Can you convert that to metric?
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No, because you could end up needing to get your rabies series, which consists of a LOT of shots over 3 different hospital visits, and a nice fat syringe of immunoglobulin right into the wound. I was bitten by a feral cat at my job (I used to be a vet tech) and the rabies series SUCKED, except for the fact that I had to get multiple shots in my ass cheeks by a giant voluptuous nurse named âWandaâ, who said âIâm sorry babyâ while giving me my 4th shot, and when I said âyou know you love it, Wandaâ, she replied, âMmmmâŠperks of the job, babyâ.
Basically, rabies symptoms show up faster in humans, so you could have a human develop rabies symptoms after getting bitten but before the cat gets symptoms. The only way to test the cat for rabies is to have it
beheaded- no joke.
Donât fuck with feral cats. They are wild animals. If you can trap it and bring it to professionals, do it. Otherwise, let them be.
Edit: I know you were half joking, just wanted to clarify for Romeow over there
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Actually, I was thinking that cat was being fed by a common feeder since the other cat in the pic looks like itâs ear has been tipped so it probably has had itâs jabs. Thatâs why I think itâs pretty sick and the feeder may not have the money to send it to a vet.
I could be wrong though.
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Yeah, Iâd say best to err on the side of caution - cats can really contort themselves into crazy positions, and scruffing only does so much. On an exam table you can get a scruff and then roll the cat on its side with its back along your forearm where it has nothing to brace back against, but youâll probably be wearing some thick gloves with a feral cat. Bare handed, out in the open, with an unvaccinated wild animal? Nope.
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Man, I think I told you before I think vet techs are badasses. This is the kind of shit I donât even dare to do if the cat was healthy and a good fighter.
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My specialty was big dogs. Like, 150-200 pound big. My wife is a badass and has amazing technique and can handle a lot of big animals without muscling them around, but there are some giant dogs she just couldnât handle, so theyâd call me in.
I didnât want to wrestle them or make them more anxious, so my strategy was always get them close, and get an arm under them and another arm in front of their front legs and lift them up. Most animal workers are either women or not very large dudes (IME), so the big dogs are just totally bewildered about being picked up in the air. No longer do they have the floor or the walls to push off against, so they either hang there dumbfounded or kick aimlessly while someone quickly trims their nails or gives a shot, all with minimal restraint and little pressure.
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Feral cats are a massive problem in Australia - they kill all the native species. At the moment thereâs a plan to cull a few million of them.
Itâs always funny when you compare Australian hunting photos to US ones. In American ones youâll see some guy standing proudly next to a massive dead elk or bear or something. In the Australian case itâll be a guy squatting down next to a couple of little cats that he shot. Even some of the professional hunting magazines occasionally have that as the cover.
Iâd give that guy the beating of his life if I ever met him IRL. And Iâve done something similar to an animal abuser I came across once. Only thing in the world that really makes me completely lose my shit. At least when you hunt, you eat what you kill. Culling may be a necessary evil to protect other species although I detest and think that trap, neuter and release plus getting volunteer feeders would at least alleviate the problem if itâs not too out of hand. But doing shit like that on your own for sport is just asking for a beating.
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Too large of a land area and not enough manpower to do that here. There are estimates of over 6 million feral cats in Australia and the government is currently trying to cull about 2 million of them. Theyâve invested AU$35m in the last 5 years for this so itâs a pretty big effort. The governmentâs plan is to just poison bait them - leave little poisoned sausages out for feral cats to find and eat. Compared to that, I think a quick humane rifle kill is preferable.
I think they need to let the government do itâs job and stay out of it. Hunting cats for sport just disgusts me beyond words can describe. If dumbasses who canât shoot start doing the same, it wonât be a quick death.
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This video may or may not be triggering, but itâs all I could think of after the last handful of posts:
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Itâs pretty funny.
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1:45 gender appropriation 
Not going to lie⊠its been a real bitch for me not running at the mouth over a certain taboo subject.
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I was told a long time ago not to wholly trust anyone who insists on being called âDrâ. Plenty of people on this site and that I know in real life have doctorates and not a single one is known by it. I donât insist on anyone calling me dr dagill2, and thatâs not just because I donât have a doctorate.
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I confess I miss home so much I made fish tacos with fish sticks last night
They were amazing. Or I am deprived. Bit of both.
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Why fish sticks and not grilled salmon?
Did you use the the keto wraps?
Kid doesnât like grilled salmon.
I did not use keto wraps.
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When I visited SD last year I went to get some tacos and it just so happened to be that the establishment I visited had $1 happy hour fish tacos. I forget the name of the place but it was somewhere in Mission Beach. Excellent spot.
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Some of my professors refer to an administrative person at my school who makes his kids call him Dr.
I donât know who the dude is but I dislike him already.
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