My cutting of Early Violet, which came from a generous donor, rooted well and survived the fungus gnats problem and got acclimatised well and I was so sure that I got myself a plant of 'Early Violet'. However, as the cutting donor always says that "don't count your chicken pieces until well fried (or something like that)", yesterday two vicious squirrels running after each other stampeded over the pot and snapped off the only 6" shoot which was on the side of the cutting. Only 5% of umbilical connection (bark) to the rooted cutting was left. I believe I saw it some 15 minutes after it was snapped and I immediately straightened it up making sure that the 5% connection does not break off in case it helped in survival. I tied it to a stick so that it would not move and hope that the broken branch will fuse back (faster than grafting)with the help of 5% connection. The leaves looked erect even four or five hours after breakage but probably that was due to the rainy day. Today the leaves were not erect so I removed three leaves and left only one leaf plus the top bud.
My question is if I should leave it as is now hoping it will fuse together, or Should I remove the green branch and try to root it?

If the leaves are going limp, probably not much hope for the branch. But, if the plant was well-rooted, it will send out new growth. The broken off part can be rooted, but greenwood dries out very easily, so you need to keep it in a humid environment while you root it. Remove the leaves, as their surface area will cause a lot of moisture loss from the cutting. No harm in trying.

Snapped off 95% i would try to root that piece by itself. In mean time i would leave the rest in pot and hope for the best keeping it in shade.
Oh 1 more thing i would leave some nuts for them 2 squirells daily to fatten them up some before they made it to my dinner table if it were me, aim with full choke setting as not to get to much buckshot in the main cavity.
Good Luck

O.o you can eat them, well i guess its the city ones that dont look very healthy

Diseler, don't worry about the squirrels now. After I saw the fig leaves drooping, I went and bought a Havahart Model 1077 humane trap to remove them gently and if it does not work then there is always 'bon bon' to try. I had enough with these ugly vicious things. I was willing to share with them from my 50 plant strawberry patch but they did not want to share with us since they eat the ripe ones and destroy the half-ripe ones but killing my fig plant was the last straw. Now they really look ugly little monsters to me and need to be taken 'good' care of.

Ottawan,

If I ever catch a darn squirrel looking at my Fig trees or plants

It will not be a havaheart that gets him, it will be one of my 22 rifles!

I hate to hear the dirty (you fill in this part) damaged your prized plants.
The best regards

Ottawan,  I live-trap raccoons to keep them off my strawberries and other fruits, and then drop them in my deep fish pond for five minutes.  Trap and all.  Problem solved.
John S, Fredericton.

O.o wow......cuddywhiffer

Yep Cuddy
That would do "it"

It has been less than three weeks since the squirrels snapped off the only shoot/branch on the side of the newly rooted cutting of Early Violet which I put back in place on the cutting and tied it with a band cut from plastic bag like they do in grafting and supported it to a stick in the pot against any movement. I had removed all leaves except the terminal bud. The terminal bud is now open and growing. It is almost like a graft has taken place. The EV cutting  is now on the way to become a plant. It is placed back in the morning sun. 

thats good news to hear, i hope it all works out fine for you.

Good for you, and hopefully it keeps going and makes a healthy plant.

Dan
I like dark figs but I acquired Early Violet because it has "Early" in its name and not because it is violet. I will see how early it is (in pots and in Zone 5).