Baby Raccoon Rescue

A few years ago, my client was buying a property near Lake Gregory and we discovered that a baby raccoon was trapped in a cage under the entry deck during a termite inspection. He was so cute but I was concerned how long he had been caged since the owner was a part timer.  Through his agent we found out that he was having problems with skunks and set the trap the night before.  I had already decided to take the little raccoon to my office, I thought I could at least feed him and give him water.  We named him Rocky. 
A little online research and a phone call to Wildhaven, our local wildlife rescue, and I had a plan to get him home to his family.  The rescue organization told me that Rocky had to be returned where I found him since his mother would be searching for him but we also had to protect him from other wildlife.  The seller's agent, my husband and myself brought Rocky in his cage with a variety of food back to the property and built him a wooden shelter and filled it with the food we brought.  We carefully let him out of his metal cage into the wooden teepee we put together and covered it with more branches to hide him from predators.  We hoped for the best and left Rocky for his mother to find.
The next morning, I went to the property to check on our little Rocky.  He was gone but his food that we left for him was also gone meaning his mother likely found him.  My client felt this adventure meant that his family was destined to have this house.  Just another example that even though we live in the forest with these amazing creatures, the forest is their home and we're here to protect their habitat.