Day 1:
Day 22 (today) and he no longer likes to curl up in my hand.
Half a second later: “Let me go, Momma! I’m gonna pee on you when I get free!”
And he did! Pee on me, that is.
I have to handle him daily so that I CAN handle him as he grows. His release will be late May/early June. Without daily handling, he will become unmanageable outside his cage. I’m not trying to make a pet out of him, but I don’t want to tangle with a wild squirrel with long sharp teeth. And bite pressure stronger than that of a bear.
On the flip side, he does like to snuggle on my shoulder and in my hair.
Squirrel selfie!
Oh the joys and tribulations of parenting. We raise them to leave the house. Always bittersweet.