"Frogwatch" wrote in message
...
Back again to ask if anybody might shed some light on this. Standing
on my deck last night when THUD, a baby squirrel hits the decking from
a nest about 45' above, looked dead. Suddenly, THUD, THUD, two more
hit. Holy Crap, it's raining tree rat babies. All three are dead
still. Then THUD, THUD two more hit. I see movement in the nest
above but cannot see whats happening. I notice the babies are
amazingly still alive and are blinking so I gather up all 4 cats and
two dogs and put em inside. After a couple minutes, the final two get
to their feet and run down off the deck. After about 10 minutes, the
first three begin to move. One keeps looking at my daughter and then
runs to her and up her arm.
In the next hour, the final two that were less stunned go somewhere, I
think the mother may have rescued them. The three that were more
stunned we put in a box with a towel where they fell asleep. This
morning, we took em to wildlife rescue.
So, what would cause this rain of squirrel babies? Mass suicide? A
crazed squirrel mother? Maybe a snake got up there and they all
jumped out of fear?

Obama of course. Oh wait, Pelosi and Reid... they teamed up.

On Sep 10, 1:12*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Sep 10, 12:19*pm, Secular Humanist wrote:





In article , says...

On 9/10/10 10:08 AM, Frogwatch wrote:
Back again to ask if anybody might shed some light on this. *Standing
on my deck last night when THUD, a baby squirrel hits the decking from
a nest about 45' above, looked dead. *Suddenly, THUD, THUD, two more
hit. *Holy Crap, it's raining tree rat babies. *All three are dead
still. *Then THUD, THUD two more hit. *I see movement in the nest
above but cannot see whats happening. *I notice the babies are
amazingly still alive and are blinking so I gather up all 4 cats and
two dogs and put em inside. *After a couple minutes, the final two get
to their feet and run down off the deck. *After about 10 minutes, the
first three begin to move. *One keeps looking at my daughter and then
runs to her and up her arm.
In the next hour, the final two that were less stunned go somewhere, I
think the mother may have rescued them. *The three that were more
stunned we put in a box with a towel where they fell asleep. *This
morning, we took em to wildlife rescue.
So, what would cause this rain of squirrel babies? *Mass suicide? *A
crazed squirrel mother? *Maybe a snake got up there and they all
jumped out of fear?

A larger predator, like a *bobcat?

--- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: ---

You stupid schitt, as I've told everybody here, I have a pet bobcat.
I've shown pictures of my other cats, but I just don't seem to have any
of my bobcat, so don't ask.

I would have seen a Bobcat.
I was worried about rabies so did not spook the little one when it ran
up my daughters arm but it calmly got off her when she bent down.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, it doesn't take a bite, it's in the syliva so the thing to do
would have been to wash her arm off with soap and change her clothes
and such before she can transfer anything to her mouth or any open
wound... Just sayin'..

Scotty

On 9/10/10 1:48 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On Sep 10, 1:12 pm, wrote:
On Sep 10, 12:19 pm, Secular wrote:





In , says...

On 9/10/10 10:08 AM, Frogwatch wrote:
Back again to ask if anybody might shed some light on this. Standing
on my deck last night when THUD, a baby squirrel hits the decking from
a nest about 45' above, looked dead. Suddenly, THUD, THUD, two more
hit. Holy Crap, it's raining tree rat babies. All three are dead
still. Then THUD, THUD two more hit. I see movement in the nest
above but cannot see whats happening. I notice the babies are
amazingly still alive and are blinking so I gather up all 4 cats and
two dogs and put em inside. After a couple minutes, the final two get
to their feet and run down off the deck. After about 10 minutes, the
first three begin to move. One keeps looking at my daughter and then
runs to her and up her arm.
In the next hour, the final two that were less stunned go somewhere, I
think the mother may have rescued them. The three that were more
stunned we put in a box with a towel where they fell asleep. This
morning, we took em to wildlife rescue.
So, what would cause this rain of squirrel babies? Mass suicide? A
crazed squirrel mother? Maybe a snake got up there and they all
jumped out of fear?

A larger predator, like a bobcat?

--- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: ---

You stupid schitt, as I've told everybody here, I have a pet bobcat.
I've shown pictures of my other cats, but I just don't seem to have any
of my bobcat, so don't ask.

I would have seen a Bobcat.
I was worried about rabies so did not spook the little one when it ran
up my daughters arm but it calmly got off her when she bent down.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, it doesn't take a bite, it's in the syliva so the thing to do
would have been to wash her arm off with soap and change her clothes
and such before she can transfer anything to her mouth or any open
wound... Just sayin'..

Scotty



It's in the "syliva." Crikey!

saliva

(səˈlaɪvə)

Also 5 salyve.

[a. L. salīva.]

1.1 Spittle; the mixed secretion of the salivary glands and of the
mucous glands of the mouth, a colourless liquid, having normally an
alkaline reaction, which mixes with the food in mastication.



also called hydrophobia or lyssa acute, ordinarily fatal, viral
disease of the central nervous system that is usually spread among
domestic dogs and wild carnivorous animals by a bite. All warm-blooded
animals, including humans, are susceptible to rabies infection. The
virus, a rhabdovirus, is often present in the salivary glands of rabid
animals and is excreted in the saliva; thus, the bite of the infected
animal introduces the virus into a fresh wound. Under favourable
conditions, the virus propagates along nerve tissue from the wound to
the brain and becomes established in the central nervous system. After a
time it spreads via nerves to the salivary glands, where it frequently
produces a foaming at the mouth. The disease develops most often between
four and six weeks after infection, but the incubation period may vary
from 10 days to eight months.

Rabies virus travels quickly in a bitten animal (e.g., raccoons, skunks,
bats, foxes, dogs, and cats, among other smaller animals) from the bite
to the central nervous system. The disease often begins with excitation
of the central nervous system expressed as irritability and viciousness.
A rabid animal is most dangerous during the early stages of the disease
because it appears to be healthy and may seem friendly but will bite at
the slightest provocation. Wild animals that appear to be tame and that
approach people or human habitations in the daytime should be suspected
of having rabies.

Infected dogs usually show a short excitation phase that is
characterized by restlessness, nervousness, irritability, and
viciousness and is followed by depression and paralysis. After a few
days they are unable to bite any more because the muscles of the throat
are paralyzed; they seek only a quiet place to hide and die from the
rapid spread of paralysis. Sudden death without recognizable signs of
illness is also not uncommon. Dogs that develop the predominantly
excited type of rabies invariably die of the infection, usually within
three to five days after the onset of symptoms. Those that develop the
paralytic type of rabies without any evidence of excitation or
viciousness may recover on rare occasions. Paralysis of the “voice�
muscles in rabid dogs may produce a characteristic change in the sound
of the bark.

Rabies in humans is similar to that in animals. Symptoms include
depression, headache, nausea, seizures, anorexia, muscle stiffness, and
increased production of saliva. Abnormal sensations, such as itching,
around the site of exposure are a common early symptom. The muscles of
the throat become paralyzed so that the person cannot swallow or drink,
and this leads to a dread of water (hydrophobia). The mental state of a
person infected with rabies varies from maniacal excitement to dull
apathy—the term rabies means “madness�—but soon the person falls into a
coma and usually dies in less than one week owing to cardiac or
respiratory failure. Sometimes rabies is characterized by paralysis
without any evidence of excitation of the nervous system. In such cases
the course of the disease may be prolonged to a week or more.

There is no cure for rabies. The incubation period (the time that
elapses between the bite and the first symptom) is usually one to three
months but in rare cases has been as long as several years. This
provides a chance to interrupt the otherwise inevitable progress of the
infection. The bite should be washed immediately because much, if not
all, of the virus can be thus removed. The bitten patient should then
receive a dose of antirabies serum. Serum is derived from horses or
humans that have been immunized with attenuated rabies virus; it
provides the patient with already prepared antibodies against the rabies
antigen. The treatment is effective if given within 24 hours after
exposure but has little, if any, value if given three or more days after
infection by rabies.

Active immunization with rabies vaccine should also be initiated to
allow the patient's body to make its own antibody. The safest and most
effective vaccines are human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV), purified chick
embryo cell culture (PCEC), and rabies vaccine adsorbed (RVA). With
older vaccines, at least 16 injections were required, whereas with HDCV,
PCEC, or RVA, 5 are usually sufficient. Persons at risk of rabies by
virtue of occupation (e.g., veterinarians) or travel to endemic areas
should receive rabies vaccine as a form of preexposure prophylaxis.

Brittanica

On Sep 10, 1:56Â*pm, Secular Humorist
wrote:
On 9/10/10 1:48 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:





On Sep 10, 1:12 pm, Â*wrote:
On Sep 10, 12:19 pm, Secular Â*wrote:

In , says....

On 9/10/10 10:08 AM, Frogwatch wrote:
Back again to ask if anybody might shed some light on this. Â*Standing
on my deck last night when THUD, a baby squirrel hits the decking from
a nest about 45' above, looked dead. Â*Suddenly, THUD, THUD, two more
hit. Â*Holy Crap, it's raining tree rat babies. Â*All three are dead
still. Â*Then THUD, THUD two more hit. Â*I see movement in the nest
above but cannot see whats happening. Â*I notice the babies are
amazingly still alive and are blinking so I gather up all 4 cats and
two dogs and put em inside. Â*After a couple minutes, the final two get
to their feet and run down off the deck. Â*After about 10 minutes, the
first three begin to move. Â*One keeps looking at my daughter and then
runs to her and up her arm.
In the next hour, the final two that were less stunned go somewhere, I
think the mother may have rescued them. Â*The three that were more
stunned we put in a box with a towel where they fell asleep. Â*This
morning, we took em to wildlife rescue.
So, what would cause this rain of squirrel babies? Â*Mass suicide? Â*A
crazed squirrel mother? Â*Maybe a snake got up there and they all
jumped out of fear?

A larger predator, like a Â*bobcat?

--- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: ---

You stupid schitt, as I've told everybody here, I have a pet bobcat.
I've shown pictures of my other cats, but I just don't seem to have any
of my bobcat, so don't ask.

I would have seen a Bobcat.
I was worried about rabies so did not spook the little one when it ran
up my daughters arm but it calmly got off her when she bent down.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, it doesn't take a bite, it's in the syliva so the thing to do
would have been to wash her arm off with soap and change her clothes
and such before she can transfer anything to her mouth or any open
wound... Just sayin'..

Scotty

It's in the "syliva." Crikey!

saliva

(səˈlaɪvə)

Also 5 salyve.

[a. L. salīva.]

1.1 Spittle; the mixed secretion of the salivary glands and of the
mucous glands of the mouth, a colourless liquid, having normally an
alkaline reaction, which mixes with the food in mastication.

also called Â*hydrophobia Â*or Â*lyssa acute, ordinarily fatal, viral
disease of the central nervous system that is usually spread among
domestic dogs and wild carnivorous animals by a bite. All warm-blooded
animals, including humans, are susceptible to rabies infection. The
virus, a rhabdovirus, is often present in the salivary glands of rabid
animals and is excreted in the saliva; thus, the bite of the infected
animal introduces the virus into a fresh wound. Under favourable
conditions, the virus propagates along nerve tissue from the wound to
the brain and becomes established in the central nervous system. After a
time it spreads via nerves to the salivary glands, where it frequently
produces a foaming at the mouth. The disease develops most often between
four and six weeks after infection, but the incubation period may vary
from 10 days to eight months.

Rabies virus travels quickly in a bitten animal (e.g., raccoons, skunks,
bats, foxes, dogs, and cats, among other smaller animals) from the bite
to the central nervous system. The disease often begins with excitation
of the central nervous system expressed as irritability and viciousness.
A rabid animal is most dangerous during the early stages of the disease
because it appears to be healthy and may seem friendly but will bite at
the slightest provocation. Wild animals that appear to be tame and that
approach people or human habitations in the daytime should be suspected
of having rabies.

Infected dogs usually show a short excitation phase that is
characterized by restlessness, nervousness, irritability, and
viciousness and is followed by depression and paralysis. After a few
days they are unable to bite any more because the muscles of the throat
are paralyzed; they seek only a quiet place to hide and die from the
rapid spread of paralysis. Sudden death without recognizable signs of
illness is also not uncommon. Dogs that develop the predominantly
excited type of rabies invariably die of the infection, usually within
three to five days after the onset of symptoms. Those that develop the
paralytic type of rabies without any evidence of excitation or
viciousness may recover on rare occasions. Paralysis of the “voice�
muscles in rabid dogs may produce a characteristic change in the sound
of the bark.

Rabies in humans is similar to that in animals. Symptoms include
depression, headache, nausea, seizures, anorexia, muscle stiffness, and
increased production of saliva. Abnormal sensations, such as itching,
around the site of exposure are a common early symptom. The muscles of
the throat become paralyzed so that the person cannot swallow or drink,
and this leads to a dread of water (hydrophobia). The mental state of a
person infected with rabies varies from maniacal excitement to dull
apathy—the term rabies means “madness�—but soon the person falls into a
coma and usually dies in less than one week owing to cardiac or
respiratory failure. Sometimes rabies is characterized by paralysis
without any evidence of excitation of the nervous system. In such cases
the course of the disease may be prolonged to a week or more.

There is no cure for rabies. The incubation period (the time that
elapses between the bite and the first symptom) is usually one to three
months but in rare cases has been as long as several years. This
provides a chance to interrupt the otherwise inevitable progress of the
infection. The bite should be washed immediately because much, if not
all, of the virus can be thus removed. The bitten patient should then
receive a dose of antirabies serum. Serum is derived from horses or
humans that have been immunized with attenuated rabies virus; it
provides the patient with already prepared antibodies against the rabies
antigen. The treatment is effective if given within 24 hours after
exposure but has little, if any, value if given three or more days after
infection by rabies.

Active immunization with rabies vaccine should also be initiated to
allow the patient's body to make its own antibody. The safest and most
effective vaccines are human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV), purified chick
embryo cell culture (PCEC), and rabies vaccine adsorbed (RVA). With
older vaccines, at least 16 injections were required, whereas with HDCV,
PCEC, or RVA, 5 are usually sufficient. Persons at risk of rabies by
virtue of occupation (e.g., veterinarians) or travel to endemic areas
should receive rabies vaccine as a form of preexposure prophylaxis.

Brittanica- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

re·dun·dant adj \-dənt\
Definition of REDUNDANT
1a : exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous b :
characterized by or containing an excess; specifically : using more
words than necessary...

I think they all knew what I meant, thanks for the spelling lesson...

id·i·ot noun \ˈi-dē-ət\
Definition of IDIOT
1usually offensive : a person affected with extreme mental
retardation
2: a foolish or stupid person
3: Harry Krause

Yes, the same Harry Krause that didn't go to Yale! ... even though he
said he did. snerk

"Secular Humorist" wrote

Is this what your mom did to you? Did you land on your head?

You/ve just taken your last dive, though.

On 9/10/10 2:44 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On Sep 10, 1:56 pm, Secular
wrote:

re·dun·dant adj \-dənt\
Definition of REDUNDANT
1a : exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous b :
characterized by or containing an excess; specifically : using more
words than necessary...

I think they all knew what I meant, thanks for the spelling lesson...

Some of us thought you meant Sylvia. Did she give you an STD?




id·i·ot noun \ˈi-dē-ət\
Definition of IDIOT
1usually offensive : a person affected with extreme mental
retardation
2: a foolish or stupid person
3: Harry Krause

Yes, the same Harry Krause that didn't go to Yale! ... even though he
said he did.snerk


It's fun playing mind games on the mindless...and that includes posters
like you. Your conclusion is wrong, but there's nothing for me to gain
by giving you the information you'd need. It's much more fun to keep you
morons in the dark and making incorrect WAGs.

We know several things about you, though. You are unemployed,
unemployable, short-tempered, and you lie like a rug about that business
you claim you run.

"Secular Humorist" wrote in message
m...
On 9/10/10 11:34 AM, I am Tosk wrote:
In article1f8f5908-8da4-4153-ba0a-
,
says...

On Sep 10, 10:34 am, Secular wrote:
In ,
says...





wrote in message
...
Back again to ask if anybody might shed some light on this. Standing
on my deck last night when THUD, a baby squirrel hits the decking
from
a nest about 45' above, looked dead. Suddenly, THUD, THUD, two more
hit. Holy Crap, it's raining tree rat babies. All three are dead
still. Then THUD, THUD two more hit. I see movement in the nest
above but cannot see whats happening. I notice the babies are
amazingly still alive and are blinking so I gather up all 4 cats and
two dogs and put em inside. After a couple minutes, the final two
get
to their feet and run down off the deck. After about 10 minutes, the
first three begin to move. One keeps looking at my daughter and then
runs to her and up her arm.
In the next hour, the final two that were less stunned go somewhere,
I
think the mother may have rescued them. The three that were more
stunned we put in a box with a towel where they fell asleep. This
morning, we took em to wildlife rescue.
So, what would cause this rain of squirrel babies? Mass suicide? A
crazed squirrel mother? Maybe a snake got up there and they all
jumped out of fear?

Did you remove your shoes when you were standing under them?

Don, little buddy. Your replies are getting dumber with every post.

Am no fan of squirrels, they eat all my pecans and make the dogs
crazy. However, my 14 yr old daughter saying "Awwww, they're so cute
all sleeping" means they cannot be cat food or prey for the hawks.
I've seen squirrels fall from extreme heights before and they seem to
be able to get back up a few minutes later and run off. These little
guys hit hard, serious THUD right onto the hard deck, like falling
beanbags.

I think the mom's just chuck 'em when they are ready to leave the
nest... She probably didn't understand the concept of the hard "forest
floor" she was pushing them out onto... Lot's of tree dwelling
creatures do this to their young when it's time...



Is this what your mom did to you? Did you land on your head?


Maybe his mom was down at that police station when he took a gainer off the
stairs.
Speaking of that, saw my cousins son (a local policeman) at a funeral this
afternoon,,,, good grief, he'd make even SW Tom seem small.
I'm betting if he shoved The Freak on a stairway, Snotty wouldn't touch a
step before hitting the next landing.

On 9/10/10 2:50 PM, Steve B wrote:
"Secular wrote

Is this what your mom did to you? Did you land on your head?

You/ve just taken your last dive, though.



Really? Why, are you planning to come by and attempt a break-in?

On 9/10/10 3:06 PM, YukonBound wrote:


"Secular Humorist" wrote in message
m...
On 9/10/10 11:34 AM, I am Tosk wrote:
In article1f8f5908-8da4-4153-ba0a-
,
says...

On Sep 10, 10:34 am, Secular wrote:
In ,
says...





wrote in message
...

Back again to ask if anybody might shed some light on this. Standing
on my deck last night when THUD, a baby squirrel hits the decking
from
a nest about 45' above, looked dead. Suddenly, THUD, THUD, two more
hit. Holy Crap, it's raining tree rat babies. All three are dead
still. Then THUD, THUD two more hit. I see movement in the nest
above but cannot see whats happening. I notice the babies are
amazingly still alive and are blinking so I gather up all 4 cats and
two dogs and put em inside. After a couple minutes, the final two
get
to their feet and run down off the deck. After about 10 minutes, the
first three begin to move. One keeps looking at my daughter and then
runs to her and up her arm.
In the next hour, the final two that were less stunned go
somewhere, I
think the mother may have rescued them. The three that were more
stunned we put in a box with a towel where they fell asleep. This
morning, we took em to wildlife rescue.
So, what would cause this rain of squirrel babies? Mass suicide? A
crazed squirrel mother? Maybe a snake got up there and they all
jumped out of fear?

Did you remove your shoes when you were standing under them?

Don, little buddy. Your replies are getting dumber with every post.

Am no fan of squirrels, they eat all my pecans and make the dogs
crazy. However, my 14 yr old daughter saying "Awwww, they're so cute
all sleeping" means they cannot be cat food or prey for the hawks.
I've seen squirrels fall from extreme heights before and they seem to
be able to get back up a few minutes later and run off. These little
guys hit hard, serious THUD right onto the hard deck, like falling
beanbags.

I think the mom's just chuck 'em when they are ready to leave the
nest... She probably didn't understand the concept of the hard "forest
floor" she was pushing them out onto... Lot's of tree dwelling
creatures do this to their young when it's time...



Is this what your mom did to you? Did you land on your head?


Maybe his mom was down at that police station when he took a gainer off
the stairs.
Speaking of that, saw my cousins son (a local policeman) at a funeral
this afternoon,,,, good grief, he'd make even SW Tom seem small.
I'm betting if he shoved The Freak on a stairway, Snotty wouldn't touch
a step before hitting the next landing.



Your relative would receive a humanitarian award for that.

On Sep 10, 3:09*pm, Secular Humorist
wrote:
On 9/10/10 3:06 PM, YukonBound wrote:







"Secular Humorist" wrote in message
om...
On 9/10/10 11:34 AM, I am Tosk wrote:
In article1f8f5908-8da4-4153-ba0a-
,
says...

On Sep 10, 10:34 am, Secular wrote:
In ,
says...

wrote in message
...

Back again to ask if anybody might shed some light on this. Standing
on my deck last night when THUD, a baby squirrel hits the decking
from
a nest about 45' above, looked dead. Suddenly, THUD, THUD, two more
hit. Holy Crap, it's raining tree rat babies. All three are dead
still. Then THUD, THUD two more hit. I see movement in the nest
above but cannot see whats happening. I notice the babies are
amazingly still alive and are blinking so I gather up all 4 cats and
two dogs and put em inside. After a couple minutes, the final two
get
to their feet and run down off the deck. After about 10 minutes, the
first three begin to move. One keeps looking at my daughter and then
runs to her and up her arm.
In the next hour, the final two that were less stunned go
somewhere, I
think the mother may have rescued them. The three that were more
stunned we put in a box with a towel where they fell asleep. This
morning, we took em to wildlife rescue.
So, what would cause this rain of squirrel babies? Mass suicide? A
crazed squirrel mother? Maybe a snake got up there and they all
jumped out of fear?

Did you remove your shoes when you were standing under them?

Don, little buddy. Your replies are getting dumber with every post.

Am no fan of squirrels, they eat all my pecans and make the dogs
crazy. However, my 14 yr old daughter saying "Awwww, they're so cute
all sleeping" means they cannot be cat food or prey for the hawks.
I've seen squirrels fall from extreme heights before and they seem to
be able to get back up a few minutes later and run off. These little
guys hit hard, serious THUD right onto the hard deck, like falling
beanbags.

I think the mom's just chuck 'em when they are ready to leave the
nest... She probably didn't understand the concept of the hard "forest
floor" she was pushing them out onto... Lot's of tree dwelling
creatures do this to their young when it's time...

Is this what your mom did to you? Did you land on your head?

Maybe his mom was down at that police station when he took a gainer off
the stairs.
Speaking of that, saw my cousins son (a local policeman) at a funeral
this afternoon,,,, good grief, he'd make even SW Tom seem small.
I'm betting if he shoved The Freak on a stairway, Snotty wouldn't touch
a step before hitting the next landing.

Your relative would receive a humanitarian award for that.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, and a funeral too...