Squirrel Massacre
Mom and I went to the grocery store to pick up some produce for our babies.
We didnt leave the dogs out because of the heat and we weren't going to be gone long maybe 45 min.
When we got back I put my 11mo old son in his highchair and fixed him lunch.
The dogs didnt greet me at the door and I figured they were sleeping.
We have a large cage in our living room that is home to 4 of our babies. Its a large cage and takes both of us to move and the doors to the living room were doggy proof or so we thought.
While Mom prep the food bowls and I fed my baby we heard the smallest of the dogs barking in the living room.
Mom ran in thinking that he wiggled his way in and was harrassing the squirrels and the next thing I heard was a horrible scream from my Mom.
I could hear the panic and terror in her voice.
I ran in and saw that 4 of the dogs had gotten in and somehow knocked the cage onto its side.
The biggest of the dogs held one of the babies in its mouth and my Mom was struggling with her to get her to turn it loose. It was still alive and Mom managed to get it from her while I was frantically looking for the other 3.
There was squirrel tails everywhere... and blood.
I found one of the babies lying on the floor dead.
Its hind legs had been eaten, tail totally gone, and its eye was on the floor about a foot away. Im still not sure which one it was because its poor little body was mangled so badly. But it was one of our females either Layla or Lexus.
Somewhere in the confusion I got all the dog outside.
And Joy the little one that Mom had gotten from the dog died. Probably from shock or a broken back or both.
We both began tearing the room apart looking for the 2 missing babies.
I was counting tails that were on the floor. We have one tail unaccounted for. So we know that at least one of them is injured.
We cant find them anywhere. Im not sure if the dogs ate them or if they managed to get away and hide.
Im hoping for the later of the two.
I would have expected to find more pieces and part other than just tails if they had been eaten.
Im sorry this is a gruesome story.
I just want to warn everyone that no matter how big or secure your cages are that this could happen.
I love these babies and Mom and I have raised them from the time they were 3wks old.
Please understand that we thought they were in a secure cage with doors to the room closed and blocked.
If you have a squirrel and a dog please be super careful. We never thought it would/could happen to us.
And please pray for Santana and Layla/Lexus?
And help honor the memory of our beloved Joy and Layla/Lexus?
Our hearts are hurting right now.
We cannot fault the dogs for being dogs...
We accept full responsibility for what has happened.
Please pray
~Kit~
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Originally Posted by stosh2010
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