Has anyone else seen mangey/sickly animals around CT?

Submitted by catboy_goes_nyaa t3_11em09c in Connecticut

It is what he title says,

I'm in Torrington & have seen a fox, a few cats, & a few squirrels with it. (Hair loss/ furless patches, acting oddly, skinny to name a few common things.)

Animal control won't do anything or help due to the fear they have rabies, especially with the recent rabid cat incident! This got my curiosity going & wondering if there are similar cases around CT or just around Lichfield County.

Add on: I'm only assuming it's mange or an illness since with other rabid animals, they only live a month to a few weeks as they gain some sort of aversion to water & rabies is less common then I would have originally thought.

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NKevros t1_jaeuwuk wrote

>Animal control won't do anything or help due to the fear they have rabies

sus

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catboy_goes_nyaa OP t1_jaewzif wrote

I agree, I even called the D.E.E.P and they just said "if you see it laying around, call 911 or us and have them do what they need to."

I understand the fear of rabies, if they aren't in the dehydrated & near death phase they're often violent!

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Prudent-Ball2698 t1_jaesmkg wrote

In Torrington as well,have this gang of kitties that comes by for food, I'm sure there either feral or escapes, I always feed them. But it breaks my heart that people let their house pets, small cats outside. Esp during a snowstorm. Have seen a mange infested bear around my neighborhood tho, looked like a damn skinwalker, felt horrible and I wish ik what it was from. If I had to guess probably pollution and eating peoples garbage

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catboy_goes_nyaa OP t1_jaesy3f wrote

The yellow house by Carbones has TONS of cats and I heard of a stray issue, however all of their cats (that I've seen whenever I drive by) have collars.

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Prudent-Ball2698 t1_jaetqzu wrote

Ahh I'm by the court house, the ones Here no collars and they mostly seem to be strays or free range. Imo I'm against cats being outside, they're not big dogs, shit even a good sized crow can mess one up, I always do everything I can for them bc as much as I'm whatever I am, always loved and cared for animals

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thesbaine t1_jaf1ivv wrote

Called about fox. They tend to wander so it’s not exactly surprising they said “let us know when they flop over”.

Also you need to understand foxes tend to look thin AF and not like what you see in Disney films.

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ZaggahZiggler t1_jaew348 wrote

Taking care of sick feral cats is not the job of animal control and a waste of resources and limited space. If the animal is rabid, they will go put them down.

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catboy_goes_nyaa OP t1_jaexk1s wrote

I only called the D.E.E.P & animal control about the fox I saw, none of the other animals! As if the fox was rabid they can get violent.

But considering whatever it was was spreading quickly to other animals was a concern of mine (which I didn't report either as my Mom said "just leave it for someone else")

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-BruinsBabe- t1_jaex04n wrote

Mange isn’t something animal control would trap and treat, for wild life. You can call an animal rescue group and see if they’ll do it. But, usually, during winter most animals with mange will end up dying. If the animal was healthy to begin with and had a good immune system, it would be able to fight it off. It’s the sickly, injured, too old or too young, the ones that can’t fight it off, that get more sick and end up dying.

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CTNotPC t1_jaf4s5w wrote

Fox, in litchfield county. About a month ago. Sick looking, missing fur.

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catboy_goes_nyaa OP t1_jaes4b6 wrote

I wish I had photos, but my Mom didn't feel comfortable with me having "sickly animals" in my phone that I could somehow get attached to instead of fearing.

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Prudent-Ball2698 t1_jaeswkr wrote

Actually rescued one in June 2021, a half maine coon cat, he was a week away from death livedin the woods behind Georgetown, I spent the night with him the night he came, now he's my big baby, picked his scabs out and brushedhis fur, he's totally opposite of what he was. 17lbs now and fluffy as shit and just a giant baby

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