Sneaky Squirrel Says ~

We all wish our animals could talk.  We want to know what their lives were like before they came to us, what things have they seen, why they are the way they are.

But our pets can't talk, obviously.  Their past comes to us through their actions.

I would love to know why Sneaky Squirrel still runs and hides under a pile of blankets anytime he hears a loud noise.  Why he won't allow anyone else to touch him, or even to get close. 

Squirrel's been in my home for over a year now, and has made great strides.  He loves to go for walks (now with his tail wagging and not tightly tucked as before).  He'll curl up on the couch with me, and roll over for a belly rub.  He is so excited when I come home from work that he scratches the door from the inside.

And yet, there is always a look of fear behind his eyes, a look of impending doom.  And when we are on our walks, he has to stop and smell every single car).  He sniffs the exhaust pipes, and then the tires.  If a car pulls in or out of a parking space, he stops and stares and won't proceed until the car is gone, or until whoever was driving the car has come and gone. 

Sneaky Squirrel (real name Macaroon- but nicknamed Squirrel for his squirrely-ness when he first came, later acquiring the "Sneaky" moniker when he would steal treats from Kumquat), Sneaky Squirrel has a thing about cars.  So I can only surmise that he used to live in some kind of a junk yard or car lot where someone wasn't very nice to him.

Sneaky Squirrel can't talk, but he can still tell me things.