Gordon Wildlife’s Raccoon Rehabilitation Protocols: now available as a printed book!
By Sarah Holmes Bookbinder, CWR, RVSII and Paul Bookbinder, DVM, DACVS
In stock and available for immediate shipment
$59
We are delighted to announce that copies of Gordon Wildlife’s Raccoon Rehabilitation Protocols are now available as a softover, spiral-bound printed reference book.
As the nation’s only raccoon-only specialty rehabilitation center with an in-house veterinarian, here at Gordon Wildlife, we get a lot of questions about our practices. In 2022 we launched a download illustrating and explaining our basic in-house medical and rehabilitation protocols. This text includes our feeding and housing choices, lists of medications we have found to be effective (including quick reference dosing charts for raccoons broken down by weight), and descriptions of our general practices.
Since its issue, this download has been consulted by wildlife professionals in over 40 states and 10 countries and we have seen it beginning to be referred to as “the Raccoon Bible.”
As always, we continue to learn here. Our way is not the only way, but we are delighted that so many centers and rehabilitators have found our protocols to be a valuable resource and we are happy to make a contribution to the body of available work on raccoon rehabilitation.
What our colleagues are saying:
“This book is an absolute gem! It’s a refreshing take on the rehabilitation of raccoons.
When I first began to rehab there was almost no helpful information about rehabilitating raccoons. This book would have taken all the guesswork out of it. The reader is presented with all the information needed to raise and release healthy raccoons, organized in a format that is easy to follow.
It guides the reader through step-by-step details on every aspect of the raccoon rehabilitation process. Pictures associated with the text are quite helpful and, in some cases, awwww-inspiring.
There are warnings throughout the book that “rehabilitators are not allowed to do veterinary work.” Good to remember.
There is also a Disclaimer: “this is not meant to be a training manual” but in my opinion, it could very successfully be just that.”
- Irene Ruth, author of Wild Mammal Babies:
The First 24 Hours and Beyond
This book should be a staple in every rehabilitator's home. Working with raccoons can be very difficult and there is so much to know, but Charles N. Gordon Wildlife Rehabilitation Center manages to fit it all into this book in a way that is easy to understand. Even if you are a new wildlife rehabilitator, the wording is easy to understand and the pictures help to further explain. They even address some of the emotional aspects of raccoon rehabilitation.
Newhouse Wildlife Rescue highly recommends thoroughly reading through all the protocols written to give you the best chance at helping future raccoons that come into your care.”
– Jane Newhouse, Newhouse Wildlife Rescue
