Dang! Trip to doc in near future.....

[hotwine]

Very impressive stats, Buckster.... thanks. While I was in ER yesterday, an alert arrived by fax from the county health dept. concerning a confirmed rabies infection of a house cat on San Antonio's west side.

Bats are a common rabies vector in this area.... there are millions of Mexican free-tailed bats roosting in the caves of the Hill country, that fly out at night to find food. Quite common for kids to find an injured (or sick) bat on a school playground and wind up being treated with the rabies prevention regimen.

I'm changing my routine a bit... will wear bibs & boots outside before dawn, even to retrieve the newspapers or feed the cat.... no more slippers & robe. Had figured my early morning wildlife encounter would be with a coral snake, copperhead or rattler, or maybe a coyote, not with an aggressive raccoon. Another lesson learned.

[This message has been edited by hotwine (edited 05-06-2005).]