Oh my, I've had so many odd pets I'm not sure I can count lol I was always hiding something in my room when I was a kid snakes, turtles, mice, hamsters, racoons you name it!
When I got older things never changed, everyone that finds a pore hurt or abandond animal always bring it to me. Once my nephews caught a baby hawk and brought it to me and the darned thing always wanted to set on my head lol I would set mouse traps out in the field to feed him and when he was old enough I would tie a string on it and pull it across the floor to get it to start hunting, seems silly but it worked, wasn't to laong and I set him free, hurt my feelings when he flew off and never looked back.
I have raised many baby racoons in my time, one I raised I named Tonaya and after I set her free she came back the next spring and had a litter of kits in a big tree in my front yard! That was pretty cool.
Cathy C