Curled up in a ball and shivering, a baby raccoon remains trapped on the ledge of a fourth-floor window at the Toronto Star building for a second day in a row.

According to security at 1 Yonge St., the building’s property management, Triovest, was aware of the raccoon on Tuesday, and contacted Toronto Wildlife Centre to assist with bringing the animal down to safety.

Toronto Wildlife Centre decided to postpone the rescue for a couple of days, hoping the baby raccoon will find a way down itself as the building material, which appears to be gravel-like, should be easy for the species to climb.

They also believe it is safer as the rescuers may startle the raccoon, prompting it to jump off the ledge.

“They can climb up brick walls. They’re natural-born climbers,” Toronto Wildlife spokesperson Vanessa Van Rhijn told the Star.

“It can be more dangerous for a rescue crew to try and save it as it may startle the animal.”

On Wednesday afternoon, the raccoon made several attempts throughout the day to lower itself back down to the ground, but slipped dangerously and nearly fell several times before finding refuge in the corner of the ledge, closer to the window.

According to Van Rhijn, raccoons generally crawl up to high spaces to feel safer from humans throughout the day, and scavenge for food on lower ground at night.

“It’s so heart-breaking,” Van Rhjin said. “It’s not that simple. It appears to be too scared.”

Rescuers at Toronto Wildlife Centre will be planning a rescue on Saturday if the baby raccoon remains stuck up on the ledge.

There will be “a lot” of planning involved including the use of an electric lift that will be used to reach the height of the window.

It seems as if the baby raccoon, named Scoop according to its Twitter account will be tweeting as it endures another night on the ledge. “Few months old, still trying to figure out the ropes. Big city is a confusing place,” the Twitter profile reads.

Correction - October 13, 2016: This article was edited from a previous version that misstated the name of the building's property management company as Telsec. In fact, Telsec is a tenant in the building. As well, the article referred to Toronto Wildlife Centre as Toronto Wildlife Services.

