Pacing

[Pocket]

Has anyone experience pacing back and forth. Chubs will do this in the bathroom window first thing in the morning. For a while. She isnt a caged squirrel. She has free roam in my bedroom area, it's like a suite. She has access to her cage if she wants it tho.
She stopped pacing for a while. I have mirrors for a headboard on my bed and she would place there. Now, shes chosen the window.
I play with her often because I'm home nearly all the time. She has fresh food, water. Chew toys, climbing toys. All kinds of toys.
I feel bad, I dont know what to do for her.
I raised her since she was a day old. She only has 2 teeth, one top, one bottom, so I'm scared to set her free, what if she breaks one? She is 9 months old.

[Mel1959]

The pacing typically indicates a desire to be outside or free, especially when it’s being done in front of a window. I would be concerned about releasing her with only one top and bottom, too. I’d also be concerned about why the teeth aren’t regrowing. Most times they will regrow, but occasionally they may be growing inward instead of out.

Did she fall and break the teeth? Or have they never been there? Also, are her other teeth wearing down correctly?

[CritterMom]

The pacing right now has mostly to do with her age and the time of year. If she is non releasable, just bear with it - it will diminish and eventually subside, especially since she has so much free run and social contact. I have never raised a girl but the boys lose their flipping minds for a while at this age. I think all of their hormones just suddenly turn on and hit their little bodies and behaviors like this are a way to burn off excess energy. Sometimes putting something in their "path" helps break things up and will stop the repetitive behavior.

If it was a boy I would tell you to grit your teeth for about the next 6 months - not sure with a girl.

You may note behaviors like this - or different ones - at set times through her life. Even though she is inside, she will do things like come into season, etc., and you get to wait and see what her behavior will be!

[stepnstone]

The pacing right now has mostly to do with her age and the time of year. If she is non releasable, just bear with it - it will diminish and eventually subside, especially since she has so much free run and social contact. I have never raised a girl but the boys lose their flipping minds for a while at this age. I think all of their hormones just suddenly turn on and hit their little bodies and behaviors like this are a way to burn off excess energy. Sometimes putting something in their "path" helps break things up and will stop the repetitive behavior.
If it was a boy I would tell you to grit your teeth for about the next 6 months - not sure with a girl.
You may note behaviors like this - or different ones - at set times through her life. Even though she is inside, she will do things like come into season, etc., and you get to wait and see what her behavior will be!
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With this pacing behavior a word of caution...
Some squirrels can get right ingenious with wanting outside and trying to escape.

[Pocket]

When her teeth first started coming in, she only had one bottom incisor. She did start with two top ones but, they came in crooked and one of them was black and had a broken off tip. It came in like that. I kept seeing in come in and was worried because it was black and deformed
She lost the black one and nothing has taken its place. I check her teeth all the time. I was worried a tooth was going to grow through her head. But, she keeps them filed down and has no issues with eating. Thankfully.
I have a picture but, I dont know how to upload from my phone. Maybe if someone wants to give me an email I can send it to them and see.
I cut a few tree branches down and put them in a flower pot full of rocks. She actually seems pretty happy with having her own little tree. Less pacing after I did this. I hope no pacing tomorrow

[Pocket]

She hasn't tried to escape yet. Thankfully. I have 6 indoor/outdoor cats, I really dont want her to get loose.
Shes already had 1 heat, probably 2 months ago. She was mean! She bites normally but not hard or serious. She was way more aggressive when she was in heat. Breaking the skin but not deep. Just enough to bleed a little. I shut her in the bathroom for a few minutes when she did this. After 5 minutes I'd open the door and walk away. She would stay at her window and eventually crawl in her pouch and take a nap.
I would consider releasing her if I didnt have cats and if she had all her teeth. I just cant risk it for her.
I'm hopeful that the pacing will stop. If not, I'm glad it's in the bathroom and not by my head in the bedroom. Lol.

[stepnstone]

She hasn't tried to escape yet. Thankfully. I have 6 indoor/outdoor cats, I really dont want her to get loose.
Shes already had 1 heat, probably 2 months ago. She was mean! She bites normally but not hard or serious. She was way more aggressive when she was in heat. Breaking the skin but not deep. Just enough to bleed a little. I shut her in the bathroom for a few minutes when she did this. After 5 minutes I'd open the door and walk away. She would stay at her window and eventually crawl in her pouch and take a nap.
I would consider releasing her if I didnt have cats and if she had all her teeth. I just cant risk it for her.
I'm hopeful that the pacing will stop. If not, I'm glad it's in the bathroom and not by my head in the bedroom. Lol.
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I know that "attitude" very well, especially with ones that turn into a reincarnation of Edward Scissorhands...
I agree, releasing her is not even an option considering her teeth. What I don't understand is how she keeps
them all filed down if one doesn't have the other above it to grind on. With your "worried a tooth was going
to grow through her head" I assume you have never had to trim one?

[cava]

So what's her daily activity/interaction like?

If you have six cats, I assume she's isolated to just the bedroom/bathroom? If so, offering tons of enrichment, playing one on one, changing the environment she's in on a regular basis for stimulation, exercise, challenges, problem solving, etc will minimize anxiety and depression. If you aren't doing these things, the window is like a television, the thing with the most action and it's going to continue to be a focal point. Turn her attention inward by getting her interested and involved with more enticing things.

Some folks take their squirrels outside in a safe cage and let them enjoy the outdoors. Others move their cage around the house. If you can imagine she's going to spend the rest of her life in one and a half rooms, you must consider how you will provide the things she will naturally crave as a wild animal. There are lots of ideas for enrichment and play here on the board. Read a lot and see what others are doing who are in the same boat as you.