Do coons ever shreek and scream and sound like a small human child that is terrified for its life?
I live on the edge of a town and there are alot of hills and wooded areas and small creeks and streams near my house. I see coons from time to time. I don't usually use airconditioning untill it gets close to 100 and so my windows are always open. At night I hear all kinds of things....Dog fights, cat fights, etc. I've heard what sounds like a dog getting eaten alive before, and also I've heard what sounds like a small child screaming for it's life. I assume this is either a raccoon fighting a dog, or a raccoon fighting another raccoon, but I don't know for sure.
Anyone know if a coon ever makes sounds like that?
I THINK coons do. I know that squirrels and chipmunks do.
They sure do.. like five cats in a bag w/ a bulldog...
I've also heard, but can't confirm, that rabies is
transmissable in a humid earthen space like a crawl beneath a house, where the virus can survive..
The CDC says inhalation transmission of rabies is possible..
Possums carry a central nervous system parasite
that causes a disese in horses called
Equine Protozoal Myoencephalitis or EPM...
Sarcocystis neurona is spread in possum excrement..
Check your hay bales, if you have them, and discard any that have suspicious spoor..
They don't call them "varmints" for nothin'...