolietJake (50190)
14 Feb 16
Sure, as soon as you give me the money to do it
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@paigea (36002)
• Canada
14 Feb 16
Poor Scar. Very cute.
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@ricki_911 (21625)
• Toronto, Ontario
15 Feb 16
They know it and teasing him . When my cats are outside the birds do that and land ontop of the cage.
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@gudheart (12659)
15 Feb 16
LOL aww poor thing just wants to have a bit of fun!!
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
15 Feb 16
undying love thats unreachable, how sad.
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@vandana7 (101803)
• India
16 Feb 16
Reaching out for the love that seems so far...so I say a little prayer...
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
14 Feb 16
It's all fun and games when there's some inter-species love going on...
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@JolietJake (50190)
14 Feb 16
They've started to figure out just how far he can go, and they are taking advantage of it...poor guy...I watch him stalking up to the tree, and then he can't get any farther
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
14 Feb 16
@JolietJake Aw, poor cutie pie Scar, you've captured his moment so well.
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@Kikijoyce (107)
15 Feb 16
ooooohhhhhhhhhhh cute cat.the squirels are really making fun of him
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@vandana7 (101803)
• India
17 Feb 16
Fair or unfair?
@Kikijoyce (107)
15 Feb 16
Tom and Jerry(the squirrel) :)
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