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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2011, 07:59:34 PM »
Quote from: Jeremy Fisher on May 12, 2011, 07:55:11 PM
Quote from: Callaway on May 12, 2011, 07:52:34 PM

I didn't know that squirrels couldn't carry rabies.


It is possible, but very rare.  They are usually too fragile to survive the bite that would transmit the disease.

Any animal can carry rabies, yes, it is rare in certain animals.  But, I have been witness  to animal attacks aftermath, and we automatically have to assume they have rabies and act accordingly. 
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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2011, 08:00:51 PM »
My aunt used to feed squirrels in the garden, and they would come up to the back door and eat out of her hand. One of them was an albino, and it bit her :laugh:

They were good fun.
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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #17 on: May 12, 2011, 08:06:39 PM »
I've hand fed chipmunks before.  And nearly got bit, it thought my finger was a peanut or something I guess. 
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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #18 on: May 12, 2011, 08:11:42 PM »
Quote from: Psychophant on May 12, 2011, 08:06:39 PM
I've hand fed chipmunks before.  And nearly got bit, it thought my finger was a peanut or something I guess. 

It thought you were tasty?  :P
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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #19 on: May 12, 2011, 08:12:32 PM »
I had a pet squirrel named Mr. Kaufman when I was a teenager.  I caught it barehanded.  It was sitting on the top of a chain link fence gnawing on an old dog bone.  It probably had been someone's pet and gotten out because while he did bite me, he was basically very tame.
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« Reply #20 on: May 13, 2011, 12:08:27 AM »
Squirrels can be disease vectors and the squirrel should have been calmly taken fron the little girl. http://atlantasquirrelremoval.us/common-squirrel-diseases/ When I was visiting Blanding Utah in 1996 the local newspaper had a story of a local man who died from septicemic plague that got into his blood stream while he was skinning a Prairie Dog. Just the plague vaccination can make a person miserable.
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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #21 on: May 13, 2011, 04:52:23 AM »
I've just had a thought, when you butcher game such as hares and pheasants and for some people squirrels you're handling it for hours. And those animals have been running around god knows where. But a dead animal being carried for a few minutes is dangerous.  :dunno:
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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #22 on: May 13, 2011, 05:29:24 AM »
Quote from: Enos on May 13, 2011, 04:52:23 AM
I've just had a thought, when you butcher game such as hares and pheasants and for some people squirrels you're handling it for hours. And those animals have been running around god knows where. But a dead animal being carried for a few minutes is dangerous.  :dunno:

I have never butchered a rabbit or a squirrel, but I doubt that it takes more than a few minutes to skin and gut one.
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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #23 on: May 13, 2011, 07:50:21 AM »
Eh.  I have spent a LOT of time handling dead animals.  I'm okay.  Sure, there are always worst case scenarios, but I still stand by my original assertion that I would let my kid explore in the short term  My wife on the other hand, well I just hope she isn't home at the time :)
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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #24 on: May 13, 2011, 10:24:52 AM »
Even though I majored in biology and did my share of work with animals they were not my thing I was a plant guy.  Part of my reaction is probably due to having a heath inspector for a grandfather who put the fear of germs in us all at early ages
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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #25 on: May 13, 2011, 12:33:12 PM »
Quote from: PPK on May 13, 2011, 12:08:27 AM
Squirrels can be disease vectors and the squirrel should have been calmly taken fron the little girl. http://atlantasquirrelremoval.us/common-squirrel-diseases/ When I was visiting Blanding Utah in 1996 the local newspaper had a story of a local man who died from septicemic plague that got into his blood stream while he was skinning a Prairie Dog. Just the plague vaccination can make a person miserable.

That's true, but I thought somewhere in the video they said it had been killed by a dog.  That would minimize the possibility of that particular squirrel having a communicable disease.  And it's in a habited area.  I would imagine those diseases are slightly more prevalent in the wild.

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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #26 on: May 13, 2011, 01:23:55 PM »
Quote from: Jeremy Fisher on May 13, 2011, 07:50:21 AM
Eh.  I have spent a LOT of time handling dead animals.  I'm okay.  Sure, there are always worst case scenarios, but I still stand by my original assertion that I would let my kid explore in the short term  My wife on the other hand, well I just hope she isn't home at the time :)

What would she do, sterilize the little one's hands with that alcohol based hand sanitizer after she was done freaking out?

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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #27 on: May 13, 2011, 02:16:53 PM »
I keep thinking this says "Kit playing with dead squirrel"

For some reason I'm never surprised
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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #28 on: May 13, 2011, 02:19:04 PM »
Quote from: Callaway on May 13, 2011, 01:23:55 PM
Quote from: Jeremy Fisher on May 13, 2011, 07:50:21 AM
Eh.  I have spent a LOT of time handling dead animals.  I'm okay.  Sure, there are always worst case scenarios, but I still stand by my original assertion that I would let my kid explore in the short term  My wife on the other hand, well I just hope she isn't home at the time :)

What would she do, sterilize the little one's hands with that alcohol based hand sanitizer after she was done freaking out?



In her current state of morning sickness, I think she would run to the nearest bush and yak.
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Re: Kid playing with dead squirrel
« Reply #29 on: May 13, 2011, 02:20:51 PM »
how many moths is she?
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