Why do we see so many more squirrels than squirrel cubs?

I live in Chennai where squirrels are a common site. Very recently, I got to see two squirrel cubs that were lying on our terrace, which were yet to open their eyes properly. My mom took them down stairs and tried feeding them. After more than a day, they had not eaten anything we gave. read more

Squirrel cubs are pretty helpless when they're born The mother squirrel keeps them in the nest until they can see and hear. We had roof rats in our attic and I had the exterminator come out to the house. He patched up the hole that they'd been using to get in and after he left I heard a clawing and scratching noise. read more

Several years ago a colleague teased me that instead of morphing into a cat lady, I would be known as “The Squirrel Lady” in my later years. We lived in a wooded area near Penn State campus that was polluted with squirrels. I bought a squirrel feeder and had many visitors to our porch. read more