My Roxy is exhibiting strange behavior...

[Randy14]

Roxy is about a year old who I rescued as an orphan. I released her in early March, and obviously had babies about May 8th. She moved her nest high in a palm tree about 2 1/2 weeks ago, so I can't see or monitor the babies yet who are about 7 1/2 weeks old (if they're still alive). Roxy usually comes buy for food/water early in the morning and late afternoon. However since early afternoon she won't go back to her palm tree nest and she won't leave me alone. Though I love the affection, I fear something is wrong. She's never showed me this much attention since I released her. Almost like digressing when she was very young showing me a lot of attention when I'm around and always 'teething' at me like she wants to play. If she was sick, I would think she would be more lethargic. She seems to have her usual energy. She eats and drinks well. If something happened to her babies (like maybe fell prey to a hawk), could this be an explanation to her behavior ? If she doesn't return to her nest tonight, and sleeps in her cage, I will think something really did happen to her babies. I recently found a vet that takes squirrels, but not sure if there's a reason here to do so. If I do they'll give her a rabies shot for starters.

Any comments will be appreciated.........Many thanks
Randy14

[Trooper]

Randy: I released 3 girls grays about 2-1/2 years ago (you can see them on the Trooper's Book link unde rmy signature) and they did the same thing. They had about 3 to 4 litters since then, and always while the litter is beign raised, they paid no attention and acted spooky and came only to eat in a rush, pumpkin seeds or any other fatty nuts I gave her. But wehn the babies fledged, they acted very caring, playful and nice to be around again (while nursing they were, kind of in their own world of stress and attention to the babies).

Hope this helps make some sense of your girl!

Trooper's dad

[Randy14]

Trooper's Dad,

Thanks for that reply. But my concern is that the babies are only 7 1/2 weeks old. They are too young to be on their own. I can't imagine that they would be able to scale down a 35 foot palm tree without mother's help. I don't see the babies anywhere, and don't know if they're still in the nest. So my fear is that something happened to them. If the babies were more than 10 weeks old, I would rest easier.

Thanks,
Randy