So...any advice on how to take care of this rabbit long enough to nurse her back to health would be much appreciated...and any comments like "kill it" or "bash in its head," while they might amuse you, I will ignore. Just so you know. Thank you.
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Kennatsu thought about the meaning of life:
Get a needle. Heat it up a bit, then touch the tick with it. The tick will pull its head out at which point you can just grab it.
Really? Awesome! Only, I hope the rabbit doesn't freak out and manage to stab herself...ugh, why am I such a loving person? Why couldn't I just set it loose again like a NORMAL person?!
And I don't think you can really take care of a wild rabbit at home. You might need to call a professional.
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nem-x had this to say about Pirotess:
Kill it and bash its head in. In that order.And I don't think you can really take care of a wild rabbit at home. You might need to call a professional.
I don't know, I sort of have a penchant for nursing wild animals back to health. Doves, gophers, snakes, frogs, even a litter of mice once...but this is my first rabbit.
I can just see the vet's face now... "You want me to give this...wild animal...a check up?!" Haha...ahem.
Chemical irritants or heated needles don't make the ticks pull their head out, by the way. They make the ticks produce more toxin-filled fluids. Don't touch the tick with your bare hands, either, a tick is a vector for disease. Treat it as the biological hazard that it is.
My advice would be to be rid of the rabbit, which is almost certain to die anyway, and give your cats some anti-tick medicine.
If you try to 'care' for it, you may end up just needlessly torturing it (not on purpose) which is just cruel. =( EviIEdwin fucked around with this message on 04-18-2005 at 02:31 AM.
If the sky were to suddenly open up, there would be no law, there would be no rule. There would only be you and your memories.
Take its hind legs in one hand and the head in the other. When you twist the head backwards, immediately pull downward with the other hand to stretch the neck. It should break rather easily and the rabbit should only be in pain for a few seconds.
The rabbit population is hardly in danger and it'll probably get killed in some other terrible manner eventually.
Unless you plan to keep it. Then see a professional for advice on how to take care of your new baby rabbit.
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Matilda Jane spewed forth this undeniable truth:
It sounds to me like this rabbit wants to die and you're prolonging its suffering.Take its hind legs in one hand and the head in the other. When you twist the head backwards, immediately pull downward with the other hand to stretch the neck. It should break rather easily and the rabbit should only be in pain for a few seconds.
The rabbit population is hardly in danger and it'll probably get killed in some other terrible manner eventually.
Unless you plan to keep it. Then see a professional for advice on how to take care of your new baby rabbit.
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Matilda Jane was listening to Cher while typing:
It sounds to me like this rabbit wants to die and you're prolonging its suffering.Take its hind legs in one hand and the head in the other. When you twist the head backwards, immediately pull downward with the other hand to stretch the neck. It should break rather easily and the rabbit should only be in pain for a few seconds.
The rabbit population is hardly in danger and it'll probably get killed in some other terrible manner eventually.
Unless you plan to keep it. Then see a professional for advice on how to take care of your new baby rabbit.
Ah. The only problem with that is if you have them hanging by their back legs, they scream. 
Kait's the kind of person who would probably melt at said scream and be unable to do it. 
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How.... Matilda Jane.... uughhhhhh:
Take its hind legs in one hand and the head in the other. When you twist the head backwards, immediately pull downward with the other hand to stretch the neck. It should break rather easily and the rabbit should only be in pain for a few seconds.
Do you mean twist the head like you would swivel your own, or do you mean fold it back over onto the body or a combination of both?
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Fizodeth had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
Do you mean twist the head like you would swivel your own, or do you mean fold it back over onto the body or a combination of both?
I suppose I should have used bend. Pull it backwards over the body.
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Matilda Jane had this to say about the Spice Girls:
I suppose I should have used bend. Pull it backwards over the body.
Thanks for clearing that up, I'll file that information for future use.
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`Doc obviously shouldn't have said:
Also, ticks supposedly carry lyme disease (ask Pved, he seems to have insight on this point).
They do. It is a serious problem for house hold pets sometimes. DrPaintThinner fucked around with this message on 04-18-2005 at 07:05 AM.
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`Doc had this to say about pies:
Coat ticks in vaseline. This cuts off their air supply. Once they suffocate, they're much easier to remove. Apply disinfectant afterwards. This is the advice I was given just in case a tick ever attached itself to me while I was walking through the woods. Also, ticks supposedly carry lyme disease (ask Pved, he seems to have insight on this point).
Suffocation will cause the tick to panic, emptying it's stomach into it's victim. Tarquinn fucked around with this message on 04-18-2005 at 07:53 AM.
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quote:Good thing I never got bitten by a tick, then.
Pvednes needs to hitch a ride with a Vogon constructor fleet.
Vaseline counts under the 'chemical irritant' category. Don't do it!
Kaglaaz How'ler fucked around with this message on 04-18-2005 at 10:27 AM.
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How.... Mod.... uughhhhhh:
Ticks here are pretty dangerous as carriers of disease if you don't get regular shots against whatever illness it was they carry.
Hirnhautentzündung (Meningitis).
It's going to die either way; might as well make it quick.
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This one time, at Pvednes camp:
.... Don't touch the tick with your bare hands, either, a tick is a vector for disease. Treat it as the biological hazard that it is.....
Usally I just pulll the little suckers out with a knife and my hands, god knows how many deer ticks I pulled out this way.
....Save the tick in a small covered cup of some sort, bring it in to the vet/doc, I am pretty sure they will not mind testing it, most in my area have nor problems.
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Peter thought about the meaning of life:
Usally I just pulll the little suckers out with a knife and my hands, god knows how many deer ticks I pulled out this way.....Save the tick in a small covered cup of some sort, bring it in to the vet/doc, I am pretty sure they will not mind testing it, most in my area have nor problems.
Well, in future use a pair of tweezers and some alcohol, and you won't have to get it tested.
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This one time, at Matilda Jane camp:
It sounds to me like this rabbit wants to die and you're prolonging its suffering.Take its hind legs in one hand and the head in the other. When you twist the head backwards, immediately pull downward with the other hand to stretch the neck. It should break rather easily and the rabbit should only be in pain for a few seconds.
The rabbit population is hardly in danger and it'll probably get killed in some other terrible manner eventually.
Unless you plan to keep it. Then see a professional for advice on how to take care of your new baby rabbit.
I want you... badly... in the naughty way.
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A sleep deprived nem-x stammered:
vroooom vroooom
Holy fuck, thanks for that
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Kait's fortune cookie read:
Holy fuck, thanks for that
np duder
quote:That's a creepy optical illusion. It looks like the rabbit is moving faster than the racecar.
nem-x really knows where their towel is...
vroooom vroooom
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This one time, at `Doc camp:
That's a creepy optical illusion. It looks like the rabbit is moving faster than the racecar.
Looks to me like he wasn't moving quite fast enough.
Sucks though, rabbits are pretty cool
To remove a tick, grab hold of the tick with a pair of flat tweezers (or your thumb and index finger) and twist the tick, either clockwise or counterclockwise, to remove it.
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Kait said this about your mom:
I can just see the vet's face now... "You want me to give this...wild animal...a check up?!" Haha...ahem.
on the contrary. vets are very much used to doing this sort of thing, people bring wildlife they find and want to save into the vets often often, ive seen it. and ive done it.
Maradon! fucked around with this message on 04-20-2005 at 07:22 PM.
