Chewing bars and door

[xcirelly]

My six month old fox squirrel has been chewing his cage bars constantly. He is out of the cage the majority of the cage. He goes in his cage to sleep. But when he is awake, all he does is chew on the bars. I just got him a double critter nation. He has plenty of toys, wood, and an antler. When he is loose in my room, he chews on my door to try to escape. It is constant and nonstop. He isn't "wilding" up, as he still loves to be held. He is still very sweet. I have tried everythign to stop the chewing on my door. Squirting him with a water bottle seemed to work well, but then started to not faze him. I put wasabi on the door and that worked for a while. If I get up, he runs away form the door because he knows he isn't supposed to o that. It's constant though! He jumps at the windows and the mirror too. It's clear that he wants out.
Sometimes when I put him back in the cage (after chewing on the door relentlessly) he either goes in his bed and sleeps, or just sprawls out on the cage floor in an exhausted way. What do I do? I want to do what's best for him.
He hasn't had a seizure since I switched him to blocks, but he's too tame to be released.







All of his information (diet, etc) can be found here. The only difference is that he's in a critter nation now.
http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?48713-Seizures-in-young-squirrel&p=1062808&highlight=#post1062808

also:
http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?48972-How-to-deter-chewing&p=1068696&highlight=#post1068696

[stepnstone]

but he's too tame to be released.

With a proper soft release done right and at the appropriate time I believe he would probably prove you wrong.
A squirrels natural wild instincts are inbred and extremely strong. Given the time in their natural environment
the greater percentage of all captive squirrels wild up and thrive just fine. There are exceptions but not as many
exceptions as to a squirrel wilding up as is human denial and really not wanting to let go.

[xcirelly]

With a proper soft release done right and at the appropriate time I believe he would probably prove you wrong.
A squirrels natural wild instincts are inbred and extremely strong. Given the time in their natural environment
the greater percentage of all captive squirrels wild up and thrive just fine. There are exceptions but not as many
exceptions as to a squirrel wilding up as is human denial and really not wanting to let go.

But he doesn't have a fear of dogs or cats.
Ans we live on a five way main street