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Feeling Sad
more pictures of the baby raccoons:griefwork
"Some things are true whether you believe them or not."
City of Angels
See how tiny they were? The bottle was bigger than they are!
You cannot imagine how sweet the little noises they make are...a trilling whirring purr....
I think I am startled at how intensely I am grieving the loss of the little girls, and worrying over the little male..I think it is because I start second guessing myself...should I have fed them more often? Thrown away the formula sooner than the twenty four hours recommended? Washed the bottles with bleach (like I learned after Nutmeg's death).
Found some way to keep them warm and see if their mom would get them? (They were ice cold, and the neighborhood cats could have eaten them if I left them outside and I was far enough away that the mom would come.)
I should have kept a separate bottle for each baby, too. Economics gets in the way sometimes...
Sigh.
This is not entirely bad.
I learn a lot from these thoughts for the next babies....and grief is an old companion of mine. I hate to lose babies...mine or adopted cross species ones.
Each life is precious. All life is sacred.
Hand-rearing Orphaned Raccoons
Pst script: I called and the little boy Hemlock died five hours after we dropped him off at the rehabbers. I cried until I was sick. Poor little fellow. I wish I'd just kept him here and let him die with me.
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Mom you are going to make me cry I miss them so very much
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Oh, we know all about hamsters...roflmo....these baby coons were almost EXACTLY the size of a Siberian hamster when we brought them home...not newborn hamsters, but a full grown hamster...we have all sorts of critters here...
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Love what you said about all life is precious, each life is sacred!!!! Right on!!!!
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Hamsters tend to be a bit smaller actully and they are born blind and naked. (If you want some information I can send you some.) As a kid I had 32 at one time. Thanks for stopping by. I'm leaving the link to my main blog too. -Dawn-
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8/13/05 6:06 PM
My name is LittleWolf and I just started working off of a friends license for rehabing. I started with 2 baby 3 week old coons, and then I recieved 2 more that were 2 weeks old.
I raised them from a bottle the experience was rewarding.
I then recieved 3 more at the age of 2 weeks old one got stung or bit by a tic his throat on the right side swelled up. This happened over the fourth of July weekend of course the vets in our area were closed. I knew without the medical treatment he would die soon. I felt so helpless to say the least and yes I tried to swallow the tears no such luck I knew I was failing one of my babies. I was there for him he climbed up to my neck and looked at me with those adorable eyes that he had, it was if he was telling me it was ok to let go he knew he was dying and he knew also that I would of gave my own life to save him if I could.
The other six baby racoons were set free and now live on fifteen acres in the wild, I miss them all greatly.
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