Surviving Minnesota!

[holm25]

We had a skunk with rabies hwre a few years back. We shot him, took him up to the pit and burned him up there...

I am wondering what the vet is gonna have us do with the cow after he gets the head? Burn the body? The neighbor said we could eat it and I'm like are you crazy?!

 

[holm25]

I had a friend, now passed, who use to say "Grandkids and Grandparents are more allies than friends, because they have a common enemy, the parents".




Ivie I am sorry you did not have Grandparents.  It is something everyone deserves.  I look back on my fondly and think of them almost daily.  While my Grandparents might not have been perfect parents, they were perfect Grandparents.  I hope 60 years from now my Grandkids think of me as fondly as I think of mine. After all they are the only people that will remember me in 60 years.

Oh Ralphie you guys have had such an influence on me I will remember you in 60 years if I'm still alive. Which idk if I wanna get that old but still!

 

[jerryse]

Thanks everyone!



Jerry coons are nasty aren't they? Over the summer when we had a huge storm there was a huge coon and babies about 3 feet from the sliding door eating bird seed. I turned the light on outside and pounded and they just looked back at me and started eating again. When I opened the door the mom started growling and didn't leave just stayed where she was. So we got out the hand gun and a few didn't leave without a bullet.

My grandparents had one that came out during the day and was sickly looking when they still lived in the "mansion on the hill". The day I was ready for him he never came back. So he must have had rabies and died or something.

Yes they are . I have dispatched about 15 since November . They can use those hands to break in a pen . Coons get distemper also . Sounds like that is what he had . Seen it a few times .

 

[h2oratt]

I as told, way back in 67, by the doctor, the rabies virus the bat injected into me would give me immunity for life.

However, what I have read since then puts this into some doubt. If a person can get chicken pox or measles twice or the antibodies for other viruses wane over  time, there is no reason in my mind to think rabies would be an exception..... If I get bit I am taking the shots again....  

Why don't cow get rabies shots like dogs?

 

[holm25]

Yes they are . I have dispatched about 15 since November . They can use those hands to break in a pen . Coons get distemper  also . Sounds like that is what he had . Seen it a few times .

I found the best way to get rid of them is a spot light and shotgun. I just shine it in the pasture and they go up a tree and you walk out and shoot them and either leave them or toss them in the corn field. I have thought about using our dog to tree them but if a coon gets ballsy I don't want her to get bit.

 

[holm25]

Why don't cow get rabies shots like dogs?

The chance of cows getting it are slim. It's not really that common but it does happen every once in a great while.

 

[I Love Layers]

Oh Ivie I am sorry you never had any grandparents. That is something no child should be deprived of. You learn so much from them and I truly believe they influence children more than parents do. I am growing up with grandpas now. My first grandma died of cancer when I was 6-7 years old and my second died when I was 12 years old and jeez it still kills me. They were my best friends. I love my grandpas but I had a closer bond with my grandmas. I try not to be sad about it because I have cousins who will never get to meet them. I was the oldest grandchild and my grandma babysat me while my parents worked so we did grow a very close bond. But anyways...

same with what Holm said about having grandparents!! Except for me it was my uncle and great uncle... When i was 8 and 9 they passed. I still regret not trying to get to know my great uncle more...

 

[I Love Layers]

The chance of cows getting it are slim. It's not really that common but it does happen every once in a great while.

That's what i was thinking also, kind of like coccidious we dont have anything like minerals or cake that are supposed to prevent it.

 

[1muttsfan]

There is a human rabies vaccination, animal control officers, veterinarians and other high-risk individuals are often vaccinated. Since all dogs and many cats are (or should be) vaccinated for rabies, the risk of most people coming in contact with a rabid animal is slim. Horses, sheep, cattle and goats can all be vaccinated if the owner chooses to do so, and if rabies were diagnosed in one of my herd animals I would be breaking out the vaccine for the rest.

Since your level of immunity to diseases can vary throughout your life, especially decreasing when you are elderly, retreatment seems wise if reexposed to a terrible and untreatable disease like Rabies.

 

[holm25]

There is a human rabies vaccination, animal control officers, veterinarians and other high-risk individuals are often vaccinated.  Since all dogs and many cats are (or should be) vaccinated for rabies, the risk of most people coming in contact with a rabid animal is slim.  Horses, sheep, cattle and goats can all be vaccinated if the owner chooses to do so, and if rabies were diagnosed in one of my herd animals I would be breaking out the vaccine for the rest.

Since your level of immunity to diseases can vary throughout your life, especially decreasing when you are elderly, retreatment seems wise if reexposed to a terrible and untreatable disease like Rabies.

So I wonder if that vaccine would make the cows kick their calves? It probably wouldn't but if it does nothing will be vaccinated. We are probably going to take care of this one and just watch the others for now. We took down the sorting pens and have no means of setting them up when the ground is froze.