Zoo Talk: October almost over

After last week's mini vacation, which you can read a daily account of at Sixty Something, my Sis' blog, it was back to work as usual. I've had to go in at very early hours lately, but at least so far, not for opening. That would mean being there by 4 AM.

Not much in the way of adventures going on here, unless you count being bitten by a squirrel that had dived in the drive-through window Friday night at work. Saturday morning, the scamp was still in the store. He had come from someone's vehicle and was apparently a pet, but a very adventurous one. After trying to catch him Friday night, with no luck, it was left to us to capture the beastie on Saturday.

At one point, I did actually catch him and tried to throw him into the live trap the fire department had left for that purpose. The little demon latched onto my left hand, at the knuckle, and clawed me while I had a-hold of him. The trap, however, was set so tight that he dived right back out of it without being caught. In the meantime, my hand was bleeding and my supervisor told me to go to the ER.

There, I was assured that squirrels do not carry rabies but I needed good wound treatment and antibiotics anyway. The doctor's real concern was whether the squirrel had broken or cracked my knuckle. He determined it had not, but said it can easily happen since squirrels crack hard nuts "for a living", as he put it. They prescribed the antibiotics and some pain relievers. I went back to work with my hand all bandaged up.

After work, I headed to a pharmacy and got the prescriptions filled. The ER visit and the prescriptions are both covered by workman's comp, thank goodness, since the meds alone were almost $60.

Other than my knuckle being sore and a little swollen for a couple of days, it's healing nicely and there is now only a little swelling left. It could have been much worse.