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Post by drs on Mar 28, 2016 4:28:37 GMT -5
What is this distemper? I've never heard of it before, and how contagious is it to pets. Do they have to be in the proximity of the animal or do they need to be bit? And lastly I don't believe in shooting them with a rifle, I believe in hitting them with my car while I'm running late to work doing 45mph, then having to worry about how am I going to get the piece of plastic dragging the road to ride rite until I get back home to fix it. Come to think of it after I went ahead and waxed mama all over the road the very next morning I had to use evasive maneuvers to avoid the vigil of the children. After about a week of this I think that family tree was cut down, or run over since it looked like they all lined up and preferred to be run down next to their mother. Thankfully I was only responsible for one fatality there, my poor car couldn't handle much more damage to the front end. www.raccoonworld.com/raccoondistemper.html
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Post by featherduster on Mar 28, 2016 7:05:29 GMT -5
I along with my neighborhood watch team eliminated 11 raccoon and 2 skunks,it appears the problem has been solved in our immediate area because we haven't had any sightings for about a week.
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Post by throbak on Mar 28, 2016 11:45:32 GMT -5
Was a positive Dignosis made as to what was wrong with them ..
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Post by featherduster on Mar 28, 2016 12:56:21 GMT -5
The DNR said without examination that it's probably distemper. Nobody really cares about a few dead raccoons.
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Post by hornzilla on Mar 28, 2016 13:10:49 GMT -5
I have been a coon hunter for years. I would have bet money that was what it was when you first posted. Mother Nature has a sick way of taking care of its self at times.
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Post by nfalls116 on Mar 28, 2016 14:28:18 GMT -5
I have been a coon hunter for years. I would have bet money that was what it was when you first posted. Mother Nature has a sick way of taking care of its self at times. What he said
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Post by trapperdave on Mar 28, 2016 17:05:16 GMT -5
Raccoons are highly susceptible to both canine and feline distemper. The will act drunk, lethargic, tame even. Usually have the scours ( diarrhea ) in final stages they go in and out of consciousness , have convulsions / seizures and die a very terrible death.
Rabies is extremely rare in indiana
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