And as a wild animal its behavior can be unpredictable. The only safe way to keep a squirrel in captivity is in a cage or another suitable enclosure. This will not be an easy, or pleasant task, since the squirrel cannot stand being confined. If you have raised the squirrel carefully, keeping contact to a minimum, then the transition to the wild will not be difficult. Even if human contact has been great, release is still an option, it simply requires more time and thought.
Body hair emerges at ten to twenty one days.
Lower incisors cut at nineteen to twenty one days. Upper incisors cut at thirty to forty two days. Eyes begin to open at twenty eight to thirty days. Ears open, at twenty eight to thirty five days. Out of the nest for the first time at thirty to forty six days.