Baby Raccoon

Well, my first real'ish post... On the way home tonight there was a baby raccoon in the middle of the road - looking all lost and cute... so I drove on a bit, but then had to pull a u-turn, and go bach - to find him still wandering around in the middle of the road! So, while I waited for Sharon to catch up with me, little mister (miss?) raccoon wandered off the road and towards a house. While we tried to decide what to do, the home owner (Derek) came out (probably wondering why there were 2 cars with flashing lights in front of his house) - which was good because we could then feel better about walking across his lawn with a blanket to get the raccoon. After several attempts of throwing the blanket over him and grabbing him, finally got him. Derek brought out a box and we were good to go, so off we drove. Our vet is a bit of a raccoon rescue nut, so we called the emergency pager number for some direction. Turns out that the best course of action is to put the baby in a box with a blanket and leave the box near where we think Mommy was hiding (did I mention that I heard some raccoony sounds in the bushes...?) - so, another u-turn and back to the pick-up spot ... to drop off the little guy. Apparently when he gets hungry he will make some little noises and then Mommy will come running and "rip the box apart" to get her little baby. If this doesn't happen and he is still there in the morning, then we should take him to the vet for rehabilitation and foster care (Joe, I might be a little late tomorrow...). More raccoon news in the morning...