We buried it near its mother under the big cottonwood tree. We hung an old pair of overalls on the back of our upstairs bedroom door and made a nest for the live one. We named him Frisky. He became very tame and friendly as he grew. By the end of summer he was fully grown.
Squirrels are naturally vegetarians in the wild.
They eat only nuts, seeds and tender vegetation and, once in a while, rob eggs from bird nests, but they never eat meat. In the wild, squirrels are very afraid of cats and dogs. Frisky was accepted as an equal by an old cat we had. He was very playful and full of life and was a constant aggravation to the old cat. His favorite food was nuts of any kind, bread and cooked meat and milk.