rabies alive and well in texas
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When I used to live in California, any time you saw a skunk in daylight you were to call Animal Control, as it was almost a certainty that it had rabies. Any wild animal acting unusual in any way was to be reported as well. I'd rather hear of an innocent wild animal getting shot and killed than a child getting bit and having to get treatments (those injections hurt like a son-of-a-gun I'm told, even if they are given in the muscles and not in the abdomen, as they used to be).
4 years ago 5
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If a skunk (a nocturnal animal) is active during daytime it is a good bet it's rabid. Rabies in its late stages makes the animal incapable of sleeping. If you see a racoon or bat as well, active in daytime be aware.
4 years ago 3
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@Kallie500 Acting lost is a sign of rabies dude.
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If a rabid animal is not stopped it is a threat to wildlife as well as humans. When in doubt it is best to put it down quickly and humanely. I say this as an animal lover. Rabies is a horror.
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@Maghiere There's a big difference between domesticated skunks and wild skunks, just like there is between domesticated rats and their free-range sewer-dwelling relatives.
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@veelalynne "I'd rather hear of an innocent wild animal getting shot and killed than a child getting bit and having to get treatments"
Me too. Animals are nice and they have their place in nature, but let's keep things in perspective.
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I adore skunks. They are social, intellegent, curious, beautiful animals and I would love to have one or two for pets.
Unfortunately, the skunk in this video is almost certainly rabid. Aside from being miserable, which it almost certainly was, it is a danger to humans, farm stock, and its fellow wildlife.
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@Ddubya77 It smelt like a doobie in there for a year : ) That is the funniest thing I have heard in ages. lol, LOL
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@Ddubya77 It smelt like a doobie in there for a year : ) OMG lol
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you should have shot it
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I saw a young raccoon in the daylight. it was outside my work but it didnt have rabies, he was just lost. Not all raccoons and skunks that are up during the day have rabies, some just get lost and cant figure out the way home!
Kallie500 6 months ago
@Kallie500 , the first sign of rabies is wandering, which, means they act lost. And the reason when you see nocturnal animals out in the day they are probably in the early stages of rabies. They wont be foaming at the mouth, they wont be attacking everything in sight, they will be.......lost......
cowgirls8 6 months ago
Give this skunk a break-- so it's outside in the daytime-- that does NOT mean it has rabies!! Let's learn to co-exist peacefuly with these animals
aattura 4 years ago
We can't give it a break now, your too late with your oh so knowledgeable information about skunks.. You must start a 'save the skunks from rednecks' campaign....
cowgirls8 4 years ago