OT - My new friend

He sure is adorable...I hope he is okay too. I don't want him to freeze to death or be sick. I too hope he will be checked out. He picked a good person to be friends with...he has great taste in friends!!! Hugs, connie d

He's adorable.  Call the Raptor Center - they can direct you to folks who will rehab him.  Animal control just puts them down.

I hope your new friend is okay. Is there someone you can call to make sure the sweet thing is not ill? I will pray that he/she is going to make it.  Lori

Oh Darla~ What a cutie! And that raccoon ain't too bad either! I hope you can  make it for coffee Monday! Have a good weekend! ((HUG)) **SUE**

How sweet of all of you to be so concerned with lil' Ricky!  (yeah, Ric Ric Ricky, Ricky Raccoon!) Believe me, if I thought there was an ageny that would do anything with a troubled raccoon, I'd be the first to call.  But we have an unwritten policy of letting nature take it's course, even when it's sad.  We have a Wildlife manager and small field staff, but diagnosing and re-habbing raccoons is not high on their priority list.  Same can be said for other agencies.  The Raptor Center is fabulous, but they don't deal with furry critters, only the feathered types.  If this was a more unique animal (really, is there anything more unique than a raccoon???), we'd probably be more aggressive with it.  But this is most likely a sick animal - not rabid, but not well, either.  And there simply aren't facilities or dollars out there to try to care for something that many consider a nuisance animal.  That's the sad truth.   He seems to be doing pretty well, tho - he looks much healthier than other sick raccoons I've been around, so maybe he WAS hand raised and just intends to keep us company all winter?  That's what I'M hoping!!!