O/T rabies

Brad Buchanan · Jul 19, 2012

I have a critter doing damage in my big shop. It is remote and I keep a couple of cats there to control mice and such.

Whatever is getting in consumed all the food stored and generally tipped over anything not nailed down.

I am pretty sure I have one or more coons getting in from the damage and from tracks.

I set two live traps and my question is in reference to destroying the trapped coon (s) if I am successfull. There has been rabies about and if I shoot them in the cage with a .22 can I disinfect with 10% bleach and water?

Any other thoughts or info would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Brad

ShadetreeRet · Jul 19, 2012

Brad, if this is on a recurring basis, ie. night after night, it is not likely the animals are suffering from rabies. When an animal is infected with rabies his time is very limited. A few years ago I noticed a coon in our back yard one afternoon, in broad daylight. I thought this was a bit unusual. He proceeded to climb the steps to the back porch and attempt to open a plastic bucket or two and left. As he went across the yard I noticed he was walking funny, so I called the county animal control officer. They said it sounded like he was infected and on his "last legs" so to speak. They sent an officer out but we never did find him. I asked if there was any danger in handling the buckets and they said that the germ or virus does not live long in the air, and that there should be no danger. Personally, I would still wear rubber gloves and disinfect the trap anyway, AFTER I let it air out for a day or so and try to keep other animals away from it, just in case. If your county has an animal control officer they should be able to give advice. And, good luck.

northvale-PA · Jul 20, 2012

rabies is transferred thru saliva, so is very dangerous.

Mark - IN. · Jul 20, 2012

One thing about coons, if they are living in your outbuilding, they don't mind where they crap, and if they are there quite a bit, I would not be surprised if are piles around in the building, surprised if not. We had us a huge three legged coon getting into an outbuilding from time to time over a couple of years. She was pretty smart, not particularly tidy where she did her duty, and adopted that building as "hers", and she meant "hers". Barn cats and dogs would not mess with her. She was pretty tough. As far as rabies being transmitted by saliva, that part I knew, just didn't know was that dangerous to touch, but I suppose with cuts, well, thanks I just learned something. When I was a kid, we had a barn cat that came down with them somehow, and it went from being an ok cat as cats go, to just absolute vicious out of its mind. Turned out it had rabies. Got into it with a bad field rat? Who knows.

Well, good luck, and rabies or not, coons do not like to be cornered or think they are cornered. Coons can put up a fight and they can lay a bite on you. In a corner, they don't back down much.

Mark

Traditional Farmer · Jul 20, 2012

Coons love Golden link_disallowed flybait soaked in grape soda I've heard.

CAROGATOR · Jul 20, 2012

And I had a vet tell me this. An Opossum can't get rabies because it's brain is too small. I believe he was full of it.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 20, 2012

(quoted from post at 07:27:15 07/20/12) And I had a vet tell me this. An Opossum can't get rabies because it's brain is too small. I believe he was full of it.

Think so too....... BUT, that could be why some folks don't get it :roll:

Think I'd be lookin for another vet...

luv2wrench · Jul 20, 2012

nuttin a .410 double barrel wouldn't take care of round here.....

Anonymous-0 · Jul 20, 2012

Rabies is a virus that is very temperature sensitive, in other words it must remain at body temperature to remain viable.

Dave anderson · Jul 20, 2012

we use to hunt coon all the time. Never gave much thought to it. We skined them in the woods and hunted all night long. Life was good

Dave anderson · Jul 20, 2012

we use to hunt coon all the time. ever gave much thought to it. We skned them in the woods and hunted all night long. Life was good

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