tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post272132037215968160..comments2024-03-29T13:47:52.160+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Rabies.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45037933016466396502021-06-02T06:44:03.834+01:002021-06-02T06:44:03.834+01:00Exactly - which is why it is better to continue to...Exactly - which is why it is better to continue to control against the possibility of it entering the country.JacquieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03287866157257492623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-4004853680750421142021-06-02T04:34:49.025+01:002021-06-02T04:34:49.025+01:00Gosh, what traumas you've gone through. I do h...Gosh, what traumas you've gone through. I do have a friend who was bitten by a Monkey in Malawi, and required jabs in his stomach, which he said were very painful. I do understand that it's very nasty, but we don't have Rabies here which is why I question the insistence on jabs. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-29825408919958951922021-06-02T04:30:52.509+01:002021-06-02T04:30:52.509+01:00True, we can't do anything about it, but that ...True, we can't do anything about it, but that doesn't stop me cursing under my breath. All part of life's rich pageant; as Arthur Marshall would have us believe.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-50571237023126225392021-06-02T04:25:33.242+01:002021-06-02T04:25:33.242+01:00Here, I haven't heard anyone mention Rabies fo...Here, I haven't heard anyone mention Rabies for decades, which is why I find the insistence on a jab so strange. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-81557980440849621822021-06-02T04:22:37.819+01:002021-06-02T04:22:37.819+01:00Most dogs panic when you mention the word 'Vet...Most dogs panic when you mention the word 'Vet'. Billy was OK, but very happy to be home again. He kept looking at me with that 'Please take me home' expression. Luckily the jab was very quick and painless.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-7324941353440981852021-06-02T02:52:40.477+01:002021-06-02T02:52:40.477+01:00Actually, they do bite. We have quite a problem wi...Actually, they do bite. We have quite a problem with rabies here and I received a call while I was working for the county. A woman had a bat hanging on her door jamb. I went to her garage and the bat was obviously sick. I put on leather gloves and collected it and euthanized it and sent it off for testing. It was rabid. Just a couple of years ago, we had a bat in our house that I am quite sure was rabid as well. There are two types of rabies, furious rabies (think Old Yeller) and then a quieter form of it, paralytic. In my mind, that's the more dangerous one...everyone wants to help a sick animal. That's when people get bit. <br /><br />When I was in the Army, I was stationed up near the Canadian border. Rabies was endemic there. They had to put down an entire herd of dairy cows, believe it or not. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45562196711616006962021-06-02T01:47:59.523+01:002021-06-02T01:47:59.523+01:00Yes, bats bite people. They even scratch them. ...Yes, bats bite people. They even scratch them. That's how the last human that had rabies in my province caught Rabies. Our dogs get their boosters every three years. We have Coyotes that run our fence line. Nobody tests Coyotes unless they are dead.50 and countinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051116860123693646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-87259219141680630152021-06-01T23:19:50.374+01:002021-06-01T23:19:50.374+01:00Not only have I had to go through the series of ra...Not only have I had to go through the series of rabies shots when I got bitten by a raccoon I helped free from a snare, but I was on hand as a teenager when my uncle had to shoot one of his cows, then take off her head to send it to the lab to be tested for rabies. (Yes, it was, she'd probably been bitten by a skunk.) Years later, I got to take a game warden into a park I worked at so we could find a dog that had been frightening visitors so he could shoot it, take the head, and send it for testing. And our suspicions were right; the dog had rabies. Which is not usually fatal, it is always fatal and a horrible way to go. Anything a country can do to prevent these scenes is well worth the effort.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236941724022074678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-2652892709672450482021-06-01T22:20:27.902+01:002021-06-01T22:20:27.902+01:00The issue is not biting en route but bringing it i...The issue is not biting en route but bringing it in to the country.Travellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02069278767333726796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65586435095236290652021-06-01T20:15:58.915+01:002021-06-01T20:15:58.915+01:00I think I'd just work on the basis it's pa...I think I'd just work on the basis it's part of travelling across the border with a dog. I don't worry about what I can't do anything about.<br /> Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-82600070313605048952021-06-01T20:06:26.528+01:002021-06-01T20:06:26.528+01:00He is such a Good Dog.
We have to get lots of sho...He is such a Good Dog. <br />We have to get lots of shots here because of Mexico. The one I am so sorry for is distemper, the Dog flu heartworm and kennel cough. Many dog get it here because of Mexico plus the dog fighting. Rabies is also here. We have a very big Bat population but they are wonderful and no problem. We have warnings of if a bat is acting strange and does bite you it has to be reported right away. There has been a few cases of rabies.<br />You are very lucky.angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-29963830892466569402021-06-01T16:31:09.315+01:002021-06-01T16:31:09.315+01:00he was very good. My dogs both shake and one is v...he was very good. My dogs both shake and one is very sick when he has to go to the vet. They are rescue dogs and I can only think there has been some awful incident when seen by the vet. One good thing since Covid is the Vets do triage and vaccinations in the field next to the vets, horses, dogs, rabbits chickens are all seen in the field. My dogs are no problem out there. no flinch from the injection. we will be requesting this in the future<br />Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-58138863024360664732021-06-01T14:25:45.453+01:002021-06-01T14:25:45.453+01:00I suppose they'd have to be very careful, espe...I suppose they'd have to be very careful, especially if they have 'foreign' dogs staying.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-64260972455395160992021-06-01T14:24:42.213+01:002021-06-01T14:24:42.213+01:00Here they are only Rabies vaccinated for travel pu...Here they are only Rabies vaccinated for travel purposes, otherwise he has an annual jab for all the other stuff.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-87152082277153882252021-06-01T13:41:46.991+01:002021-06-01T13:41:46.991+01:00There is a kennels near us in the UK that requires...There is a kennels near us in the UK that requires dogs to be vaccinated against rabies before they can stay there. We have never used them.Andi's English Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136573194920355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-66447738902163006832021-06-01T13:40:43.778+01:002021-06-01T13:40:43.778+01:00Our dogs have to be vaccinated against rabies year...Our dogs have to be vaccinated against rabies yearly in the US. Rabies is rare but not unheard of. In fact, we have to have a host of vaccines every single year since things like parvo are very common. Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20285978048306082812021-06-01T13:21:18.335+01:002021-06-01T13:21:18.335+01:00I think Billy will have to have another jab next y...I think Billy will have to have another jab next year, then it's every three years after that.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-39744690960266244332021-06-01T13:20:07.346+01:002021-06-01T13:20:07.346+01:00All our cats and dogs have been chipped; it's ...All our cats and dogs have been chipped; it's silly not to. I don't think I'd have put them through quarantine; horrible.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-2259651027004604832021-06-01T13:00:01.156+01:002021-06-01T13:00:01.156+01:00Here in Brazil dogs have to be vaccinated against ...Here in Brazil dogs have to be vaccinated against rabies every year by law.Sansthinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830251370050922342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-84624874284180187252021-06-01T12:54:47.003+01:002021-06-01T12:54:47.003+01:00At least he doesn’t have to go into quarantine for...At least he doesn’t have to go into quarantine for six months....which would have been the case several years ago. As for micro chipping, I believe cats and dogs should be microchipped.Travellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02069278767333726796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-53350534387883212592021-06-01T12:15:10.551+01:002021-06-01T12:15:10.551+01:00I've never heard about that. I wouldn't ha...I've never heard about that. I wouldn't have thought that Bats present a particular problem; they don't bite people.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14911164368711234772021-06-01T12:12:44.970+01:002021-06-01T12:12:44.970+01:00Anything but! We live in the middle of Brighton, w...Anything but! We live in the middle of Brighton, with no garden; other than a shared private garden. However, the beach isn't far away, and we have a church and huge churchyard just 50 metres away; that's where all the local dogs are exercised. He'll get used to it (I hope).<br />It'll be very different for him.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-50813377207309124472021-06-01T11:57:15.243+01:002021-06-01T11:57:15.243+01:00Your example limps. If someone wants to hang thems...Your example limps. If someone wants to hang themselves that's their affair. And in absence of rope there are cliffs we can throw ourselves off. <br /><br />However, rabies does not just affect the carrier (which is horrible enough) but, potentially, anyone in contact with the raging mad (be they man or beast). Talking of "mad": Do you remember the saying about dogs and Englishmen in the midday sun? :)<br /><br />I wasn't going to mention bats as I didn't want to overegg the cake. Thanks to your reader Tigger it's now out in the open.<br /><br />Anyway, surely, all is well. Main thing is Billy has been done. That your wallet may have been lightened in the process - well, my dear Cro, that comes with the territory. <br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65146327940994614092021-06-01T10:56:29.784+01:002021-06-01T10:56:29.784+01:00In France, rabies in non-flying terrestrial mammal...In France, rabies in non-flying terrestrial mammals was declared to be eliminated in 2001, and the risk of rabies is now limited to contact with bats - so it is still around.Tigger's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829665785202495073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-27241508641528252372021-06-01T10:55:48.858+01:002021-06-01T10:55:48.858+01:00Wonder what your Billie will think of the UK? Is y...Wonder what your Billie will think of the UK? Is your home in UK in a "perfectly tranquil countryside" as well? Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.com