Baby Raccoon

The day: Tuesday, March 22, 2007

The time: shortly after arriving home from work with some Chinese take out from Hong Kong

"MOM!!! Come quick!!!" yells Jade.

Dylan and I run to the back door, where Jade stands with a...a... thing in her hand.

"The dogs had...this...", and we all decided to figure out what "this" was.

Turns out, it is a baby raccoon. Eyes shut, barely see the rings on his tail, and little wee ears close to his head. We have been feeding it baby kitten replacement milk with a mini bottle, learning all we can from the Internet on how to care for an infant raccoon, and have found him a good home. "Todd" went to work with me yesterday.....Marsha fell in love with him, too. It is her brother that wants him, he had one years ago and knows how to care for them.

He is taking his bottle really well now, and finally pooping.. sounds gross, but you have to stimulate his elimination by rubbing their tummies with a warm wet finger to mimic their mom's licking them with her tongue... weird to help a baby pee and poop.. thank goodness human babies can do that much on their own!

I'll miss this little baby. Maybe I should keep him?