All this talk of saving the squirrel. Here on the farm in Florida, we would have let it drown. Squirrels are nothing more than rodents, rats with longer fur. On our rural property, we trap them and shoot them because they are such pests. They damage our pecan harvest, eat through the livestock and chicken feed bags, attracting other insects and pests, gnaw on our garden plants and destroy the vegetables, ruin the citrus on the trees, gnaw on hoses and electrical insulation, dig up the flower beds and generally make real nuisances of themselves. They are unwelcome critters, not some furry little pets to be admired. We have a Rottweiler that serves that role.
Agree. Of the three I believe the horse was the smartest.
I don’t always save squirrels but when I do I don’t want it shot...which is just what my DH wanted to do. Over my dead body after I struggled with that hoe.