06/23/2026
This is Tina.
Tina has a new family, after spending a considerable time alone. That story is told by her body condition. She is extremely thin. Tina was without her momma for a while before she ended up in a ladies house, after finding an open door, letting the cool night air in. Tina had a glue trap stuck to her little body. Badly stuck.
A gentleman that is a county trapper in Sheridan County, was called to get Tina from inside the ladies house.
This kind heart, was able to mostly remove the adhesive that was painfully stuck to Tina and he and his wife kept Tina safe and as comfortable as they could.
As luck would have it, a friend of mine went to see her dad, for Father’s Day, and was just visiting, when her dad told her about a man he has coffee with, and the young raccoon he had. My friend texted me, and later in the day, picked up Tina and brought her back to Gillette to me.
Tina has a long way to go to recover from what happened to her. I have been able to remove even more adhesive from her, and today, I found a porcupine quill, that I think was just stuck in her fur, and not in her skin. She is grateful to have a new family that snuggles and talks to her. Raccoons need other raccoons. She is eating formula mush, but so far refuses to nurse. Tina has begun to trust me and really likes when she is swaddled and held.
This Little, will need extra help and time to recover. She can have whatever she needs here.