Probably not because the Danbury animal probably doesn't need to be fed, or not by you anyway. Just because a a baby or young animal is on its own doesn't mean it's either abandoned or orphaned, a lot of animal parents leave the young alone for many hours of the day and night and as the young become more active they also become more visible. The general rule of thumb is if the animal seems to be happy and healthy then leave it alone, by all means keep an eye on it to see what happens but don't just go grabbing it and taking it home.



The one baby Connecticut animal that you are most likely to come into contact with is a baby raccoon because they are quite adventurous and also nearly fearless which proves to be the undoing of many of them. But also mom would never be far away from her baby raccoon, baby raccoons are kept on a very tight leash by mom because she knows better than everyone what her baby is capable of.

If the baby you found is sickly or in poor condition and by that I mean it is dirty and obviously it's fur is not being cared for properly then there is good chance it is orphaned or abandoned. The first thing you should do is a cursory check for obvious injuries, if you find any kind of injury your next stop is at a veterinary surgeon. If the baby is not injured the next thing you should do is to make it comfortable and warm and you can offer it some water as it may be dehydrated as well but before you feed it you should call your local licensed wildlife rehabilitator and find out what they say about the situation. If they can take the animal you may have to deliver it but once delivered it is off your hands.

On the odd occasion you are told that the best thing for the Danbury animal is that you do feed it and look after it yourself, you'll be told what to feed it and how often to feed it. One of the things that you should consider if you are going to keep the Connecticut animal and try and rare it, then that animal even when it's full-grown and gone back to the wild will still consider your house as home and it will probably have a vastly diminished fear of humans and if you have them other pets. It is quite common for orphaned animals rared by people to spend the rest of their life as a pet.

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