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For anyone making it this far: if you need to catch a wild animal in your home, throw a blanket on it, then throw another blanket on that, and one more if you n
by jvanderbot 2y ago
For anyone making it this far: if you need to catch a wild animal in your home, throw a blanket on it, then throw another blanket on that, and one more if you need to.
Best to use thick quilts that block light. Moving blankets are perfect.
For whatever reason almost all animals will freeze when they are entrapped but not in pain and blankets rarely will injure.
I have done this one rabbits, lizards, mice, and birds.
- cma 2y agoI think there's no way to test the bat for rabies without them breaking open its head. That was why they had to kill that guy's squirrel recently after it bit the person who worked for the government.
- xkqd 2y agoAfter a potential exposure myself the state’s protocol was to capture and monitor the animal. If it displayed symptoms or died, it was assumed positive for my vaccination purposes and would then be tested to confirm. If it didn’t display any symptoms or die, immunization would be held off. Apparently this depends on the animal you were exposed to and rabies incidence rates in the vector in the geographic area. In my case, the animal died 2 days later and caused quite a headache.
- nytesky 2y agoThey recommend getting immunoglobulin within 24 hours. Waiting 5 days seems to add risk the vaccine won’t be effective?
- xkqd 2y agoThat was my previous understanding too, but this was the protocol of a large healthcare system. Their logic was that only symptomatic animals can spread rabies, and once symptomatic they tend to die within a week and display obvious symptoms even earlier. I guess the risk of delaying 5 days is extremely low, or perhaps nonexistent. At least with immediately recognized contact?
- tzs 2y agoThey did not have to kill the squirrel [1]. First, rabies is extremely rare in squirrels and there are no documented cases of squirrel to human rabies transmission in the US ever. Second, if a squirrel (or raccoon) does have rabies it will show symptoms within 10 days and die not too long after. The guy had the squirrel for seven years and had the raccoon for much longer than 10 days. [1] https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/rabies-expert-says-nyss-own-data-reveal-why-it-was-insane-to-kill-decapitate-pnut-the-squirrel/ https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/rabies-expert-says-nys...
- cultofmetatron 2y ago> if a squirrel (or raccoon) does have rabies it will show symptoms within 10 days and die not too long after. tThat sounds like a relatively rapid way of testing if someone has rabies to me. have em bite a squirrel and in 7 days, you know if you need the shots!
- left-struck 2y agoI know you’re joking but to be clear, if they have symptoms they wouldn’t need a shot, it’s too late.
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- Der_Einzige 2y agoThat squirrels death was just like the death of the gorilla in the Cincinnati zoo or of that lion on that it merged multiple realities together and profoundly changed our history. Harris won the election in the reality where that squirrel is still alive.
- tourmalinetaco 2y agoI still find it interesting that, at all times, a squirrel ran behind her in her first public appearance after the election, her concession speech.
- jvanderbot 2y agoRegardless of what you do after you catch it, this is a wonderful way to catch an animal in your home.
- arcastroe 2y agoIf saliva transfers from a rabid animal onto the blanket, is machine-washing it sufficient to prevent later exposure? or do you just have to throw the blanket away afterwards?