Raccoon Rabies - Share your suggestions!!

If you get bit go to a Dr right away and take the shots. Unless you can kill the animal and have it tested assume it has rabies. It can take weeks to show symptoms but once it does you are dead.

If a dog that is vaccinated gets bit it is best to call the vet and they might want to give a booster and clean the wound. It isn't uncommon for hunting dogs to run into coons during the day. Most likely they are healthy and just sleeping on the ground...but it is not wise to take chances with a bite, especially if it is to a human.

For most people telling a coon with distemper or rabies apart can be tough. Both would be uncoordinated and be ill tempered. Actually early on in rabies some animals can act pretty normal.

Tim
 
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