I suggest that
it was fed by several neighbors. I did the Disney thing with a squirrel that would run across the street to get some peanuts that I would drop. One day, it jumped from the shrub and ran down my arm to bite into my finger after I had just dropped the peanuts.
The health center checked on rabies transmission via squirrel. The advice was that rabies puts squirrel metabolism in too a lethargic state to transmit the disease.
Conclusion: Tetanus booster and increased vigilance for a fast run inside.
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tromboner cherophobia is my kind of fun, Thu 30 Dec 2021, 2:26,
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