ok..i live in new mexico...it is hot and dry here! we probably have more rabbid animals per year...both domestic and wild than anyone else! i have oly known f in 45 yars one rabbid animal and it was a coyote! guys and gal's..i hav been handleing naimals since i was born..have pictures of me at age 2 with two dead racoons laying in my lap while i was eatig a sandwich for christ sakes! yes deseases are out there! but stay healthy..keep your system built up..take vitamins or something i guess! i was skinning a coyote just last week..had my hands and fingers up it butt hole with crap running everywhere! blood and all! no gloves! bare hands!
while openng up the tail..the knife slipped and whamm! the tip of the knife dove right into my finger...big o'l cut. darn i thought! heald up great no porblems at all.. been bit by fox, skunks, coons, coyotes, bobcats, ringtaild cats, bat's, you name it. a healthy animal is a healthy animal...stay away from the komoto dragons and "gila" (hee-la)monsters though.lol! jim starr
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The reason I dont mount rodents is because of disease! I am so paranoid about it. i guess its because I have 2 boys and I worry about passing stuff onto them. but yes, good hygene is TANTAMOUNT to any work you do with raw animals or animal products! Stay safe and stay up to date with local warnings! Get those rabies shots as soon as something happens that may be suspicious. New shots have been out now for 10 years, no more needles in the stomach! LOL
I drive my truck ,without seat belts, that makes me part of your club [dip crap club] hehe, we never learn tell it's to late.
BTW. sams club sells the best rubber gloves i've found[thick and have in large sizez]
Jim:
You might buy a box of L or XL blue nitrile gloves from Harbor Freight for $6.99. Once you get used to using them, you will never skin anything bare handed again. If for no other reason, they keep hands from smelling like fecal material, which is nice at mealtime!
any glove you want in our business & one tick can screw you up for a long time. i'm only 35 but can tell a hell of a lot of difference in my body and it's tollerence. p.s. once again jim a very good post!
well..well! now yall got me smilling again! yes there are times when i skin animals without gloves, cause i was too damn dumb to throw a set in the truck. but i do wear them as often as i can! it is best and a practice that should be made routine and instinctive. i was wearing leather gloves the day the ringtail cat dove into me..was trying to release it from a trap when he nailed me. right through the glove and my finger. then he ran off. well...that was 20 years or so ago. guess he wasn't rabbid...fear of the shots in my stomach was worse than dying! jim