I took video of this one and just did a little GIF (easier to post
) and also grabbed a couple of still shots. He's beautiful! Wish they weren't so camera shy!
Thank you! I told my husband the same thing! The only thing I could think of is maybe a cat? Would a cat kill that and leave it?That is strange to find a whole squirrel like that. If any predator had killed it, I would think it would have been eaten.
Most of the cats I've ever had would eat most of what they caught. Feral cats almost always do because it's the only food they know. Feral cats in the neighborhood that people leave food out for, maybe not so much. Cats are hunting machines and most will hunt & kill even if they aren't hungry. The proverbial barn cat that has kibble 24/7 will still catch mice. Then they make a bad name for themselves by playing with it rather than killing it swiftly.
I do love cats, but they do have a hunting instinct like nothing else. So to answer your question, I've never heard you mention cats at your place, so it would have to have been a feral/wild/wandering cat and I don't think it would just kill a squirrel and leave it. Nor a hawk or owl or coyote. I'm assuming you never have poison out?
Oops I sent that too early.
But we do have a couple of cats next door. The lady with the seven horses, well six now. 
I've seen her black cat and another tabby running around here every once in awhile. So maybe they did it. But I thought it was really unusual to see a full squirrel. Even decaying like that. As a full squirrel I mean. If it had died I would think a hawk or somebody would have gotten the remains. I remember one time I had a dead snake and the next day I was walking by it out back and man it was just picked clean! I've never seen a dead snake skeleton like that LOL it was pretty amazing. In fact I may have even posted it here somewhere!
And there it is! I posted this back on June of 2020.
Wow I had no idea....
Whoa! Never knew! This 'coon sure does look relaxed. All the ones I ever met in the wild, one in a live trap and one that had been "treed" up a bare pole by a dog were mad and vicious. They would tear a dog up if cornered. Are the blondes a little more docile?
I always enjoyed watching these kind of stories & travels on TV, like Nat'l Geographic etc. but never was tempted to live in the tropics. I'm a high & dry kinda person! I'll stick with the bears & mountain lions!
How cool would that be!
I ordered some years ago and they did indeed come in a pod like that. I'm jealous...
) we didn't even get halfway to the back of our property and she was sniffing the ground! I left her alone and let her sniff for a while and she wasn't interested in going any further. She wanted to smell that whole area so my thought was they crossed right there.
There's probably a ton of things like this that I see and just walk by!
