[AT] they're cute but be careful...

[charlie hill]

If we tried to get rid of every raccoon and opossum in our area it would be 
a full time job.  Actually raccoons are pretty nice animals and can be 
domesticated.  They are death on chickens and eggs and can be a pest around 
the farm but otherwise are pretty harmless. The big problem we have with 
'coons, 'possums and fox around here is they often catch rabies which makes 
them a big danger when that happens.

Charlie

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From: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky at earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 7:02 PM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] they're cute but be careful...

>
> On Oct 30, 2010, at 5:56 PM, Dick Day wrote:
> ... cats carry an enzyme ... this is what puts cat bites at the
>> top of the "dangerous animal bite" list.
>
> I wonder if raccoons are up on the list, too.  We now have a big fat
> 'coon in the small barn here.  A couple of evenings ago I was poking
> around in the loft among some stored boxes and hear some rustling at
> the other end of the space. I called "here, kitty kitty!" but it
> turned out to be a big coon.  He climbed up the wall, along the rafter
> to the middle, then straight up the wall to the peak of the roof.  I
> left him along and pretty soon left.
>
> No, I did not get bitten, but I understand that a coon can make an
> awful mess of any cat, and that I'm strongly advised to stay to hell
> away from the thing.  I plan to get a have-a-heart trap from the SPCA,
> and hope to give the furry thing a *long* ride out into the
> countryside from my place.
>
> (No, we don't have any gun here, but even if I borrowed one, I'd be
> digging a big hole in the back field.)
>
> Any further advice?
>
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky at earthlink.net
> K1LKY Since 1958 - Keep 'em Glowing!
>
>
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