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Cujo.Sylvania, Ohio, rabid German shepherd came into the yard, had to stay in the car with windows up. Yelled from opposite side for people to stay in the house. It acted very calm, but was frothing. Scary.
you could kill it with a BB gun ( I believe that would kill it?) and I don't think anyone would do anything about that... but that's just what I s ay off the top of my head. Some busy bodies maybe a big deal out of nothing so you just never know...
Before I convinced my mother to leave Kansas and come back to stay with me in California, she had a home on three acres, and there was a rabid racoon that kept showing up, and once when I went to visit her after my dad passed, it was near where her trash cans were storedMr. Shotgun is the correct answer. Trust me. He'll have a blast, handling the problem! Do remember the "double tap". I learned it from Zombie Land.
Surprisingly, here in TN and KY, where I grew up, I can't remember a real case in years, but surprising how many on here have seen it, as still more common elsewhere.Before I convinced my mother to leave Kansas and come back to stay with me in California, she had a home on three acres, and there was a rabid racoon that kept showing up, and once when I went to visit her after my dad passed, it was near where her trash cans were stored
Thankfully my dad's old Remington 870 was still where he kept it loaded.
Being a native Californian, I had never seen a raccoon until then, but my parents grew up in Kansas, so they were very familiar with isolated cases of racoons being rabid. Especially my mother, because she grew up on a farm.Surprisingly, here in TN and KY, where I grew up, I can't remember a real case in years, but surprising how many on here have seen it, as still more common elsewhere.
Have also heard of rabid skunks and my parents and grandparents were worried about rabid bats.Being a native Californian, I had never seen a raccoon until then, but my parents grew up in Kansas, so they were very familiar with isolated cases of racoons being rabid. Especially my mother, because she grew up on a farm.
How did you know it was rabid? This is not a criticism. I've never really come across them much one way or another. Here we occasionally get rabid bats but thats about it.I came home from squirrel hunting one morning and there was a rabid coon in the front yard.
I shot it with the .22 I had hunted with, bagged it up, set it on the curb, called, and animal control came and picked it up.
No muss, no fuss.
Skunks and racoons are the most likely of mammals to carry rabies.Have also heard of rabid skunks and my parents and grandparents were worried about rabid bats.
Supposedly popular in the wet markets of China if you believe that sort of thing, of cross species disease transfer.Skunks and racoons are the most likely of mammals to carry rabies.
As far as bats, a good friend of mine grew up in Guam, and she is terrified of bats because many carry rabies.
What's really interesting is that bats are considered to be a delicacy in the Philippines and Guam, and she would eat bats.
Blame you for what?...
I'm worried about calling Animal Control because they'll try to blame us, ...
Oh, they always try to kick the ball back into your court. See, if they find some way to claim it's my fault then we can't blame them. Best to avoid local government petty functionaries at all costs, IMO.Blame you for what?
Oh, yeah, I was taught that, I bet 35 years ago, by a local here, and he was right.I am a firm believer in the Three S Method of pest removal.
The method is so renowned, it even has a Wikipedia page...
Shoot, shovel, and shut up - Wikipedia
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Amazingly useful articles to be found in Wikipedia.I am a firm believer in the Three S Method of pest removal.
The method is so renowned, it even has a Wikipedia page...
Shoot, shovel, and shut up - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
Possums evolved with humans and are immune to rabies, thus allowing them to vector the virus.Skunks and racoons are the most likely of mammals to carry rabies.
As far as bats, a good friend of mine grew up in Guam, and she is terrified of bats because many carry rabies.
What's really interesting is that bats are considered to be a delicacy in the Philippines and Guam, and she would eat bats.
I didn't know that, but that is apparently correct due to lower body temperature of the 'possum making it hard for the virus to survive. Go figure...Possums evolved with humans and are immune to rabies, thus allowing them to vector the virus.
A good question about temp and rhabdoviruses, it is apparently the possum immune system that affords protection. Immunity may have evolved due to possums not hibernating. The virus likely survives on surfaces of its mouth.I didn't know that, but that is apparently correct due to lower body temperature of the 'possum making it hard for the virus to survive. Go figure...