I don't think that's off topic at all. Nice that you could release him.
We've raised and released a lot of squirrels.
Here's another squirrel story then. I was 19 and home from college for the summer, sitting in the living room and reading a book. All of a sudden, there's a lot of sliding, scratching and squeaking noises coming from the fireplace. Apparently a squirrels nest had been built on top of the chimney and it had fallen through so the chimney was full of squirrels. My dad got a cardboard box and his heavy work gloves, opened the flue but he had enormous hands and couldn't get both of them up far enough to get the squirrels, who were clinging to the insides of the brick chimney. So I told him I'd try. He gives me the gloves and I reach in and grab a baby and put it in the box and my dad closes it. I successfully do this 3 more times (all babies) who all go into the box, no problem. One last time I reach in and realize I don't have a baby this time, I have mommy squirrel, who promptly bites the hell out of my index finger (her teeth went completely through it). I hung on to her, yanked her out of the chimney and sort of slam dunked her into the box! Then I closed the flue.
We take the box outside and let them go. Mommy squirrel, not 30 minutes later, falls down the stupid chimney again and dad threw up his hands and said "I'm calling animal control!" He also called a chimney guy to put a wire cover over the top of the chimney.
And I got to have a nice tetanus shot!
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I still have the bite scar.