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Rural/Farm Life

hlthe2b

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3. Call your county or state public health department. Do not destroy the head whatever you do so that

Reply to samnsara (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2020, 06:37 AM

Jul 2020

rabies testing can be conducted. DO NOT throw them out in the woods where other animals could become infected through scavaging! You may well be propagating the disease if it is rabies. Wear gloves and bag the animal carcass in two layers of plastic and place on ice in a cooler until Public Health can get animal control or another official to collect it.

Do it ASAP.

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I had a sick bat on my deck and NO one could tell me what to do... [View all] samnsara Jul 2020 OP

Local vector control DonaldsRump Jul 2020 #1

Send the bats to WADDL mrs_p Jul 2020 #2

Call your county or state public health department. Do not destroy the head whatever you do so that hlthe2b Jul 2020 #3

another possibility is animal control Kali Jul 2020 #4

Get a tall ladder Bayard Jul 2020 #5

that was hubbys suggestion but there are pups in there so we may have to.. samnsara Jul 2020 #8

If they have been 2naSalit Jul 2020 #6

yes!.. i have heard of those vents and once we get a bat house hung thats what we will do.. samnsara Jul 2020 #10

They might be eating fruit that has been sprayed with poison--insecticides, fungicides, or japple Jul 2020 #7

i thought of that as well but im not in an area where theres any kind of fruit or produce..just hay. samnsara Jul 2020 #11

UPDATE...since we found another one... samnsara Jul 2020 #9