I feel so bummed out,I ran over a squirrel

[starsky]

didja at least give it a good burial?

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Damien, it is nice to see that you are sensitive enough to feel bad about it. It's a horrible feeling.

I hate seeing injured animals so I have decided to become a wildlife rescue worker...start training shortly.

A dog chased my cat right under my car wheel many years ago and I will never forget the bump. She survived but I feel dreadful everytime I see her struggling to walk some days where arthritis has set into the injured areas.

[The Toyroom]

I've run over two in all my years driving..it's a crunchy kinda feeling....bleech.

[toys2cool]

Damien, just remember.....

We have a deal with the pigeons, not the squirrels.

lmao! I knew someone would bring that up

[toys2cool]

Damien, it is nice to see that you are sensitive enough to feel bad about it. It's a horrible feeling.

I hate seeing injured animals so I have decided to become a wildlife rescue worker...start training shortly.

A dog chased my cat right under my car wheel many years ago and I will never forget the bump. She survived but I feel dreadful everytime I see her struggling to walk some days where arthritis has set into the injured areas.

wow Cat she lived thru that? amazing

[jessica]

Damien, hopefully it was a quick death.

Cat, so sorry to hear about your pet cat. How horrible.

[Vortigern99]

I've been relatively lucky so far in that despite living in Austin and Smithville (a country town), I've only ever run over one possum, back in 1996. I felt awful about it, as I usually swerve to avoid such mishaps.

My condolences on the squirrel, may it RIP.

[RG]

at least you killed it so it didn't suffer. I hit one and just took out it's back half ... I have no idea how long it flopped about in pain before dying :(

[wayne foundation 07]

We've got squirrels all over the place here in town.A squashed one on the road is sadly a common site.We've got the big fox squirrels,gray ones and black ones too.They've all kinda intermingeled and now theres a rainbow variety pattern ones.

[SUP-Ronin]

I was driving to work a few weeks ago and there was a deer sitting on the side of the road. She had been hit badly but was still alive. I felt awful, as I can't stand road kill, so I went back home, got my pistol, and put her down. Very unpleasant, but she died immediately. I guess there is some resolve in that. Sorry 'bout the squirrel.

[toys2cool]

I was driving to work a few weeks ago and there was a deer sitting on the side of the road. She had been hit badly but was still alive. I felt awful, as I can't stand road kill, so I went back home, got my pistol, and put her down. Very unpleasant, but she died immediately. I guess there is some resolve in that. Sorry 'bout the squirrel.

wow that must've been super hard to do,I don't know if I'd have it in me to do that even though it's the right thing to do

[tay666]

I knew this guy back in the 80's ....

One morning him and his wife was driving to the diner for breakfast and he swirved to avoid hitting a rabbit ....... The car went off the road and they hit a tree.
He was killed instantly .......... to save a rabbit.

It might be an automatic reaction to try to avoiding hitting an animal, but remember - worse things can happen if you don't.

That is so true.
I live in a fairly rural area. And most around here use the same logic I do.
If it isn't taller than the bumper, then don't even try to swerve.

It may sound cruel. And in some ways it is.
But if the choice is to run over a small furry creature, or put my car into a 4 foot ditch, or a tree .....
Sorry, the fur looses.

We've got many varieties of squirrels running around.
As well as chipmunks, skunks, rabbits, woodchucks, moles, oppossums, and even the occasional fox. That isn't even getting into the domestic animals.

Even with bigger obstacles like large dogs and deer.
You are much better off just slamming on the brakes and hoping, than you are trying to swerve to miss them.

[toys2cool]

That's what sucks,you don't see a lot of animals in Miami other then dogs or cats.They the 1 squirrel I see is the one I hit.What the hell are the chances of that?

[Hector]

That's what sucks,you don't see a lot of animals in Miami other then dogs or cats.

Yes you do...they are called sharks.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Damien, hopefully it was a quick death.

Cat, so sorry to hear about your pet cat. How horrible.

Thanks Jessica and Damien...she is 16 years old now, and damn determined to live. The car was an old Ford, one of the heaviest cars on the road. The vet told me to take her home and make her take it easy...no broken bones. Amazing.