I’m glad that little fellow is getting better. Bless you for feeding him.
I used to feed a squirrel that lived in a tree in my mom’s backyard. When we went to visit her, that little thing would come bounding-—no exaggeration-—to meet us, and he would sit up on his hind legs and grab for the peanuts. I looked forward to seeing him.
Yeah, they are so skittish around humans normally, but once they get to know you (and that you have food), they can get pretty comfortable with you.
I have a few that will sit right by my feet while they eat their peanut, so they can get another one as fast as possible. Those guys will even take a peanut out of my hand if I offer it to them. But there is probably only one really brave squirrel out of twenty that will get that close to you, and it takes a while for them to trust you like that.
My wife and I had just moved in to our house. The second day she was at the front door with a bag of groceries. She unlocked the door and turned around to pick up the bag. As soon as she turned around a squirrel climbed up her leg and onto her shoulder. She screamed, shucked it off and ran inside.
Turns out the previous owner would feed the squirrel peanuts, with the squirrel on her shoulder!
Null and Void raised a tiny baby squirrel to adolescence, if not adulthood. His name was Mr. Flibble, at least it was until near the time SHE was released into the wild.