Bonding with Others (Eastern Grey, female)

[FlyerServant]

Hello! My husband and I have been caring for an Eastern Grey since she was about 5 weeks old (currently about 6 months old). I also raised and successfully released her brother back in mid October, but little Hazel hurt her paw and came back after the attempted release and I decided to just take her in fully since then.
Anyway, she's always been very kind and playful with me, but the past two months or so especially, she's been somewhat aggressive towards my husband -- actively seeking out his hands and grunting angrily wanting to attack and bite them (and drawing blood when successful). She has never angrily bitten me.

Does anyone have any advice as far as improving her relationship with my husband or is she always just gotta be a "Momma's Squirrel"?

...also, what brand/type of protective gloves would you recommend for me to purchase to help protect his hands in the meantime?

[SammysMom]

This is very typical. They really usually bond to one person and treat others aggressively. Are you planning on releasing her in the spring?

[Roxi's mom]

I had a female squirrel for 7 years and unfortunately she would only bond with me and would frequently try and bite my children and my husband so I had to put her cage in my office and just let her out while I was working which was usually most of the day so that was fortunate. They usually only bond with one person.

[Roxi's mom]

By the way to answer your question about gloves I would say the best would be a pair of thick leather gloves would suffice

[Anne]

I have tiny hands so have to have special gloves. My son, who helps with my recuses has larger hands and I bought him welders gloves. They are very thick and so far they haven't been pieced by any teeth-so far. They can be purchased about anywhere and are not expensive.

[nenita65]

Hello, I am new to this forum. I rescued a baby squirrel on April 2 from a crow. She just started opening her eyes at that time. I did some research on the net to figure out what to feed her. Gave her puppy's mik (Esbilac) and she thrives, then transition her to all organic fresh fruit, veggies, nuts and seeds. Then, I learned about Henry's blocks just about three weeks ago and started giving them to her and also adding some calcium and protein supplements. She seems happy and full of energy. About a week ago, she started showing aggressive behavior especially to my husband. They used to play a lot but now she doesn't want anything to do with him. It's been exactly three months now since I rescued her. Her tail was shorter due to the trauma from the crow attack. Not sure if that would be a disadvantage when she goes back into the wild. We got her a huge cage within a week of rescuing her to keep her safe from our 4 cats. We used to do out of cage play time before the aggression. She nibbles our fingers before but not really hurting us until last week when she bit my husband's hand and actually drew a little bit of blood. Now we're both afraid to take care her out of the cage. She chatter her teeth especially when my husband is around and sometimes with me. We are both attached to her now and want the best for her. I feel conflicted. I want her safe and thrive but want her to be free also. Being in the cage all the time is not fair but we're afraid of the aggressive behavior. We live in California and don't have any idea how and where to go from here. Can anybody help?