Does anyone know a lot about Southern Flying Squirrels?

I cut down a hollow stump and found a wild female SFS along with 3 babies. I'm wanting to release the mother once she is no longer needed for milk, and start taming the babies to not be afraid of humans. I'm needing to know ';Will it be too late/much harder to tame them after they're totally independent(eating solid foods)?';


Their eye's aren't open yet, I'd say they are around 4 weeks of age.Does anyone know a lot about Southern Flying Squirrels?
you can't just take wild flyers from the wild, and make them pets. it is wrong. yes, some people do own flyers as pets, but usually it's because they were rehabbed from the wild when their habitat was destroyed and their mother was no longer able to care for them, or when the babies were injured and not releasable. there are also a few flyer breeders. you clearly do not know how to care for the pups, and should not have them in your possession. it is very difficult to raise and tame a young flying squirrel (especially without experience), and the mother is going to be very fierce and undoubtedly attack relentlessly if you try to go near her babies. do you even know how to take care of the mother? she needs special care too. if you want a southern flyer so badly, you should take the time to research them, and then get one that was raised to be a pet for whatever reason. not one that you forced into captivity. you will most likely not get a good pet from this situation. not to mention that taking them from the wild is most likely illegal.Does anyone know a lot about Southern Flying Squirrels?
it was not a very good idea to capture the poor things. it also is not a very good idea to teach the babies to not be afraid of humans. that is going against the law of nature and think what dreadful thing might happen if a flying squirrel became friendly with humans. it would be considered a pest and would be killed.
You touched them?





I hope the mother doesn't abandon them.





I don't think it will be too late since you have touched them already. If you keep touching them then they probably won't be harder to tame. I don't think you should tame them though, sorry.











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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…
Here's some information here. You may have misjudged the babies age. Otherwise you only have a couple of weeks.





http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/wildlife/fly…





http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/squirrels…
don't keep them. let them be free