In answer to your question about when Ringo can be released...


Leslie said that it will mid or late fall before he is capable of being released. She will do a "soft release". She lives in the "woods" (they surround her on 3 sides) and she lives down a series of roads that are all logging roads. A perfect place for a rehab center. A soft release is where she lets him go in her back yard. From her experience, they most of the time come back for a day maybe 2 then she doesn't see them again......and sometimes it takes longer. She has him and 4 other baby coons a week younger than he is....

There is a link to provide everyone that wants to now the story from day one. The pictures are the same except this thread has the updated ones.

Thanks for the questions and comments. My son and I have really kept up but all 5 of my kids have asked about him. My middle daughter is the one that named him...so as you can see it is a family affair. The twins both rushed over the night we got him and helped feed him to keep him alive....so he really has 6 parents.....LOL....Leslie, who is wonderful, 4 of my 5 children and myself.

I try to update this thread with a new picture at least once a week, Leslie has been wonderful to send a new picture whenever I ask for one. So, all that want to, will be able to see his progress through the time she releases him.