[Hot Tabasco]

I always worry about rabies with animals living in the wild

You don't have to worry with squirrels, there's never been a recorded case of a squirrel having rabies........The reason being, any squirrel unlucky enough to be bitten by another animal having rabies would likely end up being eaten by them.

[driftless2]

"rabies"

rodents rarely get rabies. There is no known case of a rodent transmitting rabies to a human. Squirrels can get a sort of ringworm brain disease that resembles rabies.