This sucks! I can't find any evidence of bat poop on my balcony anywhere. There's also really no where for them to hide. The bat was found where it could have possibly come off my balcony where the pup was. She was on the third floor balcony, and the bat was all the way downstairs, probably about three feet from the beginning of my actual balcony. When you come downstairs, there's a little step leading down to the sidewalk. The bat was perched on this part of the sidewalk, hanging upside down. I could have sworn it was slightly twitching when I first saw it, but it could have been the wind. I sat outside to warn my neighbor, because they also have kids and would have to step right where the bat was. When he came home and I warned him, he smacked the bat down with a piece of wood he just do happened to be carying. I asked him of it was alive and he said it was dead. I told him I had called someone to come get it, but I guess he took things into his own hands.
I called the vet but of course they were closed. So I left a message explaining what happened and asked what he thinks I should do. They have an emergency clinic but since I don't even know if her and the bar had actual contact I'm not considering it an emergency, unless she shows some dramatic behavior change between now and Monday. Everything I've been able to find online seems to say that a 10 day confinement to check for symptoms is fine.
KILLEEN, TEXAS 3 Year Rabies ALERT
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TEXAS: Killeen City Council will hold a workshop July 5 to discuss adopting a 3 year rabies ordinance for the city. They will vote July 12.
**What You Can Do to Help:
Contact the City Council members to vote in favor:
Scott Cosper scosper@ci.killeen.tx.us (254) 526-2167
Larry Cole lcole@ci.killeen.tx.us (254) 289-7012
Billy Workman bworkman@ci.killeen.tx.us (254) 338-8337
Kenny Wells kwells@ci.killeen.tx.us (254) 681-4977
Juan Rivera jrivera@ci.killeen.tx.us (254) 338-4304
Terry Clark tclark@ci.killeen.tx.us (254) 466-9082PERMISSION GRANTED TO CROSS-POST**
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I've never lived in a place that didn't have a permanent rabies shot requirement. This upper Mid-West so maybe too many different critters than down there.
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I believe that in that part of Tx, they require yearly Rabies and are voting on changing to 3yrs.
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I believe that in that part of Tx, they require yearly Rabies and are voting on changing to 3yrs.
Yes, that is correct. The state law allows pet owners to use a 3 year vaccine, but some local county and city ordinances have annual rabies booster requirements.
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Killeen, Texas unanimously passes 3 year rabies protocol.
Killeen Approves Animal Ordinancehttp://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=58214 Killeen Daily Herald 7/12/11
"The vaccination portion of the new amendment is aimed at decreasing instances of over-vaccination. "
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Killeen, Texas unanimously passes 3 year rabies protocol.
Killeen Approves Animal Ordinancehttp://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=58214 Killeen Daily Herald 7/12/11
"The vaccination portion of the new amendment is aimed at decreasing instances of over-vaccination. "
Awesome! Good luck.
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It already passed!
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