Sexual Maturity...

[The_Count]

Hi. Our flying squirrel has begun to hump wrists whenever he can. Have any of you had this problem? Will he stop? What should we do? It's rather embarassing...

[Squerly]

Haha, that's funny. Well, to me it is, probably not you... But wait until you take your friends in and introduce them someday... And your wonderfull little friend craps on em... hehe

Anyway, I think that he'll probably stop the humping thing pretty soon. Mine did it for awhile but I didn't even remember it until I read you post. :)

[The_Count]

Actually, we think it's hilarious, but slightly obnoxious when you're just trying to go about the house, you know? Good to know that yours did it too though!

[Squerly]

Yep, their great fun. BTW, I moved your thread to the Flying Squirrel Forum if your wondering where it went. :)

[brittany]

Tiko did that too for a while but never my wrist. Only the cotton balls in his nest =)

[muffinsquirrel]

Don't worry, flyers are notorious for this. Just get him a small stuffed animal toy of his own and maybe he will transfer his affections to it.

It's a form of playing and/or dominance to flyers - as soon as the pups are up and about, the humping starts. It doesn't seem to bother them in the slightest - the 'humpee' will continue to eat or whatever while the 'humper' is busy doing his (or her) thing. Sometimes their will be a whole line of them - kinda like the squirrel version of the Bunny Hop. Now there's a lovely mental picture for you to carry with you throughout the day!

muffinsquirrel

Oh, I forgot to mention that they will even do this while they are climbing on their tree branches in their cage, with the 'humpee' climbing around having a good time, and the 'humper' kinda holding on for dear life, dangling in the breeze, so to speak!