This guy’s escape attempt was getting pretty squirrelly.

A Queens man who tried to avoid arrest by climbing into a tree Wednesday, refused to come down for more than 48 hours — before finally relenting Friday, police said.

Roody Thomas, 44, who was wanted in connection to an alleged assault, had camped out in the tree outside the home he shares with his mom on 145th Avenue in Jamaica since 2 p.m. Wednesday, police and law enforcement sources said.

He had been peeing in the tree and surviving off some food and glucose pack officers gave him Thursday, according to police sources. 

The cops had put the provisions on the roof, and he jumped over to grab them, but quickly returned to his perch, the sources said. 

At one point overnight, though, sources said the man was eating leaves. 

Police were also spotted Friday afternoon leaving another bag of food for the man, who climbed halfway down the tree to retrieve it. 

NYPD Hostage Negotiators were in constant contact with Thomas, pulling back on Friday and telling him he would not be arrested at this time, according to sources.

Around 5 p.m. the man climbed down, telling reporters and neighbors that he did not want to go to jail, and that he had previously been abused behind bars.

He was later taken to a hospital for a psychological observation, sources said.

Cops were first called to the house on Wednesday for a report of an assault on a woman.

But when officers arrived, the suspect climbed into a tree from the roof.

The hostage negotiators had tried for days to try to convince the man to come down.

Apparently, it wasn’t his first time up in the tree. 

Neighbors told cops that he had often hidden in that tree, according to sources. 

“He has spent nights in the tree before,” sources said. 

One police source griped to The Post, “I don’t know why the cops didn’t just say, ‘Fine, stay up there,’ and go sit around the corner.”

“Then when he comes down, just grab him,” the source said.