Don’t forget to bookmark the Snoozy the Squirrel animal cam so you can see her sleeping in the nest or coming and going. I’m pretty sure she’s pregnant and is going to have babies, so keep an eye on the nest.
Snoozy is an eastern gray squirrel (Scirus carolinensis), and their gestation period is about 40-45 days after mating. The young are born without fur, but quickly grow up and leave the nest within 50 days. In the meantime, they’re ineffably cute. With luck, they’ll be born and stay in this nest, though females often move their litters around to escape predation (they seem pretty safe on that ledge). Females have about two litters per year, and this must be the second.
Click on the screenshot below to see her, and don’t forget to click on the “forward” arrow at the lower left. This is what she’s doing right now, ergo her name.
Snoozy wins Summer 2024
Thanks for the link! I’ve enjoyed spying on Snoozy several times since yesterday. I’ve noticed she sometimes breathes very heavily. I wonder why that is. Dreaming? Letting off heat?
On a distantly related note, I saw a melanistic chipmunk yesterday. It was startling because it was such a pure, uniform black that it looked less like an animal than like a chipmunk-shaped void in the universe.
If you get a chance, take a photo and send it in!
Will do!