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I bet the medical bills from rabies would be a considerable amount of money too .
About 10 years ago, I was managing a farm and we had a steer on pasture get rabies. It was only after we had been working with it that the vet figured out it was rabies. So I had to get treated. The bill the hospital sent for the first ER visit, 14 cc of immunoglobulin, and the first round of vaccine was $14K. I'm sure they paid less (workers comp) but I'll bet it was still pricey. One employee hadn't been exposed but we were concerned about more cattle having it so he got vaccinated (no immunoglubulin). That was $500 for 3 shots. Dale
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The neighbor saw the raccoon, staggering around in broad daylight, and took pictures of it. And said and did nothing.
What a moron!
Anybody knows that raccoons are nocturnal. A raccoon behaving like that is very sick and probably has rabies.
Dumb ass neighbor should have shot that 'coon, or at least called DNR. What a fool.
Ten years ago I was down in a suburban neighborhood in Atlanta visiting my fiancee. Sunny Sunday morning about 11 am.
I was driving around, saw a guy with his son out in the yard. There was a big 15 pound raccoon. The guy and his son were both holding shovels in their hands.
I stopped and talked to them. The raccoon was laying on the ground, then standing up. I told them this ain't right this animal is very sick probably has rabies.
They said they knew, had called animal control.
Of course, I wanted to pull my .38 and shoot the 'coon. But that is illegal in suburban Atlanta.
So, I am not going to do 5 years in Leavenworth over a rabid raccoon. In a minute I got into my pickup and left.
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I've gotta get the pressure washer out and wash off the wall of the walkout basement. I shot a coon on our deck and it bled out all over. I shoot coons and possums all the time. I'll let a possum go unless he shows fight. Coons don't get a pass. If it's safe, use a weed burner 1st to kill the virus. Then power wash it. Maybe it won't help, but why take a risk?
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Last Oct while I was sleeping (5am, camping) a rabid skunk bit onto my hand between the thumb and pointer finger and refused to let go. It was quite the experience going to battle with a skunk in pitch black darkness. Too at least a minute to get the f'n thing off my hand. Went through the series of injections. Fun stuff.
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I bet the medical bills from rabies would be a considerable amount of money too .
About 10 years ago, I was managing a farm and we had a steer on pasture get rabies. It was only after we had been working with it that the vet figured out it was rabies. So I had to get treated. The bill the hospital sent for the first ER visit, 14 cc of immunoglobulin, and the first round of vaccine was $14K. I'm sure they paid less (workers comp) but I'll bet it was still pricey. One employee hadn't been exposed but we were concerned about more cattle having it so he got vaccinated (no immunoglubulin). That was $500 for 3 shots. Dale Which is why many smaller clinics/hospitals do not keep the vaccine in stock because the exp date is short and the high cost of the vaccine.
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my Granny (central AZ) used to give us kids hell for sleeping on the ground.
"You'll get a rattler in yore bedroll shore, or a hydrophoby skunk will bite your face off!"
Older I get, the smarter she was!
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The neighbor saw the raccoon, staggering around in broad daylight, and took pictures of it. And said and did nothing.
What a moron!
Anybody knows that raccoons are nocturnal. A raccoon behaving like that is very sick and probably has rabies.
Dumb ass neighbor should have shot that 'coon, or at least called DNR. What a fool.
Ten years ago I was down in a suburban neighborhood in Atlanta visiting my fiancee. Sunny Sunday morning about 11 am.
I was driving around, saw a guy with his son out in the yard. There was a big 15 pound raccoon. The guy and his son were both holding shovels in their hands.
I stopped and talked to them. The raccoon was laying on the ground, then standing up. I told them this ain't right this animal is very sick probably has rabies.
They said they knew, had called animal control.
Of course, I wanted to pull my .38 and shoot the 'coon. But that is illegal in suburban Atlanta.
So, I am not going to do 5 years in Leavenworth over a rabid raccoon. In a minute I got into my pickup and left. Coons can get distemper, they will stagger around in the daylight unafraid of people. I shot two in the yard like that last fall.
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OK. Distemper, rabies, same deal, shoot em!
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Sad deal I was aware of when I was in Africa.
A British volunteer was in a marketplace in Egypt when a dog licked a scratch on her leg. At the time she didn't think much of it. That's all it took.
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