On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:16:29 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
>"Gary" > wrote in message ...
>> nancy young wrote:
>>>
>>> Did not expect to find a possum. I was afraid to open the
>>> thing to let it out, would it attack me? I have a horror of
>>> having to get rabies shots. Then it was in a sunny spot and it
>>> was hot so I wanted to cover it.
>>>
>>> It was a mess. And I learned that they aren't always shy.
>>
>> As I said to Cindy. You caught the possum in a trap, You could have
>> called your city animal contacts and they would have sent someone out
>> for free to take it away. Yeah...caught in a trap, I'm sure it was mean
>> and mad and very scared.
>>
>> Anyway about the rabies thing...saw on the news just this morning that
>> someone caught (?) a raccoon with rabies (?) only about 12 blocks from
>> my house. Never heard about that anywhere near me in 40-years until now.
>> scary.
>
>If you see a raccoon acting really strange try to make friends with it Gary,
>won't you at least try? After all it's not the raccoons fault it has rabies.
>LOL
>
>Cheri

There's a vaccine if he gets bitten, for rabies - but maybe it's not a
good idea