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I have no idea if squirrels can be candidates for rabies or not, but that would be my only concern with the bite.
However, I think I would tend to it at home, but if you notice ANY change in it (swelling, redness, discharge, etc) I'd call the vet. Neosporin is fine to clean it with, and the neo only has to be on for a couple minutes to do what it's supposed to do, so if you can distract Peety for a couple of minutes while it sits on her for a bit, it should do the trick.
I did read your other thread, but I think I agree with what everyone had said as far as it being just her natural instinct. My huskies, as well as my shepherd mix, have a very high prey drive when it comes to small animals. However, in the house, the cats are not toys and are not to be chased. They are great with our cats. If they see a cat outside, or another small creature, they go bonkers wanting to get after it.
I actually experienced to instances with one of my female huskies, Denali, and my boxer/shepherd mix at the time was involved in one as well. The two of them were out back and I hear this screeching noise and growling. I go outside (it's about 9-10 pm at night) and find these guys attacking something. It was small (the size of a cat), and I instantly freaked because I thought a stray cat had gotten into our yard. Much to my surprise it was a opossum. The poor thing had blood all over him, and blood coming out of his mouth. I for sure thought he was dead, only to forget the act that these little creatures play. I put him in a garbage bag and tossed him on the other side of the fence. I was going to barry him in the morning. I come back out in the morning and there was no possum in the bag, and a hole had been torn in it. My mom actually saw that same possum wandering around a couple days later... I never knew what happened to him.
The other instance with Denali was when I had taken her for a walk. She was on a retractable lead, and the street we lived on had a LOT of palm trees. As we walked around the corner, I saw a squirrel running up the tree. He wasn't really using his back legs, but he mosied up the tree with no problems. Next thing I know, I just see something fall from the tree, and Denali, within a split second, grabbed it and shook it. I yelled "NO! DROP IT" and she did. The poor thing had no chance. I used my shirt to pick it up and ran back to my house, but by the time I got there, he stopped breathing. I felt terrible, but there was nothing I could do.
I never really fussed at my dogs for those times. Yes, it's aggravating, but they're only doing what comes natural to them. There are times when you CAN'T curb them from doing it, because it just happens.
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