Re: groundhog

[Lernermichelle]

That's awful, Belinda. Most vets will not touch wild animals, especially ones that can carry rabies. I am not sure if it is illegal here in NJ for regular vets to treat wildlife? I know that my local vet in MA, while not a great vet, was always willing to see if he could do something for any kind of animal, including wild animals. And I once found a vet on a road where I was driving who took a bird that I had found on the road and gave some meds to get it out of shock so i could get it to a rehabber, and had offered to rehab the bird himself if that did not work out. Actually, that was in NJ. I think it just depends on the vet. You know if we on this list were vets, we would be open 24 hours a day taking in everyone on earth! Michelle   In a message dated 7/15/2006 1:57:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The vet thing also disturbs me, what are these doctors thinking??   The rehabbers are always hard to get a hold of, I remember one time I heard a coyote in the woods behind the houses across the road from me, It was crying and I just knew it was trapped.  I called all the rehabbers and animal control, animal control would do nothing and the rehabbers all had answering machines on.  None of them ever got back to me.   I never did find it and the crying stopped so I don't know what happened to it.