You had to do what you had to do. I'm so sorry for your loss :( I think you did the nicest thing possible. Especially if you could see her insides. She was probably in a lot of pain. Sorry again that you had to cull her.
If you are fearful that you have rabies now you should go get the vaccine. Once it hits your brain you can not cure it and you will die a very painful death. Go get the shots now!
Realistically though unless you were bitten by the raccoon, or had a wide open cut and got saliva into it you...
This is one of my worst nightmares. A coworker recently had to butcher 3 of her beautiful Roos. They were fighting and causing all kinds of trouble with the hens. She was sad but what can you do? She found a home for one, which was lucky. She just had an unlucky strait run this year I guess. :/
I treat all my animals like people, they may not be people, but we are all animals! Haha. I don't think anyone's kids deserve to be traumatized, I know where my food comes from, and it isn't from my neighbors dog. ;)
I wish people would learn to control their dogs though. It's not fair to...
All methods of dying are painful. I can't speak personally about CO poisoning, closest I've come to any death by O2 displacement was when I stupidly left my car running in the garage and got pretty ill when I opened the garage door back up and stepped inside. I have heard of people killing...
I know! So cute though. I like when they go through that "ugly" period of loosing their down and getting their real feathers. We kept our silkies in a bin with a heat lamp right next to our bed at night. The boyfriend hated it!
"peep...peep" every now and then. He's such a light sleeper he'd...
I am a new member here and I am also an "urban" chicken keeper. I plan to move to the country side when I am done with school and have a small farm full of rescue animals.
I am a nursing student (I'll have my RN in one more year!) but farming and animals are my passion. My small city plot is...
Oh my! Keaki looks like she has giant eyes! So adorable! How did you get them to all pose in nearly the same way? Adorable!
Part of me wishes they could stay like this forever, but I love eggs!
Really? I guess I am spoiled. I live in a city where you can get rabies vaccinations for cheap and regular rabies shots are like 30 bucks here. A small price to pay for the pups and cats I love.
I guess every situation is different.
I'm sorry that I was misunderstood. I feel op had every right to do that. I wish people would get their pets fixed if they plan on letting them live outdoors. I just wanted to let op know that I was sorry that she had to do that because someone was too irresponsible to steralize their animal...
That's ridiculous that they put their dogs and cats to sleep. Outdoor animals should ALWAYS get rabies shots. My dogs and cats (cats are indoor always) get rabies shots. I would never let any of my animals go unvaccinated!
That is the most deplorable thing I have ever heard. At least when you shoot them they die fast, but drowning them? Seriously? Do you know how horrible that is?
So you're too stupid to predator proof your coop and then you drown animals that take advantage of your low IQ.
Don't worry, you'll...