Haven't reached 50 yet and calling yourself old? Very funny, young Padawan! You're not even an 'Old Coot' yet.
I think having a script that interacts with your game client may be something VR doesn't allow out of concern for botting or various cheats. (You might still be able to do it, but you would risk being banned if caught). Though I'm with you on hoping for a 'Follow' command, for the same afk situation.
If you plan to use voice chat for playing in groups, then you already have the solution. Even if you don't want to use voice for playing, you might still get friends to set up a voice channel just for 'alerts' of various kinds like this. I'll be happy to use - or not use - voice depending on the wishes of any given group I join. I'm easy to get along with that way.
I'm sure many here know more than I about such things, maybe you'll get more useful info from another reply.
Squirrels!! Where??
StoneFish said: Both insightful thoughts. I just realized that in this situation I'll be playing with people I know well and I'll more than likely be on Discord with them. I can have it active on the phone. No worries.
That's all well and good, but....did you get the squirrels out of the feeder???