Hey all.....I am the grandmother to the baby coon that Laura of Laura's babies told you about. Just wanted all that posted to know the lastest on Ringo. Friday morning I "grandcoon" sat and kept him fed and warm while searching for the "right" answer for his little life. It came in the form of a rehabilitator in our area only about 30 minutes from my home. She was excited to know that our state vet school had given me her name. She was also excited that we called her and after telling her all the circumstances of our obtaning Ringo and asking what we did with him now, she said for us to bring him to her. I got directions with a heavy heart because all of us had fallen in love with him already, but knowing this was right for him. He was the important one in this case. I have 5 children, all grown, and they all had to rush over and see this little marvel. As soon as I got to Leslie's house, the rehab/rescuer, I was completely at ease, assured I had done exactly the right thing for Ringo. He know has 4 brothers and sisters where he will learn how to be a "raccon" since they will all be together in the same "litter". She lives on a glorious place with woods at her back door and said that it will be fall before she lets all the little coons go. They have to be at least 4 months old before they come off of Kitty milk and on a regular diet. She starts them on wet Kibbles & Bits covered in milk and then goes from there. After they are big enough, she does a "soft" release in her back yard. Sometimes they return for a few days and then they just eventually stay gone....back to where they are trully beautiful creatures. We can call or email her to find out about him and before she releases him, we can go visit him, if we want, just to see him all grown up. I think we will probably just check on him from time to time but let him be a coon. Thank for all of your very nice and appreciated advice. We were able to make a very wise decision from the postings we read. We know that he will someday be thankful for what we did when he is catching a fish in the stream and he is his own "COON".