Rescued squirrel becomes part of woman's family, stashes nuts in her hair: 'He's so funny'

FoxNews.com ^ | Nov 20, 2018 | Chris Ciaccia

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An English woman saved an injured squirrel she found on the road after apparently being hit by a moving vehicle. Now, the squirrel stores nuts in her hair as he prepares to hibernate, SWNS reports.

Mandy McKenna, who lives in Shepton Mallet, said that the squirrel, which she has named Horatio, travels with her in her handbag when she goes out and about, sits on the sofa with her and watches TV with her.

"When I watch TV he sits on the back of the sofa and hides nuts in my hair," McKenna said in comments obtained by SWNS.

"Sometimes I move something in the house and find out he stashed nuts there."

She added: "He is so cool, it's impossible not to be in a good mood around him."

McKenna said that she found Horatio on her way back from work, where he appeared to be concussed and "giving out a distress noise and freaking out when a car came along."

"I don't know if he got hit," she said. "They just need to have a safe place for a few days. But he imprinted really quickly and would come back when I tried to release him. So he would endanger himself trying to come back. He spent the first week in my scarf or in my hair."

McKenna explained that the squirrel initially went to Aldi with her, but as she's gotten comfortable toting the tiny mammal around, she takes him all over the place.

"Now I take him to the shop where I work and when I go to friends' houses I have a handbag for him, so he can go inside if he wants to curl up and have a rest," she said.

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