Originally Posted by
Goopella
Hello all! It's been a few years since I raised baby reds and I just hopped back in and have a problem I've never faced. I have 4 baby red squirrels, all slightly different in age and size (ranging between 45 and 74g). At least two of the bigger babies are sucking on the ears of the smallest one to the point where he lost his hair all around the ear. Today I separated them from him, which I didn't want to do because I know its always better for them to have other squirrels around, but the poor thing looked awful and tired when I weighed them this morning and his ear was covered in spit and sticking to his head. I cleaned him up and he's okay now...I thought it was just one of the older ones doing it at first, but I just seen the largest one try to do it to another in the same cage. This squirrel was more vocal and the bickered for a minute and it stopped. What should I do? Is there anything I can do to stop it without separating them? The place I'm fostering with marked their ears with nail polish to be able to tell who is who and I notice they don't suck on the painted ears.