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Posted by Majestic Tree H on 07-07-2008 03:56 PM:

Well Our Coons Are Still Sick This Year !!

I turn out 7 hounds at 6:00 this Morning (6 fenced Arces) Well They just blow Up the first step out the door .. 60 sec. Later I hear a Coon Squalling , so I go down in the woods and they had aready killed the Coon. The coon had plenty of trees to climb But Commited Suicide Instead.. Well I looked over the Coon and It smelled of Strong Skunk plus it was very thin with a sharp back bone.. It was a Female that had been neursing but no kits around..

This Will be our 5th Stright year of Distemper and or Rabies.. I was trully thinking this was over with..

How long has any area that you live in that had a continuious Distemper Problum ??

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Posted by trappin_girl on 07-07-2008 04:51 PM:

skin one and c if it has worms between the membrane and the pelt...if that is that then it is just something the coons normally have... they do smell a little when u have this! or u can shoot one.... NOT IN THE HEAD and send it off to the state Game Biologist and have it analyzed!!!

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Posted by skyblu on 07-07-2008 05:01 PM:

Trapped a sick one

A friend live-trapped a coon last week so that we could start a couple of my dogs. He said it was sick, wouldn't even raise its head (had only been in trap overnight) to look at him so he shot it. We don't know what was wrong with it but didn't want it around our dogs.

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Posted by Majestic Tree H on 07-07-2008 05:27 PM:

The Virginia State Game Commision Could'nt Give A Rats A.. about it. !!! I have Been around and around with them .. And they Won't Test .. This is about the Time of year when it gets worse . It seems like their looking for the Hounds .. Sometimes they'l climb up about 10' in the tree and just Hang their then jump into the hounds.

This Had most Defenantly been Sprayed By a Skunk !!

Posted by MATTY G on 07-07-2008 06:25 PM:

In this area distemper generlly runs its course in a year or two. Rabies never goes away once it appears..It will subside for a few years but will inflict coons, skunks, and foxes at anytime...Just a few months ago a rabid bobcat attcked two house dogs and a horse before it was shot and killed in a little town just north of me...Rabies when shows up will wipe out your coons for a few years and they probably will never come back like you had before..scarey stuff...

Posted by Majestic Tree H on 07-07-2008 06:32 PM:

The reason I believe its Distemper is that we have seen then come a drank water right out of the Dogs water bowls around the outside of the house.. If it were rabies I dont think they would be looking for water..

Posted by IN THE WOODS on 07-08-2008 01:43 AM:

It must be something you have in the Valley...I live near Warrenton and all are coons are healthy. We had distemper come through here in 99-2000 that was rough but we recovered well. I've been getting coons from Warrenton that have been getting into trash cans,dumpsters,etc. and have turned probably 40-50 coons loose out here on our farms and not the 1st one looked ill or sick. With the hay fields being cut I've seen one fox that could have maybe had rabies but could of had mange....no cases of rabies just yet that I have heard.

Posted by Libby on 07-08-2008 10:50 PM:

Transporting coons and releasing them sounds like a good way to transport sicknesses.

Hope it doesn't hurt your coon population too much Majestic Tree

Posted by Majestic Tree H on 07-08-2008 11:00 PM:

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Originally posted by IN THE WOODS
It must be something you have in the Valley...I live near Warrenton and all are coons are healthy. We had distemper come through here in 99-2000 that was rough but we recovered well. I've been getting coons from Warrenton that have been getting into trash cans,dumpsters,etc. and have turned probably 40-50 coons loose out here on our farms and not the 1st one looked ill or sick. With the hay fields being cut I've seen one fox that could have maybe had rabies but could of had mange....no cases of rabies just yet that I have heard.

My Office is at the Old Station in Warrenton and by the Amount of Coon I see in the Roads their it looks like the Population is'nt hurt'n much !! It looks as if its a Local problum cuz just south of Harrisonburg Va. the Population picks up some but not great.

I may have 10 or 12 coons to run thru the season and I'l take 1 durring the Kill season and catch 1 or 2 for training .. Heck by Feb and March their so Hound smart that I have to set up Ambushes to get them treed .. lol

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