Originally Posted by
Diggie's Friend
Normally they just posture and threaten, but sometimes they will fight and bite. This time it went farther than I have ever seen occur in all the years we have put out food for the squirrels, one nearly killed the other. This kind of behavior can escalate to one killing the other.
Years ago when we cared for two females, not raised together, when I tried to introduce the younger to the older, the younger was submissive, but the older nipped the younger after a few moments. My hubby wanted me to try again; so the 2nd time i placed my hand over the vital parts of t he younger and sat in the enclosre. The older female not making a sound came up to where the younger was and tried to bit her; thankfully I got the bite. After that my hubby divided our long enclosure in two, with a double wired divider so that their toes wouldn't be bitten. This worked great for our two girls, who enjoyed being frien-amies. They still played side by side with their ropes that we hung from the top of each section of the; and ran up and down the divider, "Rooring" at one another. They weren't alone, and did play separately but at the same time; yet they were safe. It would be heart breaking to lose a squirrel this way; do what is needful to prevent it, as my may not get a 2nd chance if you don't make these changes immediately. The present enclosure is long enough to divide in half, be sure you make the divided a double one otherwise toes may be damaged or lost.