I released a male almost 2 weeks ago. I have been feeding him daily and see him often. The first week he came up on our deck and was trying to jump on our screens. He also was looking in the storm doors. He finally ran off and I would see him at his food station. Now other bigger squirrels have found where I feed him and he is not going there to eat. He is now hanging around our other back door which is under a breezeway and sometimes I am afraid to go out for fear he will jump on me. I threw some peanuts out to lure him away from house but a big squirrel came along and ran my little guy off. A couple of questions. do you think I should squirt him with a squirt bottle to make him go away from house? Should I squirt the big squirrels to make them go away. do you think he will stop hanging around my door? I fed him far enough away but he is now coming where we initially had him in a cage away from the elements when we first put him outside before he was in his release cage.
Should I be afraid of him? I am afraid he will jump on me and cut me with his nails. When he was little we only held to feed and then when older and more wiggly we fed thru bars on cage.