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I don't think they carry anything you can catch without being bitten, so
I just keep my distance. That is correct. They are one of the primary carriers of rabies in the US, but it's their saliva that carries it. If you don't get bitten by them they can't make you sick. The smell, on the other hand... Amelia |
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On 2010-12-21 2:06 PM, Amelia T Cat wrote:
I don't think they carry anything you can catch without being bitten, so I just keep my distance. That is correct. They are one of the primary carriers of rabies in the US, but it's their saliva that carries it. If you don't get bitten by them they can't make you sick. The smell, on the other hand... Amelia It is absolutely unbelievable. We have no skunks on our island, but of course I knew of them all my life and thought that they just produced a bad smell. Then, on one of my trips to an area with skunks we passed - in a car, not on foot, so we were only partially and very briefly exposed - a deceased skunk that had evidently tried to deal with a traffic accident in a classic skunk manner. For those who have never encountered a skunk, 'bad' doesn't begin to describe the smell that they can produce. -- Cheryl |
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Yepper, it smella like what hoomanz kallz raw sewage Anna an ammonia farms
crossed. Burns ad eyes Anna up usually huff to frown ad kilos away if it gets on itself. If it glitz on a kitty, it takes all sordtz of stuff ta make da smell go way and u dont get any pettinkz till it goez away. "Cheryl" wrote in message ... On 2010-12-21 2:06 PM, Amelia T Cat wrote: I don't think they carry anything you can catch without being bitten, so I just keep my distance. That is correct. They are one of the primary carriers of rabies in the US, but it's their saliva that carries it. If you don't get bitten by them they can't make you sick. The smell, on the other hand... Amelia It is absolutely unbelievable. We have no skunks on our island, but of course I knew of them all my life and thought that they just produced a bad smell. Then, on one of my trips to an area with skunks we passed - in a car, not on foot, so we were only partially and very briefly exposed - a deceased skunk that had evidently tried to deal with a traffic accident in a classic skunk manner. For those who have never encountered a skunk, 'bad' doesn't begin to describe the smell that they can produce. -- Cheryl |
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anna owrz kuzin princess, rb, sayz meter juze on herown furz wuz badbad
alzo, OEJ "Granby" wrote in message ... Yepper, it smella like what hoomanz kallz raw sewage Anna an ammonia farms crossed. Burns ad eyes Anna up usually huff to frown ad kilos away if it gets on itself. If it glitz on a kitty, it takes all sordtz of stuff ta make da smell go way and u dont get any pettinkz till it goez away. "Cheryl" wrote in message ... On 2010-12-21 2:06 PM, Amelia T Cat wrote: I don't think they carry anything you can catch without being bitten, so I just keep my distance. That is correct. They are one of the primary carriers of rabies in the US, but it's their saliva that carries it. If you don't get bitten by them they can't make you sick. The smell, on the other hand... Amelia It is absolutely unbelievable. We have no skunks on our island, but of course I knew of them all my life and thought that they just produced a bad smell. Then, on one of my trips to an area with skunks we passed - in a car, not on foot, so we were only partially and very briefly exposed - a deceased skunk that had evidently tried to deal with a traffic accident in a classic skunk manner. For those who have never encountered a skunk, 'bad' doesn't begin to describe the smell that they can produce. -- Cheryl |
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Dat blastedz spell choker done tried at change my message again. OF TO
ready to stomp on the keys. "Granby" wrote in message ... Yepper, it smella like what hoomanz kallz raw sewage Anna an ammonia farms crossed. Burns ad eyes Anna up usually huff to frown ad kilos away if it gets on itself. If it glitz on a kitty, it takes all sordtz of stuff ta make da smell go way and u dont get any pettinkz till it goez away. "Cheryl" wrote in message ... On 2010-12-21 2:06 PM, Amelia T Cat wrote: I don't think they carry anything you can catch without being bitten, so I just keep my distance. That is correct. They are one of the primary carriers of rabies in the US, but it's their saliva that carries it. If you don't get bitten by them they can't make you sick. The smell, on the other hand... Amelia It is absolutely unbelievable. We have no skunks on our island, but of course I knew of them all my life and thought that they just produced a bad smell. Then, on one of my trips to an area with skunks we passed - in a car, not on foot, so we were only partially and very briefly exposed - a deceased skunk that had evidently tried to deal with a traffic accident in a classic skunk manner. For those who have never encountered a skunk, 'bad' doesn't begin to describe the smell that they can produce. -- Cheryl |
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I was leaving for work yesterday morning, and there was a skunk by the
back gate, which I need to go through to get to my car. It was very dark out, and I'm not sure who was more surprised, me or the skunk. He couldn't figure out how to get out of the yard, so he started running the perimeter of the fence. Lucky for me, he didn't spray, but he still smelled like a skunk. No kitties were awake, much less outside (since ours are indoors, we're in much too busy of an area to let them out other than supervised in the back yard). Julie On 12/21/2010 3:38 AM, Mishi wrote: Here I was, minding my own business, coming back to the house after feeding my outside crew. I was walking up the path with my honor guard, Willa, Penny, Walter and Lola, and as usual, they went running ahead - and came to a screeching halt. I was wondering what caused them to lock up their brakes, so to speak, when I saw the cause - a skunk! Now, I don't like skunks, and the cats know to keep a wide berth. The skunk saw me and stomped his feet - warning me not to come closer. I went over to the window and tapped on it; DH was sitting in the kitchen, doing a VERY important thing - holding the kittens. He put them down and opened the door, then quickly closed it. He looked through the window, and I pointed at the skunk, then stomped at it. Skunk was not impressed, and went on eating Braden's cat food I had put there not 10 minutes before. Huh. I kicked snow at him - still not impressed. After several face fulls of snow, he decides to leave. He walked by Willa, and rushed her - she levitated backwards about 5 feet, but luckily she did not get sprayed. At that point, I had had it. I grabbed the floor broom we use to clean the snow off the cars, and went after him. I ran up behind him and gave him a good shove up the behind with the broom. He whipped around and looked at me, then brought his weapon to bear. I rolled him with the broom. He seemed shocked that someone would dare to do that to him, and turned around again. I rolled him 2 more times before he decided to leave the area. None of us got sprayed, thank goodness. However, I think we will have to burn the broom. Mishi |
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On Dec 21, 3:53*pm, Will in New Haven
wrote: On Dec 21, 6:38*am, Mishi wrote: Here I was, minding my own business, coming back to the house after feeding my outside crew. I was walking up the path with my honor guard, Willa, Penny, Walter and Lola, and as usual, they went running ahead - and came to a screeching halt. I was wondering what caused them to lock up their brakes, so to speak, when I saw the cause - a skunk! Now, I don't like skunks, and the cats know to keep a wide berth. The skunk saw me and stomped his feet - warning me not to come closer. I went over to the window and tapped on it; DH was sitting in the kitchen, doing a VERY important thing - holding the kittens. He put them down and opened the door, then quickly closed it. He looked through the window, and I pointed at the skunk, then stomped at it. Skunk was not impressed, and went on eating Braden's cat food I had put there not 10 minutes before. Huh. I kicked snow at him - still not impressed. After several face fulls of snow, he decides to leave. He walked by Willa, and rushed her - she levitated backwards about 5 feet, but luckily she did not get sprayed. At that point, I had had it. I grabbed the floor broom we use to clean the snow off the cars, and went after him. I ran up behind him and gave him a good shove up the behind with the broom. He whipped around and looked at me, then brought his weapon to bear. I rolled him with the broom. He seemed shocked that someone would dare to do that to him, and turned around again. I rolled him 2 more times before he decided to leave the area. None of us got sprayed, thank goodness. However, I think we will have to burn the broom. The next-to most recent time I was close to a skunk I had not cats or dogs with me and we simply walked by each other on opposite sides of the road. He made the night smell a tiny bit different but there was only a trace of skunk odor and, frankly, I liked seeing him out there. The _last_ time I saw a skunk up close I was having to convince da Bear (big black Lab) that the nice kitty did _not_ want to play and keep little Samantha (Shi Tzu who is a puppy now but was a young puppy then) from going after the monster. As the leashes became wrapped around me and the situation got desparate, the skunk ambled into the trees across the street. -- Will in New Haven LOL! Sounded like fun! Poor old skunk, he must have been worldly wise! Bess |
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yeUP, dey kan Mishi wuz vury brave tew tayke dar brum tew dat kritter.
Luvz Mosey " no kiddin, deze guyz kan be beri bengeful, OEJ "Granby" Now dere iaz hoomanz dat effin I hastz spect. O T Mahoney "Mishi" wrote in message ... Here I was, minding my own business, coming back to the house after feeding my outside crew. I was walking up the path with my honor guard, Willa, Penny, Walter and Lola, and as usual, they went running ahead - and came to a screeching halt. I was wondering what caused them to lock up their brakes, so to speak, when I saw the cause - a skunk! Now, I don't like skunks, and the cats know to keep a wide berth. The skunk saw me and stomped his feet - warning me not to come closer. I went over to the window and tapped on it; DH was sitting in the kitchen, doing a VERY important thing - holding the kittens. He put them down and opened the door, then quickly closed it. He looked through the window, and I pointed at the skunk, then stomped at it. Skunk was not impressed, and went on eating Braden's cat food I had put there not 10 minutes before. Huh. I kicked snow at him - still not impressed. After several face fulls of snow, he decides to leave. He walked by Willa, and rushed her - she levitated backwards about 5 feet, but luckily she did not get sprayed. At that point, I had had it. I grabbed the floor broom we use to clean the snow off the cars, and went after him. I ran up behind him and gave him a good shove up the behind with the broom. He whipped around and looked at me, then brought his weapon to bear. I rolled him with the broom. He seemed shocked that someone would dare to do that to him, and turned around again. I rolled him 2 more times before he decided to leave the area. None of us got sprayed, thank goodness. However, I think we will have to burn the broom. Mishi |
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"Amelia T Cat" I don't think they carry anything you can catch without being bitten, so I just keep my distance. That is correct. They are one of the primary carriers of rabies in the US, but it's their saliva that carries it. If you don't get bitten by them they can't make you sick. The smell, on the other hand... Amelia Mosey waffz, ubaowt 45 yeerz ugo, mai mommy wuz gunna hab uh barekid, hur furst, (a dotter) n dey wuz onna tryp, n dere d*ggie, Simon, went owt uff da kar to go tew da bafrum, n he gotted sprayed bai uh skunk n dey had tew dwive free howrz tew git bak hoam , n da unborn barekid kikd mai mommy frum da insyde awl da wai hoam, n den dey had tew gib poor Simon uh baff wiff tomato joose. Hur wuz gagging awl da wai hoam. pore mommy. Hur telled mee diz story. yeUP. |
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ai lurned gnot tew twy n uze da spell chexer wen ai speek en 'Catspeak or
Meowchat'. Nope. Luvz, Mosey "Granby" Dat blastedz spell choker done tried at change my message again. OF TO ready to stomp on the keys. "Granby" ... Yepper, it smella like what hoomanz kallz raw sewage Anna an ammonia farms crossed. Burns ad eyes Anna up usually huff to frown ad kilos away if it gets on itself. If it glitz on a kitty, it takes all sordtz of stuff ta make da smell go way and u dont get any pettinkz till it goez away. "Cheryl" wrote in message ... On 2010-12-21 2:06 PM, Amelia T Cat wrote: I don't think they carry anything you can catch without being bitten, so I just keep my distance. That is correct. They are one of the primary carriers of rabies in the US, but it's their saliva that carries it. If you don't get bitten by them they can't make you sick. The smell, on the other hand... Amelia It is absolutely unbelievable. We have no skunks on our island, but of course I knew of them all my life and thought that they just produced a bad smell. Then, on one of my trips to an area with skunks we passed - in a car, not on foot, so we were only partially and very briefly exposed - a deceased skunk that had evidently tried to deal with a traffic accident in a classic skunk manner. For those who have never encountered a skunk, 'bad' doesn't begin to describe the smell that they can produce. -- Cheryl |
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