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Any one know if skunks can be vaccinated for rabies?

Truman

Melissa Margetts Ms. Kitty wrote:
> I know we're talking wild skunks,and this one came in as an orphaned 
> baby a couple of years ago. When It was time, we released her here at 
> the house as she is a great mouser and skunks usually only spray when 
> they are threatened or frightened. "Daisy" has stuck around the house 
> and is "fully-armed". She freely comes and goes through the cat door & 
> has never sprayed. As you can see from these pictures, she has 
> obviously adopted our dog as her "lover". We DO pet her and she has 
> never bitten, but are still very wary just in case she were to pick up 
> the rabies virus and become a carrier.
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> http://s330.photobucket.com/albums/l416/wilsonwienerbean/?action=view&current=daisy23.jpg 
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> http://s330.photobucket.com/albums/l416/wilsonwienerbean/?action=view&current=WilsonDaisythumb12.jpg 
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> http://s330.photobucket.com/albums/l416/wilsonwienerbean/?action=view&current=WilsonDaisythumblovers2.jpg 
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> Melissa Margetts
> Telluride Colorado
> /If you're not livin on the edge, you're takin up too much space!
>
> /On Aug 24, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Truman Prevatt wrote:
>
> Independent of rabies, pray tell why would anyone go out of their way 
> to pet skunks? They seem to have a way to discourage such behavior ;-) .
>
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