awwwwwww... I followed my new 'pet' back to his hole...

[GarlicEater]

Wow, I just did a quick read on EPM

Makes me even more anti-varmint than I already was.

 

[bobbi-j]

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[edgroger]

^ same reaction

What the hell? thats really gross

 

[laughingdog]

one, i cannot think of what EPM stands for. ive never seen an oppossum wild, let alone any ive raised get fleas (course seen some old mangy filthy stinking ones i want to put out of my and their misery), course racoons and cats ive seen horribly infested spreading them constantly, and oddly everyone thinks its wrong i want to have all these mangy stray cats put down, but everything else is ok to hate and kill (just seems odd to me)? maybe ive just been lucky with every coyote, oppossum, fox, skunk, and one baby racoon, as well as few cats, and some dogs, have lived right by and even under my places and no trouble at all, but most even pet cats from neighbors get a rock thrown at their heads after the first warning of one at the butt. who leaves rotting cows laying around were they are seen and attracting animals, isnt that a waste and asking for trouble (must be neat to see though)?

 

[LeezyBeezy]

Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis

http://horses.about.com/od/diseasesandillness/p/epmhoirse.htm

Opossums carry the organism that causes this disease so it is important to make your stable area unattractive to these animals. Opossums will eat almost anything including dead animals (road kill), dog and cat food or horse feed. It's important that all food stores be secure and any animal carcasses buried promptly. Clean up any spilled feed promptly. If opossums live on your property they should be humanely trapped and removed. Fencing has been designed to prevent entrance of these animals and should be considered if opossums are a nuisance.

 

[Chickmate]

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AMEN!!!

 

[bobbi-j]

Sometimes coons and possums are daytime threats also.

 

[laughingdog]

thanks leezybeezy. i knew the disease, but not the acronym. im surprised with all the fuss, as ive seen more barns with many multiple possible disease carrying animals with horses, and yet no trouble in any down here, were horses are not kept constantly stalled up, and usually just kept out to roam and graze in pasture etc.

id thought the disease, years ago when worked for vet, was a lot more preventative and treatable, than that article suggested (not saying your wrong), so curious if the problem has gotten worse or virus stronger since early to mid 2000s?

 

[proudmama88]

Ew, ew, ew....