Weird thing... (it's always something, heh)...
On the 20th, one of my uh, squirrel overlords (a gray one) appeared at the stairs needy as usual, sporting a bright red nose.
??! That's it -- its entire nose and only its nose. Yet it didn't look or act injured, or like it had been in a fight. The happy lil "feed me I'm so darned cute" expression as always, nothing wrong.
Even its nose didn't seem to be bleeding, just that it was bright red. And I mean bright. Bizarre.
I thought hmmm, maybe it bopped its nose on a rock after falling from a feeder or the deck?
Only later in the day did it occured to me, "Ahhh, Rudolph!".
The next day, one of the usual suspects had a pinkish nose, so that must have been the one. All was well, whatever had happened.
Maybe it's like what the story relayed about the tzohar stone:
"This jewel, known as the Tzohar, sometimes glowed brightly and sometimes was dim."
There you have it. Rudolph the red-nosed rodent.
Always with some new angle to garner sympathy.
Rudolph the red-nosed rodent.
I’m guessing that “Rudolph” was in a free-for-all fighting over a stash of nuts. Squirrels bite and claw each other almost like 2024’s Democrat strategists!