what does a rabid raccoon look like??

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Answer 1

Something like this

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Answer 2

You can't tell by sight. A raccoon my look and act perfectly normal yet have rabies ( be asymptomatic).

Also, do not assume that a raccoon out in daylight is rabid. Most raccoons are nocturnal but not all.

In any event, stay away from them. Most any raccoon, sick or healthy, can tear you or your dog a new bunghole. If you have ANY suspicion that you've been exposed to rabies, get medical attention IMMEDIATELY. Rabies is 100% fatal and a BAD way to die.

Answer 3

Why? Do You think you see one? Is there a dead one? Is it acting strange? Is it trying to bite/chase you or your pets? The only way to know for sure if any animal is rabid is to have the head sent in for testing. If you have any concerns about the possibility of an animal being rabid, keep you and your pets and kids away from it, and call animal control or the police. If they feel it's not acting right, they will put it down. If it's bitten someone or a pet, it needs to be put down and tested, and the bite needs to be reported. You should also have it tested if one of your pets has been in contact with it...had it in it's mouth, fought with it, got scratched, etc.

Answer 4

There is no specific way to tell if a raccoon has rabies simply by looking at it.

Animals with rabies often change their behavior. Some animals may become depressed and lose their fear of humans, while others show extreme excitement and aggression. In early stages of the disease, the animal may show no signs at all. Some animals may lose their appetites or become unusually aggressive, depressed or lethargic (sluggish).

The animals' movements may seem awkward and stiff. They may seem friendly or become unusually aggressive. Night-roamers like raccoons and skunks may wander about in daylight. But remember some usually nocturnal animals, like raccoons, may be out in the daytime just looking for food – especially if it is a mother raccoon who has babies still in the den or a raccoon whose natural habitat has just been destroyed.

In dumb rabies some animals may become depressed and retreat to isolated places; wild animals, especially skunks and raccoons, may lose their fear of humans; animals may show signs of paralysis such as abnormal facial expressions, drooping head, sagging jaw, or paralyzed hind limbs. The stages of furious rabies are similar to those through which an infected human passes. In furious rabies animals may show extreme excitement and aggression, gnaw and bite their own limbs, and attack stationary things or other animals.

Answer 5

You cannot always tell by looking at them.

Wild animals with rabies tend to lose their fear of humans, but raccoons living near human might get use to them anyway.

Never touch one, even if it is dead.

Depending on the where the scratch or bite is it might take from a few days to a year for the infection to take hold.

Bites on the face cause the most rapid spread.

Answer 6

a raccoon with white foam around its mouth

Answer 7

Like any other raccoon, except it is more aggressive & less scared of people. It may be salivating alot, which I've never seen a healthy one do.

Answer 8

well one that is not rabid will run as soon as it sees you coming. One that has rabies will attack without thinking twice. plus the foam or lots of spit out of its mouth and it may sort of hiss at you. or claw at you.

Answer 9

They usually stagger about and might have foam coming out of their mouth. Or they can just be mean and run up and attack your dog like I have seen. Call the sheriff or animal control to take care of it.

Answer 10

I would think that it'd be foaming at the mouth and irritable.

Be careful with that...