Should squirrels be given Ritalin en masse to calm them down a bit?
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But if the squirrels are given Ritalin and they really do calm down.....Are we left to deal with the "nuts"?
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First I would ask how old the child is.  As a teacher I can tell you that ritalin is one of the most overprescribed drugs in the U.S.  People have forgotten that little children are naturally hyper.  If the child does not chemically need ritalin, it will make him more hyper.  If he does, you can expect him to be kind of blah, as ritalin is a stabalizer.  Although I am not a doctor, unless the child is bouncing off the walls uncontrollably, and can't pay attention for more than a few seconds, I do not recommend drugging him.  I have had many students who were presribed these drugs and only two or three that I felt really needed them.  Check out these websites to learn a little more.\nhttp://www.ncpamd.com/Stimulant_Side_Effects.htm\nhttp://www.breggin.com/ritalin.html\nhttp://www.prozactruth.com/ritalineffects.htm\nhttp://www.drugs.com/Ritalin/index.html\nI hope this helps provide your friend the answers he or she is looking for.
676607
tooooo nice, bring on the Russian squirrels that bite her to death
858590
Yes, the squirrels told me.
163752
In midden piles.  Squirrels will bury large volumes of acorns, hickory nuts and walnuts underground or under a pile of leaves and forest floor litter, creating a cool, moist storage facility which they can use during the winter.\n\nLink below refers to red squirrels, but the behavior is true for gray squirrels, too.
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Best to ask your doctor this question but I don't see how you would need  Ritalin to stay focus considering you are accomplishing your heavy schedule.\n\nMy son was on Ritalin and I tried it one day to see what he was going through with the aid of the medication and I could not believe the difference in the way my thinking was, I was alert, I followed everything on my list that day,  and I was happy.\n\nI just wish that that was available when I was going to school.  I keep saying that I will talk with my doctor about it but have not.  Well, best of luck.
731537
The smart aleck answer is "It depends on where the squirrel is."  But--if you're serious...\n\n\nIf you shoot it in the head, you don't damage any meat.
561258
LOL oh my god that's a great question. It's called cruel and unusual punishment. you get all your cubicle mates hungry and sniffing the air life rodents on the lookout for hawks. Then you chow down right in front of them, it's the dog-at-the-dinner table syndrome. when you eat dinner in front of your pooch and don't share any while he or she looks sadly up at you... just mean. you gotta give them some kind of justice... at least leave them the burnt and unpopped kernels at the bottom of the bag to suck on. it's only fair.
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Yes.\n\nThese squirrels are still in boot camp:\nhttp://www.dp2.org/~nick/images/squirrels/squirrels.jpg\nthey are learning hand-to-hand (or paw-to-hand fighting):\nhttp://www.dp2.org/~nick/images/squirrels/angry.jpg\nothers prepare to attack:\nhttp://www-personal.umich.edu/~degeorge/SOCC/images/squirrel5.jpg\nhttp://bailey.aros.net/nature/images/Ground%20Squirrel.jpg\nhttp://www.djbrak.com/upload/squirrel.jpg\nthey even have naval forces!:\nhttp://z.about.com/d/waterski/1/0/O/twiggy2.jpg\n\nso beware...they're out there waiting now...:\nhttp://www.dp2.org/~nick/images/squirrels/alert-squirrel.jpg
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They might not be able to get Down's, but they can be retarded. Like humans, they run the entire bell curve in intelligence. I had a hamster once who was obviously a genius in the hamster world and have had several cats who obviously had mental illnesses.
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eating squirrlesand trying not to be endangered
545249
Probably placebo, but possibly a tranquilizer like Vallium.
289491
Are you talking about Methylphenidate?
405760
get an attack dog, train it to hunt squirrels. then when you catch it you can eat a whole packet of biscuits in front of it and make it cry.
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Not really. You can get them to do what you want them to do with some sort of "tricks", but for the most part, you really can't train them in the sense you can train a mammal (or bird for that matter.)
512706
I'm feelin' a little squirrelly, now that you mention it.
607714
yes... But PLEASE PLEASE be careful when giving him Ritalin... or other ADHD meds...  There are non-drugs you can get from the health food store to help calm them so they can do better at home, school, or where ever.\n\nThere was a boy, age 7 when he started taking Ritalin.  When he was 14, he collapsed and died of heart failure, determined to be caused by taking the Ritalin for too long!!   PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!  There are alternatives to prescription drugs for this!!!