Kruger National Park

[twisteroo]

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He's still a sneaky bastard. I have not seen him for a month or better now, but I know he is still here.
Wait till the corn in the garden gets cobs, he'll be around for sure. Little bastard ate every one of them last year.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Give him all the leftover chicken, with bones. He'll start to prefer leftovers to your garden. He'll even sit at the back door for them.

[John L]

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I'd pet him and let him hang out in my lap if he let me.

Now that one would really be Bright Dear. Have you considered the number of rabies shots you would be forced to take if it actually turned around and bit you?

We have family friends, who once had a pet raccoon, and while it was pretty friendly, it could still sometimes suddenly grab somebody and bite the shit out of them, just for the hell of it.

[PIG]

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what do rabies shots cost in your parts? My girl friend was bitten by a stray dog about a year ago. Cost me R4500 for shots...which translates to gas for a year...


Nah, they don't feed the animals in Kruger...or any of the SAN Parks. They have a no interference policy. Only time they will come into contact with an animal is if it was hit by a car or something. Couple of species have gone extinct in Kruger because of the policy. In fact, in the last few years they've shut down a lot of the borehole filled watering holes. If they can't find natural sources, they die.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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I'd pet him and let him hang out in my lap if he let me.

Now that one would really be Bright Dear. Have you considered the number of rabies shots you would be forced to take if it actually turned around and bit you?

We have family friends, who once had a pet raccoon, and while it was pretty friendly, it could still sometimes suddenly grab somebody and bite the shit out of them, just for the hell of it.

I raised two baby raccoons to adulthood. Mine never bit me for the sake of it. It all depends on who raises them I guess.
I later taught them to live on their own and released them into the woods. The never lived in the house, they lived outside like normal raccoons and came to call for food. It helped when having to release them.

[twisteroo]

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I dunno what rabies shots cost. I always keep at least a brooms length from my raccoon.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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There is an oral vaccine you can slip into his food. Mine were babies when we rescued them out of the wall, so vaccinating them was easy.

Raccoons are carriers, which means if they bite and break skin, you could become infected. It's a crap shoot. You won't necessarily become infected but the chances are greater than if a dog bit you. Fox are also natural carriers. Bats too.
Vaccines are not a guarantee though, only because they are natural carriers, but it does reduce the chance greatly.

Rabies shots cost about the same as any other vaccine. Free clinics are all over the place too. I doubt they'll allow Rocket in though!

[twisteroo]

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PIG actually meant the shots they give you after you come in contact with a rabid animal so you don't go ape shit and try to chew your own face off.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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OIC - i just re-read his post.

Damn, that's pretty uncommon around here. Most times they try to catch the animal first, kill it, chop it's head off and test it. Gruesome, but they don't start giving people the shots unless rabies is a problem in the area.

[twisteroo]

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Yeah, and I'm sure that 99% of us wouldn't actually have to pay for the medicine anyway, at least not straight out like that. So we would never even pay attention to the cost.