Quote from Forum Archives on October 13, 2001, 10:23 pm

Posted by: dabanks <dabanks@...>

Jodi, I am so sorry about Archie. My little Vissy I just lost was an orange
tiger striped too. My heart goes out to you, I know you did the right thing
even though it hurts.
Blessings to you, Julie.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Goatsnsoaps@aol.com>
To: <homesteadheaven@welovegod.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 7:17 PM
Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] Rabies update

> Later in the day after our kitten was bit by the fox, my son went out
> hunting, saw a fox but was unable to get a shot off, within an hour my bil
> called and said he shot a fox that was walking up and down the walkway at
my
> in laws house (which is just thru the field from us) he thought the fox
was
> not acting normal. I did call the health dept and was told to quarentine
the
> cat for 3 months and as long as I wasn't bit or had any open cuts I would
be
> ok (praise the Lord), but Archie was more than likely exposed and should
be
> put down. on thursday my husband took the fox to Penn State Vet school
and
> it test positive for rabies, and we were told to destroy the cat.
Needless
> to say we are all very sad, but knew it was best so no one else would be
at
> risk. This is the 2nd time in a year that we lost an orange tiger kitten
> (both named Archie) to a fox incident. The first time someone set traps
on
> my bil land for fox and archie got caught. No more orange tiger cats for
us
>
> Jodi
>
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