Yesterday, Duane and Rebecca responded to a call about a litter of raccoons that were found in the storage compartments of a boat located in Santa Cruz, CA.
The duo placed the cubs in a reunion box (cardboard box) filled with balled-up newspaper. Newspaper is sterile and, for the most part, void of human scent. Sometimes, a heating pad is placed under a portion of the reunion box to prevent the babies from getting cold, but it was a warm day and the babies would be able to keep warm, huddled together in their new makeshift nest.
The box was placed in a covered area near where the boat had been parked. To make it easier for the mother raccoon to find her babies, a piece of material from the former nest was set a few feet from the box.
This morning, the resident called with good news - the mother had retrieved all of her young and relocated them to one of her other den sites.
