Amazing Grace Ocelot Vet
4,120 views · Published 9 February 2014 · 15:25 · Indexed 5 October 2026
Channel: Small Wild Cats · 2014 · Pets & Animals
Amazing Grace the 22 year old ocelot began limping, which has been an intermittent thing for her for many years, but this time her paw was swollen. On January 30th, Gale, Honey and Jamie rescued Amazing Grace from a rabid raccoon that was attacking her cage. No contact was observed, so Grace was put on strict quarantine to watch for signs of rabies and the poor raccoon was sent off for testing. The test came back positive for rabies, so we were fearing the worst when we saw her swollen paw. We couldn't help but wonder if she had been bitten by the raccoon before we netted him. To make matters worse, it was cold and raining and Amazing Grace was shaking out of her skin. We called Dr. Wynn and she was able to see her on an emergency basis if we brought her in, but we had to catch her first. Gale got her into lockout with the help of Rich, BethAnn and Jocelin . Gale netted Grace and then Honey and I helped get her into the squeeze cage and off to the vet.
