Squirrel Rescued From Roadside Now Hides Nuts in His Human’s Hair as He Prepares for Winter

Written by Claire Violette Herbaux / SWNS

A woman lives with an injured squirrel she saved from the roadside – and he now hides nuts in her hair as he prepares for winter.

Mandy McKenna first rescued Horatio when she found him lying concussed on a verge. Not knowing whether he had been struck by a car or not, she took him into her home to rest – but rather than staying at her house for a few days to recover, he got attached to his new human companion and is now living with her permanently.

He travels around with her in her handbag, watches TV with her on the sofa – and he hides nuts all over the house.

But she’s also now discovered that Horatio stores nuts in her hair as he naturally prepares for hibernation.

Mandy, who is from Shepton Mallet, Somerset, recalled the rescue by saying: “I was coming back from work when I found him near the prison. He was concussed and giving out a distress noise and freaking out when a car came along.

“He spent the first week in my scarf or in my hair. I would just carry him around like that and he even came to Aldi with me; no one would notice, or only when they looked closely.