Hello!
So Ralph is 5 months old now! We've made it halfway through winter and I'm crossing my fingers for a successful release this spring. He still rules the roost here, that's for sure!
My boyfriend took a video of a noise Ralph was making today. This was the first time he had heard it. I heard it one other time, about a month ago, when Ralph jumped on my shoulder and caught a glimpse of a snapchat filter on my phone (Deer antlers, no less. lol).
The noises that came out of him as he ran off that day were familiar squirrel barks, but that was the first time I heard the whistle. It was obvious he was alarmed. His tail was huge!
Today, he was laying in his cage looking out the window when he started making the noise. In the video, he looks mainly relaxed to me, other than a few tail flicks.
What the heck is this noise?
He's a pretty quiet fellow. Other than the happy squirrel grunts we get when we let him out of the cage, he rarely makes noises. Does anybody have a cheat sheet on squirrel postures and vocalizations?
Here is a video: