Re: coyotes, i think
- From: sbffalo@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 28 Aug 2006 22:14:49 -0700
diddy wrote:
in thread news:Xns982D6DBE44FEFenigmaempirenet@xxxxxxxxxxxx: enigma
<enigma@xxxxxxxxxx> whittled the following words:
we had coyotes in the yard a couple weeks ago, an adult & a
half-grown pup. the adult was obviously ill, mangey looking &
staggering (rabies in the local fox population is common, so i
think that it was likely here). i'm guessing if the adult had
it, the pup had or would get, it. i haven't seen them again
anyway.
today, i was feeding the girls treats & noticed that one has
some pretty ugly wounds on her sides under the wings. they
look consistant to bites from a canine. she *was* acting a bit
droopy a couple days ago, but she has also been laying some
pretty huge eggs lately... she's acting just fine now.
i need to catch her to look for infection, but, do chickens
get rabies? what's the best way to treat her for infection? i
can easily crate her for individual treatment. any ideas?
lee
Avians do get rabies. But many things can cause coyotes to look haggard
and droopy. Distemper is also rampant this timeof year, and mange is also
taking it's toll. This time of year with lush vegetation providing cover
for prey, is the hungriest time of year in a coyote's life cycle.
It's entirely possible that they are preying on your chickens. But Raccoons
and oppossums are more likely to injure, and not kill.
I would not automatically assume rabies, but if you think this is a
possibility, you should address this to your health department, have the
chicken killed and tested as per instructions with the health department.
Saving and treating this chicken is a bad idea, if you feel there is
remotely a possibility of rabies exposure.
Rabies is 100% fatal. If you have exposure to rabies, and take the rabies
series, you still have 50% chance of survival. It's not something to fool
with.
Been there, done that..was bitten by a rabid cat and took the series and
survived, and lost a horse to another rabid cat attaCK.
Hi!
I would place a call to my local vet first. This subject was covered
several years ago here (please Google). I believe the information
given by a vet at that time was that, while it was "possible" for a
bird to get rabies, it was extremely rare due to, for one thing, their
body temperature being a bit high for the rabies virus.
We had a similar exposure to a possibly rabid coyote tearing a huge
hole in one of our geese. I sewed her up. She survived.
Please don't take the virus lightly, though. Diddy is correct in
erring on the side of caution. We put down a lovely beagle torn up by
something during a night out on the town (we thought he left for home).
Since we had just taken him in as a stray, we did not know if he had
been vaccinated. Vet said it was a prudent move, though we hated to do
it.
Kathleen
Straw Barry Fields Farm
Beefalo
Kentucky, USA
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