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Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: lighter on September 22, 2024, 12:45:33 PM ---We had a rabid raccoon Thursday in a popular walking area bordering my yard, Retired Nurse's yard and the school forest preserve.
The Yelly Guy neighbor and his dog were chased and he ended up shooting the poor suffering creature. It was dreadful and I'll thank YG and limit interaction.
I do worry bears will dig up the raccoon and spread rabies. What a nightmare.
Lighter
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These are the sorts of problems I'm glad I don't have to deal with Lighter, makes my frustrations with the cat bringing in mice very trivial :) I hope it doesn't get dug up as well, sounds like a very unpleasant situation to deal with. I've forgotten who's who now, was Yelly Guy the very troublesome one? Or was that a different one? Either way, glad he got it dealt with.
lighter:
Oh ...YG is the troublesome one.
I noticed a ghastly odor walking the pug...assuming YG walked the carcass right behind my house and buried it.... not so deep OR it's been unearthed.
FYI...rabies passes mainly through saliva innoculation.....bites. It's unlikely a dog contracts rabies through licking infected blood or saliva as rabies isn't robust outside it's host.
I'm not thanking YG. The NC has been a balm.
Pug had a checkup today...needs a dental cleaning....I spoke, at length, to doc about rabies concerns. I'm ready to stop thinking about it, but for the dead animal smell and fear hungry bears will eat the brain and go rabid.
The doc thinks I should dig it up and take the raccoon to wildlife folks for cremation, but that was a job for last week. Not this week, nope nope nope.
Lighter
sKePTiKal:
The chances of a bear being THAT hungry right now are slim & none, Lighter. Put your mind at ease.
lighter:
Bears around here are active and huun-gry, Amber. We just had bears put down for breaking into homes. Not good, but I'm trying to stop googling "rabid bear" vids for now. I'm sorry I looked.
The bottom just dropped out with hurricane on way. I blew leaves and cleared drains.
::trying not to picture rabid bears AND flash floods WITH COVID in the house.
Oldest DD wanted to come home while sick and is in quarantine in my bedroom. Youngest DD is unhappy about it....her immune system truly is precarious. Oldest DD has great immune system, so ......this isn't optimal.
Thunder just crashed and sent off Pug barking. I'm gonna move the cars to the street and make sure candles and flashlights are ready.
Lighter
lighter:
It's been raining all evening and morning. The yard's full of little creeks. I'll check storm drains at first light.
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