Had a very scary encounter today. Always be prepared.

Skepticism is healthy, but Kal isn't asking us to send him money or anything.

Kal, your suspicion sounds reasonable, though if it happened to me, I probably wouldn't start toting a firearm in my backyard. :) It's hard to know, but if you ever sleep on your back porch with a firearm, the risks might outweigh the benefit. Your call though.
 
I do find it a bit funny how concerned you are that a racoon licked your elbow. I know diseases and all, but maybe he just wanted a hug or something. j/k

Years ago, my buddy has a baby racoon that he would walk down the beach in a diaper. Talk about a chick magnet. It was cute as hell, but don't be fooled. It would lure you in with the cute little racoon face, then.....BAM! It'd latch onto your nostril with it's incisors and claw the living crap out of your face. He eventually had to get rid of it.

Out here, the racoons near camping areas are fearless as hell. Yell, throw rocks, stomp at them... nothing.
In a local camping spot they invade when people turn in for the night. They usually don't bug me, but since I was there with my young son I tried in vane to scare them off. I finally tried the Sjambok; smacking the ground hard in their general direction. Boy; that lit a fire under their a$$. They lit off hissing and baring teeth.

About 20 minutes later they raided the neigboring campsite. lol
 
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Wow, I had this crazy encounter with a rabid human.

I was just trying to get a nose full of some sweat meaty smell from its arm pit when the human jumped up an started getting all nuts, talk about out of control.

It started making a load of insane loud noises at me then threw some cow skin thing at me???? Not very friendly and at this point I remembered all those stories of how dangerous they can be so I headed back into the bush.

I’ve heard these humans are nuts but this nut job came out with a huge metal spike then started throwing rocks at me.

After getting cracked in the back I managed to drag myself away.
 
Jaytaylor said:
I found this post on Racoon Forum -


Wow, I had this crazy encounter with a rabid human.

I was just trying to get a nose full of some sweat meaty smell from its arm pit when the human jumped up an started getting all nuts, talk about out of control.

It started making a load of insane loud noises at me then threw some cow skin thing at me???? Not very friendly and at this point I remembered all those stories of how dangerous they can be so I headed back into the bush.

I’ve heard these humans are nuts but this nut job came out with a huge metal spike then started throwing rocks at me.

After getting cracked in the back I managed to drag myself away.
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LOL!!! Good one!! :D
 
No chance of rabies if it did not get into a cut,mouth or eyes.
Less likely to have rabies in KY than if it was farther south.We were put in a rabies zone a couple years ago because of rabies in coons in Hamilton County.I still do not like screwing around with anything I think may have a chance of having it.I am a ACO so my chances of exposure are 100 times more likely than the general public.They really need to get us our vaccinations.
We have not ever had anything besides bats test positive.The drunk racoons we are called out on and put down for testing have distemper.There is all ways the chance of rabies as it seems to be getting more widespread and further north every year.
 
If you absolutely have to kill the raccoon right away, I would recommend a critter gun with a suppressor and frangible .22 ammo. Nothing deserves to die slow and painful. Otherwise, just secure the area and keep your distance. Dont stab it with anything you plan on keeping!

Plus current ER recommendations are to treat prophyactically with Rabies IgG and vaccine if waking up with a bat in the room. Their bites are almost microscopic and are often never found. Raccoons on the other hand tend to leave rather large wounds and if the skin was intact, treatment is up to the physician.
 
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I can't help but think he was wandering back to that same spot he had been fed for all those years. Poor little guy was just expecting a scooby snack.
 
This sounds like an encounter I had a few months ago . I was leaving work and there was this coon standing in a puddle of water next to the road in broad daylite . I got out of my truck and tried to scare it away but it acted very strange ,like it was drunk. It just stood there in that puddle swaying back and forth. I left when some girl showed up talking about drying him off and getting him to a vet. Later gator.
 
After reading a few post here I think I should warn that you can not take a racoon or any other rabies carrying animal to seriously.Their doing school programs just south of here teaching kids not to feed their pets outside and not to go near any wild animals.There is a 10 day time frame that an animal can pass rabies through saliva before showing any signs of being sick.On my bite cases I all ways advise the victim to see their doctor,even if it is a one in 10,000 chance it is nor worth it.I have only heard one one person the ever survive rabies and that was after a medically induced coma to let the rabies run its coarse.After years of rehabilitation they were no where near the same.
 
climbingrocks said:
If you absolutely have to kill the raccoon right away, I would recommend a critter gun with a suppressor and frangible .22 ammo. Nothing deserves to die slow and painful. Otherwise, just secure the area and keep your distance. Dont stab it with anything you plan on keeping!

Plus current ER recommendations are to treat prophyactically with Rabies IgG and vaccine if waking up with a bat in the room. Their bites are almost microscopic and are often never found. Raccoons on the other hand tend to leave rather large wounds and if the skin was intact, treatment is up to the physician.
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If I even half way thought I had been bit by a bat I would be getting the vaccine.
 
These recommendations apply more to Pediatrics where the child isn't quite able to report a bite. If there is any question about a bite, it is probably best to go to call your physician or go to the ER.
 
any coon i see or fox even gets to meet mister 12ga real fast, they are a huge threat to my chickens, ducks, turkeys and guinea fowl so i dont want them around, only once have i ever seen one during the day and it took off fast.

glad your ok kal and i would keep a gun close if it were me, normally my .45 is within 20 feet of me 24/7
 
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It really sounds like distemper.
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+1. That or what's called "Dumb Rabies."

FYI, unless you know for sure the animal does not have rabies, always go for the shots if you believe the saliva has entered your system (including scratches) Racoons eat with thier hands. Otherwise you best not let the animal get away. To test for rabies, the animal would need to be brought in for testing. It's then put down and its brain matter is tested. Usually quick enough to determine if you have likely been infected.

BTW, this is the other Kal (I know it's confusing) Likely going for a name change soon.
 
Could be distemper. There is an overpopulation of them in our area and distemper is the culprit in most of their odd behavior, human contact, out of place, and falling out of tree deaths.

If the market for pelts was any better I would invest in some 'Lil Griz's (my Guvm't MKII is bored lately)...the farmer next door lets people relocate trapped racoons onto his huge wooded acreage and what do you know? ....several oddly dead racoons lying on the perimiters and within our own yard.

Funny thing is that it is law to either dispatch the racoon or release within a short distance of where it is trapped...hauling them off a property for release is illegal:mad:
 
They are tough to regulate as they have almost no natural predators nowadays aside from humans. If you every shoot a coon that is acting funny, aim for the chest and call animal control. The brainstem can at least be salvaged for autopsy to look for Negri bodies and serotyping of the virus. This stuff is important for tracking the spread of specific strains of the virus as well as guiding vaccine production.
 


raccoon on my back porch walking around in circles, not running off immediately when I "shew" it off = dead raccoon

climbingrocks said:
Nothing deserves to die slow and painful.
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An animal with rabies is dying slow and painfully..........beating it to death with a baseball no matter how long it takes is doing it a favor. Not that I would do that..........I would use a shovel to sling it off my porch, then shoot it with whatever gun was most readily available.

KalEl,
We are neighbors and I didn't even know it. I live in Northern Madison County about 15 minutes from Lexington. I don't think you should worry about rabies bro, a little coon snot on the elbow never hurt no body. ;)
 
Strabs said:
Could be distemper. There is an overpopulation of them in our area and distemper is the culprit in most of their odd behavior, human contact, out of place, and falling out of tree deaths.

If the market for pelts was any better I would invest in some 'Lil Griz's (my Guvm't MKII is bored lately)...the farmer next door lets people relocate trapped racoons onto his huge wooded acreage and what do you know? ....several oddly dead racoons lying on the perimiters and within our own yard.

Funny thing is that it is law to either dispatch the racoon or release within a short distance of where it is trapped...hauling them off a property for release is illegal:mad:
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That is the law here too.Kill or release where trapped.Keeps people from moving infected animals into uninfected populations.
 
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