That's right, and looking at them, you can't tell which it is - but without treatment, it kills them just like rabies does.
-----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 3:13 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine To make matters worse, raccoons get canine distemper which a lot of people assume is rabies and........... On Jan 5, 2012, at 11:31 AM, GRAS wrote: > Sorry, in my haste to write, I made a mistake: I meant VIRGINIA! > They hunters did that in the late 80s, so the big rabies outbreak in > the East happened in the early 90s, almost all the raccoons were > killed, whether sick or not. > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Marcia > Baronda > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 12:29 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine > > Damn hunters!! That makes me sick. And sooo lame. > > Sent from my iPad that my most awesome kids surprised me with, > Christmas 2010. > > On Jan 5, 2012, at 9:05 AM, GRAS <g...@optonline.net> wrote: > >> The Mid-Atlantic strain of rabies was brought to the East by hunters, >> after destroying local raccoons, wanted more raccoons to kill, so >> they brought them from Virginal and surrounding states. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org >> [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Marcia >> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 9:43 AM >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine >> >> I just did some reading on rabies and it appears that mice and other >> rodents don't carry Rabies. Raccoons foxes and bats look to be the >> heaviest carriers. The East coast, for some reason is the largest >> region of raccoons carrying rabies! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 4, 2012, at 6:48 PM, <dlg...@windstream.net> wrote: >> >>> My vet reccommends evey year, but my guys go outside andbecause I >>> live in >> th woods, are exposed to raccoon, possum, mice, fox and othes that >> can pass rabbies on. I am in a quandry, sort of dmned if I do and i >> I don't. >>> ---- Lorrie <felineres...@frontier.com> wrote: >>>> I'm sure the vets make more money by first giving a 1 year vac. >>>> and then giving the 3 year vac a year later. >>>> >>>> On 01-04, Maureen Olvey wrote: >>>>> I think I might have mentioned it to you guys before but in >>>>> case I didn't, studies have shown that the normal 1 year rabies >>>>> vaccinations will provide immunity for at least 4 years. >>>>> Interesting huh? I need to check out that group again to see >>>>> if they've found anything else out or if it actually last longer >>>>> than the 4 years even. I know they were doing more research >>>>> studies. >>>>> Will most vets give the 3 year one to a kitten? Most vets I've >>>>> been to recommend that the kittens get the 1 year vaccination >>>>> and then the next year they get the 3 year one. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Felvtalk mailing list >>>> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >>>> >> http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/ >> felvtalk_felineleukemia >> .org >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Felvtalk mailing list >>> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >>> http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/ >>> felvtalk_felineleukemi >>> a.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/ >> felvtalk_felineleukemia >> .org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/ >> felvtalk_felineleukemia >> .org > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia > .org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia > .org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
