What To Do If I find An Orphaned Baby Raccoon?

A raccoon wandering alone isn’t really a sign of it being orphaned or abandoned by the mother so you have to investigate properly before putting your hands on it. Raccoons are nocturnal that is they usually seek for food at night and sleep during the day so you might find out the mother raccoon sleeping around upon carefully investigating the place. However, if there is no sign of the mother and the raccoon you have just come across is debilitated, weak, has a lot of fleas, and looks dehydrated then it must have lost the mother.



Utilize a delicate fabric to lift the infant up. Wear gloves for eyes-open adolescent – it will be found and may put a somewhat of a battle and snarl out of apprehension. Baby raccoon has little stubs of child teeth by around 4 weeks of age so continuously take insurances to abstain from being chomped while you are taking care of any creature. Don't be frightened by the complain an infant raccoon makes when initially got, it will soon quiet down when it understands you are not going to cause any harm. Wrap the infant up in the material, cozily, head and all, and let it get warm by grasping it. You need it totally warmed up, to your own particular body temperature. Place the orphaned raccoon in a box provided with several layers of bedding and put the box in a dark and quite corner.

After calming down the baby, next step is to check it for any possible injuries. An external physical examination must be carried out thoroughly and gently. Rub the baby with a warm wet piece of cloth but first don’t forget to wear rubber gloves every time you handle the baby because you have to ensure your safety too. Removal of the dust and parasites like fleas or larvae is very essential and for this purpose you can utilize some old toothbrushes to remove these types of parasites. Look for blood stains as it will point the injury out in case the baby is injured and also check the movements of baby raccoon carefully to make sure there is not any broken leg or spinal injury. Avoid the harsh handling as it will otherwise make the baby uncomfortable thus you have to be as gentle as a mother towards her baby. Consult an animal physician in case any injury is found.

You can feed it the milk in case the baby raccoon is very small however, an eight or nine weeks old raccoon can take a bit solid food like mashed bananas, baby cereals mixed with milk etc. Taking care of an orphaned baby raccoon is not an easy task so you can also hand it over to wildlife rehabilitators.

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