First predator incident :(

[Magnolia Ducks]

Not to be too alarmist, but I would at least call the doctor if you think they might have been attacked by a rabid animal. I admit I am rabies phobia. Also I have Amardillo and worry about Hansens (leprosy). Maybe I need professional help...

 

[guineapeeps]

Good points about the rabies...I didn’t think about the contact with the blood of your ducks and the possibility that the ducks could have saliva from the predator in their wounds. I would call your local health department and talk with one of the public health nurses that do vaccinations. (I worked as a public health nurse and we had a little girl who had a cat that caught rabies from a bat. The cat had licked the girls hands so we had to give her the rabies vaccine and rabies immune globulin) I would explain what your situations see what they suggest, just to err on the side of caution. FYI...the rabies treatment is not the awful series of shots that people used to have to get.

 

[quackiemama]

@Magnolia Ducks Thank goodness I am not the only one that is eeeked out by rabies and leprosy. I have not seen an armadillo since I left Texas and I do not miss them. Yuk

 

[CityslickerHomestead]

Ugh, I’m so sorry your babies got attacked. I understand our pets are easy targets for hungry predators, and they are just doing what comes naturally. But still, it’s rough. I know that day is coming for me too, but hopefully not soon.

 

[CityslickerHomestead]

@Magnolia Ducks Thank goodness I am not the only one that is eeeked out by rabies and leprosy. I have not seen an armadillo since I left Texas and I do not miss them. Yuk

Leprosy? Yikes!

 

[Csparling]

Not to be too alarmist, but I would at least call the doctor if you think they might have been attacked by a rabid animal. I admit I am rabies phobia. Also I have Amardillo and worry about Hansens (leprosy). Maybe I need professional help...

I did actually call the vet when it happend and she didn’t mention anything about watching for signs of disease... I wasn’t sure if ducks could get rabies even.

 

[Csparling]

Good points about the rabies...I didn’t think about the contact with the blood of your ducks and the possibility that the ducks could have saliva from the predator in their wounds. I would call your local health department and talk with one of the public health nurses that do vaccinations. (I worked as a public health nurse and we had a little girl who had a cat that caught rabies from a bat. The cat had licked the girls hands so we had to give her the rabies vaccine and rabies immune globulin) I would explain what your situations see what they suggest, just to err on the side of caution. FYI...the rabies treatment is not the awful series of shots that people used to have to get.

My husband works with a guy who had a bat in his house. The Wholee family had to get the rabies series as a precaution. I never knew you had to if it was just caught in your house. When I was a kid, we had a fireplace and once every few years we would get one trapped in the house. Never got shots or anything

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I did actually call the vet when it happend and she didn’t mention anything about watching for signs of disease... I wasn’t sure if ducks could get rabies even.

Ducks can not get rabies. Their body temperature is too high to incubate the disease.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Leprosy? Yikes!

yep. Welcome to the middle ages. Amardillo carry Hanson's and they root around in the garden and if you root around in the garden after them WaLa leprosy. At least it is easily curable unlike rabies.

 

[Melodychick]

Actually raccoons do come out during the day, especially young mothers, so I wouldn’t panic, but it doesn’t hurt to be cautious.
https://www.raccoonatticguide.com/daytime.html