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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:49 PM Original message |
We have a sick critter (skunk) in our garden shed. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Skunks often carry rabies |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I know. We had a rabid skunk in the yard last summer. But if this one |
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Quakerfriend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wow, Redstone, you are pretty brave. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I'm damn good with animals. There's a skunk (I sure hope it's not |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Animal Whisperer, huh? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Thank you. I only give my buddy a little snack; I don't want to have an |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I am absolutely insanely in love with animals. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Will do if I can. The chicks are about the size of robins, and cuter |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Friend of mine says he saw a pair of raccoons lure a dog into water |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. You sound like a very compassionate person |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Thank you. I like critters. Not enough to be a vegetarian, but |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Skunks are usually nocturnal |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yes, that's why you can't buy a descented skunk for a pet in this state. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. No prob :-) Glad to do it! |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Thanks for your concern; I won't get bitten. Will put on the cowboy boots |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. You have a big heart, my dear Redstone......... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Hey, he never did anything to bother me, and might even be my pal |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Poor little guy. Thank you for being so kind. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Whoa, too many compliments in one post. I'm blushing. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. OK, it seems that raccoons DO go after skunks. I just had to chase |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. we have rabbits. last year my husband threw out the core of an |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 10:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. I love watching the rabbits in my back yard play with each other. |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 11:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. yes. they are. my little backyard is a playground. we live on |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I understand your position on that completely. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. You're a good man, Redstone |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. I hate to say it, but it sounds like rabies. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Noted and remembered. I'd not want the skunk to suffer needlessly. |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. What a kind man! |
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MiniMandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. This may not add much to the thread, |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. They're great pets too, if you can buy a descented one. Unfortunately, |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. We've had our share of animal adventures over the years. |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. That stinks! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
30. If he dies |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
31. I don't believe you can have skunks and racoons at the same time |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. We have both here |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
32. You are such a compassionate man, Redstone. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
34. Arent they nocturnal? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. So what happened to the skunk? |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. Any update on the skunk? n/t |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
37. Anyone who is still wondering, go here: |
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