tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102312.post113756026178138199..comments2023-07-11T08:14:18.881-04:00Comments on vale of evening fog: did the kalikatzaroi visit you over the holidays?zoe krylovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298797881702007719noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102312.post-1137589565201919462006-01-18T08:06:00.000-05:002006-01-18T08:06:00.000-05:00thanks for sharing. . .well, so, did your mom end ...thanks for sharing. . .<BR/><BR/>well, so, did your mom end up being rabid? did she get the shots?<BR/><BR/>i do avoid my cat's saliva. i just like to pat him sometimes. if he goes without affection then he'll start acting rabid anyway. i always wash my hands after giving him a good snuggle session, which is probably why i'm itchy. i've never washed my hands so often in my life. <BR/><BR/>from the majority of what i've read, once rabies reaches the saliva the animal (or human) will clearly be showing signs of completely losing it. at that point you know for sure to avoid contact.zoe krylovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09298797881702007719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102312.post-1137565778601806742006-01-18T01:29:00.000-05:002006-01-18T01:29:00.000-05:00When I was 7 our cat Lady, who's beauty disguised ...When I was 7 our cat Lady, who's beauty disguised a vicious hatred of all things rodent, caught a chipmunk. My mother managed to rescue the chipmunk before it needed to spend time in the "pet hospital" that we used for such occasions. My mother took the chimpmunk out to the woods to release it. I watched in horror as the ungrateful chipmunk attacked my mother, in slow motion, biting her finger with all it's tiny might. I knew at that moment that the chipmunk was RABID!!! I had seen the movie To Kill a Mockingbird. I found the scene with the RABID dog most disturbing and it was imprinted in my mind's eye for all time. We lived in the woods and I had been warned of the danger of RABID animals. And now, my own Mother was herself, RABID. I knew only that I had to protect myself from contact with her saliva and I would be safe. So, for weeks I refused to let her kiss me goodnight, or goodbye. I had to make sure that she was free of RABIES, before I accept her affections again. She was offended, even hurt, but I knew I had done the right thing.Miss Carnivoroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00946466041548077150noreply@blogger.com