You do realize that squirrel is already on the menu of numerous predators including the native cat known as ‘Bob’... Grey foxes, red foxes, great horned owls, Redtail hawks, snakes, etc. And when it grows up it would dine on the eggs and chicks of birds with just as much enthusiasm as any cat. It’s what they do. They don’t just eat nuts.
While walking recently, I saw a huge dog get hold of a squirrel.
Two ladies had just let him out and he was running and jumping half way up the tree trunks. Don’t know what kind of dog it was. After about the 3rd jump, he had one in his mouth and took off running with it. Don’t know if the jumping made the squirrel fall to the ground or what.
Told the ladies that if they were country, they could cook it.