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Submitted by Meghann Ackerman on Wed, 2008-05-14 11:55.
A rabid raccoon is making the news on Hilton Head Island. Since initial reports that people had been exposed to him, the case has grown into a bi-state hunt for anyone who came into contact with the infected animal.
The thing that gets me though, is that people were possibly exposed to rabies "through kissing, holding and feeding it by putting their fingers in its mouth." Kissing? Who kisses a raccoon?
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Common sense has gone to hemp! My kids don't kiss any animal especially varmits. Whats the point? Have you ever watched a dog and what they bring home and chew on? That does not include the obvious things they do. People actually kiss em.....rabies aside, unbelievable.
Have you ever watched a dog and what they bring home and chew on?
Watch what they lick. They don't use toilet paper, ya know. Ya gotta be a freakin' idiot to let any animal lick you, especially in the face.
...some of us dont exactly like the stuff that spews from your mouth at times either though we don't call your better half an idiot for kissing you. To each their own... yanno?
...some of us dont exactly like the stuff that spews from your mouth at times either though we don't call your better half an idiot for kissing you. To each their own... yanno?
That one made me inhale my coffee, then spray it all over the computer screen, thanks SS!
Hey, that WAS funny, I gotta agree.
Kiss yer dog in the mouth, do ya?
... I kiss him all over his little face and the top of his head and I squeeze him and hold him and pet him and I call him Jack. :)
G'ahead, Fred.
Paybacks sucks. I've done the same thing several times while reading this site.
Common sense has gone to hemp! My kids don't kiss any animal especially varmits. Whats the point? Have you ever watched a dog and what they bring home and chew on? That does not include the obvious things they do. People actually kiss em.....rabies aside, unbelievable.
When I was young there was a Wildlife guy who worked on HHI that would sometimes have to kill a mother raccoon. He would bring the babies to us because we could keep them alive. We would raise them, come time to mate they would go on about their business into the world. But, I loved them... especially one who stayed with us for a rather long time.
A lot of people don't know that raccoons do not have saliva glands so they have to always dip their food into water. Raccoons also love ice.. which means if I had a glass with any ice in it and took a drink they would charge across the room at me and if they could, attempt to get into my mouth to get the ice out with their tiny fingers.
It's not all that odd for people to kiss animals. People kiss tiny puppies all the time. I give my little Jack Russell kisses all over his face several times a day. (Man I love that little guy, I just cant help myself)
From experience with raccoons I can see where contact could have happened during feeding time. They get so hungry that the milk from the bottle sometimes runs down their face quicker than you can wipe it away while trying to hold the baby and the bottle. They may have touched the "run off" with bare hands and didn't wash after wards, touched their mouth or human food after and spread it?
My brother had a pet racoon when I was 10 or so. He died a few days after falling off my brother's shoulder. I have always kissed my indoor cats on the cheeks and head. After 17 or more years, I know them pretty darn well.