Level of Contact with over-wintered squirrel
I need some advice. I am a first time squirrel caregiver. I have singleton 18 week eastern grey squirrel called Honey. She was found at age 7 weeks. She has her own room, in which I’ve built a forest and dig box. She has window seats to watch the world go by. She has outside time in a cage to hear and smell the wild. I add toys and challenges to her room for her regularly. I visit her in her room several times per day. From day one, Honey has loved me. She is happy to runaround and play alone, though she often tries to engage me in play with her. She (gently) wrestles my hands and mouths me. She hops and pounces around me, climbs me like a tree, buries things in my pockets, sits on me, and grooms me (those little lick and nibbles (not painful)).
She seems to have good instincts- hiding food, nest building, climbing. Though she doesn’t have a lot of fear. She does react to bird and squirrel alert calls outside.
I feel it would be cruel to not interact at all with Honey. Though I want to give her the best chance to make it in the wild (and not to bury her acorns in my neighbor’s pockets!).
Thank you all!
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