Any idea what State he was in, besides confusion?

Even the nature loving wife here said that thing needed shot as soon as it started coming toward him. Kitty language is not that hard to understand.

The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)

member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?