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[Maro2Bear]

Hawaii doesn’t have rabies either.
When you move there your dog needs to be in quarantine up to 6mo!

One good thing (or two) about “Island Life”.

The UK only has four i think indigenous snake species, and of these only one poisinous. US has a few more. Luckily, ive never been bitten by a venomous snake or a rabid coon or dog. An owl, yes, but thats a different story.

 

[Momof4]

G’day All

Had another late evening visit by our new found friends the Coon family. Heard a piece of wood fall from my bird feeder, yep, Mr Coon sat right in the feeder in the pouring down rain. Didnt have the camera set up.

Now that we have had multiple sightings, I’m guessing we are on the frequent visit program for these Coons. Should provide other opportunities for photo ops.

Do you have a dog?

Our friends dog got in a fight with a raccoon and he had to quarantine his dog for coonz(sp) disease.
Luckily they let him do it in his home and they would stop by all the time to check on him.
He froze the coon and it was tested.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Anyone else post things to Craigs List? We seem to have an eclectic bunch of things to share with others...

A few of my current items

 

[Maro2Bear]

Do you have a dog?

Our friends dog got in a fight with a raccoon and he had to quarantine his dog for coonz(sp) disease.
Luckily they let him do it in his home and they would stop by all the time to check on him.
He froze the coon and it was tested.

No, no dog friends.

 

[Yvonne G]

Makes me want to call you!! Too bad I hate speaking on the phone — I feel I sound better in writing [emoji4]

You hate speaking on the phone? ME TOO!!! We have so much in common!

 

[Yvonne G]

Congrats on your rain! [emoji85] Have a lovely week, Carol!

We are promised a few days of rain here too.

My biggest news is daughter had her special lesson in the Royal Danish Conservatory (which they offer once a year for free to any child recommended by their teacher). She was the youngest participant across the board, and she did pretty well. She wasn’t shy and was very surprised the teacher at the conservatory was telling her the same things as her own piano teacher. [emoji23]

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She looks beautiful!

 

[Yvonne G]

A soggy good morning from Wales.
It started off really bright and sunny but think the rain is in for the day now. No gales though.
Hope everyone has a good Monday.

Soggy here too, but at least it's not too cold. I haven't had to make a fire to keep warm for about a week.

 

[Yvonne G]

Yay!!! I always enjoyed feeding mine.. once, I had a momma bring 3 babies.. I walked outside and frightened them one evening and one of them climbed the cedar wall and hung to the lamp fixture. He could only hide his little face behind it but it was like he thought I couldn’t see the rest of him if he couldn’t see me[emoji23]. I had to quit feeding mine because of my small dog[emoji35] there are times when I wish I would have kept the wild coo s around instead! [emoji23][emoji23]

I had a pregnant racoon decimate my box turtles a couple years ago. I trapped her and my neighbor relocated her out further into the country. I lost 6 nice box turtles to her that year.

 

[Yvonne G]

Anyone else post things to Craigs List? We seem to have an eclectic bunch of things to share with others...

A few of my current items

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Way back when I used to do tortoise rescue ( ) I used to put up ads looking for good homes for my tortoises. Yesterday I read an ad for a designer dog. They wanted $600 for a jack russell/boxer MIX.

 

[Blackdog1714]

You hate speaking on the phone? ME TOO!!! We have so much in common!

Thats so funny. I work with a ton of younger folks so its text or nothing

 

[Momof4]

Anyone else post things to Craigs List? We seem to have an eclectic bunch of things to share with others...

A few of my current items

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The trunks are so cool!!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Thats so funny. I work with a ton of younger folks so its text or nothing

At work, I found it much better to email with folks than play phone tag. Working via email gives folks a chance to thoroughly do some research (if needed) and respond coherently (with well thought out input) rather than just a “yeah, that sounds good” or “why don’t you do x or y or z instead”. Good for record keeping and documentation.

Phone calls good to say hey, how are things?

A lot depends of course on work vs non-work, casual vs formal, etc.

 

[Maro2Bear]

I had a pregnant racoon decimate my box turtles a couple years ago. I trapped her and my neighbor relocated her out further into the country. I lost 6 nice box turtles to her that year.

I guess i shouldnt make them toooooo comfy or invited.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

One good thing (or two) about “Island Life”.

The UK only has four i think indigenous snake species, and of these only one poisinous. US has a few more. Luckily, ive never been bitten by a venomous snake or a rabid coon or dog. An owl, yes, but thats a different story.

Sounds like an interesting story!

 

[EllieMay]

I've never met any human that showed clinical symptoms of rabies, but I knew one who got bitten by a rabid fox.

@Cathie G Are opossums just one of those mammals where rabies doesn't exhibit the physical or clinical signs (or manifest the end result)?

Horses have to be vaccinated for rabies, at least in Florida (pretty sure). U.S. CDC requires it for dogs and cats.

 

[EllieMay]

More smuggled torts recovered...

https://news.sky.com/story/1500-smu...-abandoned-luggage-at-manila-airport-11654916

1,500 smuggled turtles found alive in abandoned luggage at Manila airport.

I hate that the called them turtles [emoji35]. Can’t help but wonder if the person wouldn’t have chicken out and claimed his luggage, would he have skated right through with them? What a horrible trip for all of those guys!!!

 

[EllieMay]

I had a pregnant racoon decimate my box turtles a couple years ago. I trapped her and my neighbor relocated her out further into the country. I lost 6 nice box turtles to her that year.

That’s horrible! They can be terrible visitors for sure. And once they find something they like, they just move right in!!! It’s nice to hear that you relocated her even after that.. many would not have been so good about it!

 

[Cathie G]

THat is an old wives tail. Any mammal can get rabies, it is just that they are fairly resistant to rabies. I used to be an Animal Control Officer many years ago and dealt with more than a few. Oddly enough we had a bigger issue with distemper that was in a group of raccoons that was on the southside of the James River. One year during a drought a couple walked over the river and infected several animals at the Maymont Park. BATS, BATS, BATS they the are rabies carriers to watch for since they are a prime rabies vector

That's interesting because the person that told me that had a ph d. She said that their body temperature is too low to support rabies. Possibly distemper was being mistaken for rabies. I don't know. That just goes to show that the information out there may get changed with research. I'm always open to a better understanding. I'd rather have facts and I'm thankful that some people care enough to try.

 

[Cathie G]

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You are worse then AZtort mom...

 

[Cathie G]

I've never met any human that showed clinical symptoms of rabies, but I knew one who got bitten by a rabid fox.

@Cathie G Are opossums just one of those mammals where rabies doesn't exhibit the physical or clinical signs (or manifest the end result)?

Horses have to be vaccinated for rabies, at least in Florida (pretty sure). U.S. CDC requires it for dogs and cats.

I don't know. I was told by a woman (with a PhD) that an opossum's body temperature is too low to support the rabies virus. I don't know if they can carry it. The only times I've dealt with them, if they get too freeked out or relaxed, it's hilarious. It's hard to be afraid of an animal that looks dead, while it's sleeping,with it's tongue hanging out of it's mouth.