Hi
We had a bizarre experience. I would like to know if others have encountered this. We had a momma squirrel with three young babies in a squirrel box in a tree. Yesterday we saw a black squirrel fighting and biting the momma. He injured her badly to the point of near death and she would not walk, he bit her all over and also in the back several times and severed her spine, she was almost dead. We then went to get the babies out if the box and bring them all to local rehabber and we found all three were bit in the head and were dead. One it seems was even partly chewed on. It was all very disturbing. Momma died also. I have never seen this behavior. I called our local wildlife organization and they insisted squirrels do not do this. Yet I googled it and found that males will kill their babies and fight with the female. I also read black squirrels are particularly aggressive. This particular squirrel is extremely aggressive. He lives a few streets away but comes to mate with our female squirrels I have seen him relentlessly chasing females and when they run for shelter in to the squirrel boxes he aggressively bites the top of the boxes. He even chewed up our deck. All the grey males chase him away when he comes into our yard. . So please let me know if you have heard of this behavior. What would cause a squirrel to do this? We ruled out any other animal as they would have eaten the babies and not just killed them. Your thoughts on this? Thanks
Janice