These one week old baby raccoons were found by a shed, out in the open, crying out for their mother. The finder waited all day to see if mom would return for them but she did not. Babies this young can not go very long without mom & can not maintain their body heat on their own..
They were cold and dehydrated. We don’t know what happened to mom or why she didn’t return for them. All we can say is these little orphans are safe with us now. They will be kept warm, bottle fed, dewormed, vaccinated....
Our newest baby raccoons are doing wonderful and have grown quite fond of their bottles. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">
This is how they sleep https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤗" title="Hugging face" aria-label="Emoji: Hugging face">
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Getting bigger https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">
Eyes open... more and more excited to explore!
The group of four gained two siblings!

They are big enough to move to the "little outdoor" raccoon cage and stay there overnight. They are being weaned off bottles and we have introduced solid foodshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">
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