Hello all! My non-releasable Eastern gray squirrel, Autumn, has suddenly become very aggressive with me. I'm not exactly sure of her age. I think she was 4 weeks old when I got her because her eyes weren't open yet. They opened about a week later and she imprinted on me. I'm guessing she is around 5 months old.

She has always been very sweet. Loved snuggles and pets. Would put her teeth on me to play but never broke the skin. Until a couple of days ago! I reached into her cage like usual to pet her and she grabbed my hand and bit the hell out of me! I got so upset because she has never been aggressive with me except for some minor food aggression. She would never actually hurt me when she was being food aggressive, just would lunge at me and pretend like she was going to get me but would never do anything once she actually got to my hand lol. I gave her a couple of days to calm down and just let her out to play today. She ended up attacking me and jumped on my face, knocking off my glasses and scratching me pretty badly on my nose. I'm in tears right now because I am so nervous around her now. I never was before and I hate this feeling. I'm scared to handle her but don't want her to be cooped up in her cage. I'm so worried this is a permanent behavior change.

She isn't releasable because she has seizures that I thought might be MBD but she has always gotten plenty of calcium. I feed her 2-4 Henry's blocks a day, that she always eats before her other food, arugula, collard greens, green onions, blackberries, papaya, pineapple, celery, etc. Anything that has a higher calcium to phosphorus ratio, with some of the lower ratio foods as treats every now and then. I also put a bit of Henry's calcium powder on her first Henry's block that I give her in the morning. Her poop and pee are normal and she is very active, so I know she is getting the right amount of calcium. I'm assuming her neuro issues are from falling out of the tree. She never stashes any food so I don't think that's it.

Anyway, I guess I'm just looking for some reassurance or maybe some kind of explanation. I'm so upset right now. I can't stop crying. Autumn is my heart. I want my little girl back.