I would never get anything done if I had these guys at my window😂

When I feed my squirrels, I put some nuts on the patio and I throw some out into the backyard grass for them to find. They've never tried to bite or scratch me. They have better manners than some people I know! 😀

Awww... It's so precious when they grab your fingers with their paws gently. I wish my squirrels would do that too. My squirrels seem very hyper, like your Smoothie.

Fascinating! I'd never have thought that squirrels would trust humans enough to be fed from their hand

This channel is pure heaven.

The Blue Jays are gorgeous and they seem to boss the squirrels around.

They are so lovely!!!!! Marvelous the way you treat them, so kindly😊❤❤❤❤

Morning dose of happiness ✅

Great tips. There are only 2 squirrels that hang out at the tree near my apartment and they're not there all day. The bigger one runs away as soon as anyone shows up, but the smaller one (Tiny) will stick around if you don't go too close. I've been leaving whole walnuts near the tree for them and Tiny will only grab them once I'm gone. Very skittish 🐿 Funny thing is, they don't care for almonds. Tiny took a bite once and threw it away 🤣

Awesome feeling when they trust you enough to eat from your hands/fingers n gently touch hands on you! I agree 💯 with what you said in this video! Each squirrel has its own personality and humans MUST realize this and grow their friendships with the squirrels at the squirrel's comfortable pace .then it's a beautiful feeling when they are trusting you and the friendship blossoms ... Awesome video! 🐾 ❤️🐿️s

Lilly must be one of the keenest customers at "Cafe Window". She'll be asking for a hazel latte next....😉 ❤ from Norway 🇳🇴

Such good reminders! I've been feeding them for some time now and some are just perfect to offer a nut to. One squirrel loved Brazilian nuts. I'd hold it and he would gently take it. You feel a special connection to one of God's creatures! Thanks for sharing! ❤🐿

It is very nice when they touch you with their paws, but don't forget their claws can hook into solid oak and they will scratch you easily :) I love my squirrels, but to viewers here, they are wild animals, be careful, this lady here is a pro.

Aww it's so cute when they hold your hand 😍💖

I love squirrels and feed 4 every day. Love the vid

Great tips. So true about the ones that are more comfortable with you being more gentle and careful taking the food from your hand (using their cute paws like you see in this video) than the skittish ones. I also noticed that the more chill squirrels don’t run away after grabbing the nut. They sit immediately right next to you and sometimes turn their back on you, which I think means they trust you. I had a skittish one bite my hand really bad a few weeks ago, which was by accident of course as he thought my finger was a nut, and it was pretty deep. Drew blood immediately and it took like a week to heal. I just wear gloves now just in case. It’s still a very heart warming experience 😊 You really do feel connected with them.

Thank you for sharing this video with us. It's so cute when they touch your fingers to get their treats. "Thank you, sweet lady."

😂😂 aww so meney little one's! Cuteness overload ☺☺❤❤🐿🐿

I've got a couple of squirrels that I feed peanuts too by hand ! They have these super sharp little feet....so be careful !!!

They gave me great conciliation when my father died.

Gorgeous little creatures :D

Nice footage 😊 I've subscribed to your channel 👍

Excellent advice. I've only been bit once and it was because my thumb twitched when my very trusted friend reached for the nut. I swear she felt bad and tried to apologize. I'm actually outside on my lanai when I feed them. I hold the nuts out like you do. They amaze me with their different personalities. I keep water out for mine too. Love your videos.

It’s Squirrel Lee! ❕and his crew 🥰

I am not sure if it's polite or appropriate to mention other channels, but I also enjoy one where a guy feeds wild squirrels in a park in Russia. The squirrels there are obviously used to people offering food, and they often just sit on the guy's hand (palm) while munching on nuts.

I got them eating from my hand too. When I first begin they are very 'Jacked up' but after the first contact they settle good. Have a good gathering early and end of day. I have had a few grab my finger by accident, but, never a bite so far. The lil claws are a bit of a shocker. You instantly feel just how sharp they really are. My favorite ones are the hand touchers. It's as if they are saying thank you.

This is a nice video. I first started feeding them out of my palm but I was gently bitten two times by a gentle sweet squirrel. I think he mistook my finger for the nut because they can’t see well under their nose like you said. I hand them to them now pinched between my fingers. I always feed chipmunks out of my palm but one tried for the first time recently and that one gently bit my finger too😂. At least all of these times they were very gentle lol.

I've been bitten by accident a few times in the beginning, but now I hold the nuts and treats lightly by two fingers so they can grab it easily with their teeth. They have long and really sharp teeth which can puncture the skin easily. Whenever that happened, I immediately disinfected it with hydrogen peroxide, just in case. :)

Guess you have to be patient ,but as timid as they are ,they still want your yummy treats!

Very good suggestions! If the squirrel doesn't know you or you have never fed one before, I suggest welders gloves (actually a plain leather glove is fine) for the first attempt. Take that from someone with "squirrel fingers." LOL! Almost all don't mean to bite, but can mistake a fingertip for a peanut. They have excellent vision for spotting predators, but not so good at the tip of the nose. So what are squirrel fingers you ask? Well that is when your finger tip has enough scar tissue that it's hard for the critter to bite through the skin. Chipmunks can make the same mistake and their little teeeth are sharp. I just learned that last week LOL.

I have about 6 of them that my fiance and I have been feeding for a few weeks. We're now greeted every morning when we leave for work. They love almonds. I feed them some raisins. They took 2 bites and threw them down on the ground!😂

Love ❤u your kitty and your squirrel buddies. I am so grateful for your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.❤ You are a very keen observer.

It is amazing how many squirrels you have at your home!

😊I also must say this,🤗 I love🥰 that the names are on screen. It will help me recognize them in your videos! It cracks me up seeing them maintain a certain distance apart out on the pavement, of course they were doing that long before we were told to. Lesson learned.😶 Take care💖😊

Thank you for that information. Everyday I feed squirrels at my window, but I I never fed them from my hand, which I really want to do.

i love your squirrels! ❤

I have some questions. Do squirrels take some nuts back to their nest and store them for wintertime? It looked like they were taking a lot of nuts from you, and I was just wondering if you knew what they do. Also, do you ever talk to them? They seem to love you, and have a great bond with you. I imagine it would be even stronger if you are talking to them sometimes, off camera. Thank you so much for these precious videos! Squirrel love ❤️ 🐿️

Not really hand feeding but if I put food out for them and I can see they are very hyper and have their tail up I always place the food down with my palm facing down so they don't see the food and reach out for it. I noticed you're squirrels are so well behaved! I don't see any anybody chasing each other and they all wait they're turn for the drive-through. :)

Mine used 2 luv sliced Avocado.

It's nice to meet you, friend. They are absolutely amazing and so are you, by staying still and learning their behavior. It was so awesome to see them eat right from your hand. Thank you so much for teaching us too. I wish you the best of success and happiness.

Lil Homies about to come inside

I feed them peanuts. Some would eat out of my hand. It took a few days to gain there trust. Funny creatures. 🇺🇸 🐿️ 🎄 🥜 👏

😊❤️... lovin' little critters with lovin' touches 🐿️... with both paws..❤️😊 so sweet 🐿️❤️

Would you think a scratch to be more dangerous, yet less likely, than a bite? The squirrels here run through poo from all the other animals as well as their own and it isn't always exactly dry even when it's dry out. At 1:01 you nailed it! "Which were: to observe their behaviour, to be gentle with them and to be patient in gaining their trust." It's exactly how I gained so much trust in Nicky. It may take awhile with the squirrels here, I may have chipmunks climbing on me before that happens.😂🤣

wow, there are so many squirrel. soooooooooooo cute.

I have one very friendly squirrel that will come when I call it, I haven't hand fed him/her yet i am still trying to let them trust me, after watching your last video i went out and gave them some walnuts and they went crazy 😂 they had been eating my cardinal feed so I decided to give them something special just for them ❤

It's been such a long time since I felt a little squirrel hands on my fingers. Maybe since I was a kid. But at least I have felt a little ducklings standing on my feet. Which is good until they get bigger and heavier and their claws dig in to you. Muscovy Ducks have sharp claws. I have seen a grown male duck climb a wall made out of hardware cloth. Actually it was a fence. We had to keep making it taller and taller because he just climbed it. And I have seen little ducklings climb the same hardware cloth because they thought they could get to their mother that way. But their mother was on the other side of the hardware cloth wall because she had walked around the duck house to the back. Both of those were amazing. But the little ducklings will come to me. They aren't afraid of anything. My older ducks are less forthcoming. Sometimes every time you come out the back door lots of ducks run to you. My first ducks were less spoiled. We could throw anything out the back door and they would eat it. And also they were eating everything that was growing in the backyard but now it's gone. There was lots of foraging. Now we buy them food and they are more spoiled. But shadow did come up to me this morning when I sat down in my chair. It was just that I didn't have any food at the moment. Had to go back in and get the worms. Who ever thought I would hold worms?

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I have so many squirrels that come to my garden.

Great video! Well done.

I used 2 feed a bunch every year.A Hawk nested nearby & I think he wiped them out.Luv seein this tho thx.🐿️💞🐿️

Yes, they do sometimes mistake my fingers for food..and they seem sorry when they do.. Im much more careful now and have learned to reposition my fingers And hold a back-up nut too..💙🌎 Its been such a great retirement gift to move up north into the woodlands...wakeup before dawn and watch the racoons go to roost and wait for the squad to show up. 🤗

Thank you

I never realized just how sharp their little claws are they’re like razors lol

AW COOL

lovely to see👍

Awesome

I had one that I used to hand feed shelled pecans [they seemed to love them]. It would climb my pant leg to get them if I was too slow. It was cute, but their little paws have needle like claws. Only time I ever had a problem was with a different one who was too eager, even with 90 percent of the nut available he went a little too deep and nicked the end of a fingernail. It bled some, but I didn't get rabies, so I assume it wasn't infected. I was nervous a few days though. But I was surprised to see how well yours got along, For me when a different one showed up there usually was a squabble, which wouldn't end till one ran off and got away-they seemed more interested in chasing the other off than actually getting a nut.

I saw that blue bird at the park today

Such a lovely bond you have with them ❤ and they really trust you. What happens when you are away for some days or on a vacation?

Very helpful. I hand-feed "Zunkie" she bites occasionally, but hard yesterday. I think it was because I was trying to feed her one nut while also holding a fistful more in the same hand, Also, I assumed she'd know when she's biting me and not the nut, that seems not be true? She and I have breakfast quietly together three or four times a week. She can be a proper Lady most days.

Came to this video after feed them by hand and getting two wounded fingers. They're shallow though, the squirrels wanted to nip the nuts but mistook my fingers for food.

Sweet

i bet han jisung would like this video

Thank so much for your tips…..I hope to be as close to ours as you are……you must go through some nuts!….we go through kilos of nuts a month and at most we only get 4 different squirrels! ….love your channel x🇬🇧💕x

I had one bite right thru my fingernail.

I get a different kind of squirrel where i live, theyre little redheads 😊

Why don't you feed them out of the palm of your hand? Are they more likely to bite you (even accidentally) that way? We're just now teaching our local squirrel to be comfortable coming up the stairs to our porch for peanuts with us. We're a long way from hand feeding. I hope your neighbours don't mind your feeing them. Our neighbours don't like us feeding the crows, though I don't know why. If they see us feeding the squirrels, they might get upset. Speaking of corvids, you're so lucky to also have those Blue Jays. We have Steller's Jays here but not very many of them. I very seldom see or hear them. Hearing your Blue Jays, I'm reminded of my visits to my grandmother in New York State.

This is something ive been working towards since last fall after successfully getting chipmunks to take peanuts from me after a week or two. Squirrels are not so easy.

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Army of Tree 🐿️,

Did I tell you that I have seen a grown squirrel being afraid of a tiny duckling? It's so frustrates me after all these years that when I was trying to take video of that, my camera was in standby. But yeah the squirrel had its tail over its back. I knew it was scared of the duckling. And it was a standoff for at least a couple of minutes before the squirrel just gave up and ran away.

We feed them but the question is - Will they ever return the favour? 😅. Come on little buddies. A bit of training and we can have a good thing going. Squeak and collect from the local drive thru 🐿😋

i hear on other vid's saved animals sometimes find humans that rescued them. but after i rescued that 1 squirrel, i had moved to another state😐

I have questions Is it illegal to feed wild squirrels? I'm not calling you a criminal.

Well, be careful. Any mammal can have rabies, which is 100% fatal. Just a small bite or scratch is sufficient for a rabid animal to transmit the disease to you. A bite might not be due to rabies, but the only way to know is either to quarantine the animal or to kill it and examine its brain. That is the harsh reality. I love wildlife myself. There is something beautiful about interacting with squirrels, but having a wild mammal eat directly from your hand is risky.

Is it wise to train the squirrels to lose their fear of humans? Also, it looks like you are feeding the squirrels peanuts - online sites seem to agree that peanuts aren't safe for them to consume. They aren't nuts - they are legumes; as such, they don't have much nutritional value for squirrels (who will eat most of what you will put in front of them).

Cute and nice video. Don't forget to also give them nuts in shells so they can wear their teeths which grow unlimited