Here's the stinch: I found a baby bunny (my cat dragged it in) on the living room floor.
How careful do I have to be about getting rabies? Can I get it from just touching it, or whatnot?
2006-08-07 15:55:44 · 11 answers · asked by I think... 6 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Or other sicknesses?
2006-08-07 15:56:49 · update #1
Unfortunately for the bunny because it was in your cat's mouth, it is most likely going to die. Cats have a ton of bacteria in their mouths and it will cause a rapid spreading infection in the rabbit. If it's still alive, I highly recommend that you get it to a wildlife rehabilitate who can put it on antibiotics.
The chance that the rabbit having rabies is relatively slim. I would not necessarily worry about that. You can only get rabies from a bite wound, or getting saliva into an open wound.
Wildlife are not meant to be pets. Please contact someone who can save the rabbit before it is too late.
2006-08-07 16:52:16 · answer #1 · answered by ctwitch24 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
rabbits usually do not have rabies. Most wild animals have a chance of having rabies but the chances of that are pretty slim. You have to be bitten by an animal with rabies in order to get it. The rabbit could have fleas or mites, that is what I would worry about. I would take the rabbit back outside or contact a wildlife rehabilitator , I would not try and rehab it on your own. rabbits are tricky to rehab.
2006-08-07 16:01:53 · answer #2 · answered by leftygirl_75 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The stereotypical image of an infected ("rabid") animal is a dog foaming at the mouth; however cats, ferrets, raccoons, skunks, foxes, wolves, coyotes, bears, and bats can also become rabid. Squirrels, chipmunks, other rodents (except beavers) and rabbits are very seldom infected, perhaps because they would not usually survive an attack by a rabid animal. Rabies may also be present in a so-called "paralytic" form, rendering the infected animal unnaturally quiet and withdrawn.
The virus is usually present in the saliva of a symptomatic rabid animal; the route of infection is nearly always by a bite
2006-08-07 16:01:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend was bitten by a dog in January 2005. He was careless,without taking a vaccination. Around Feb the same year, he bacame seriously ill, got worse.He was caged and let to die. His children and wife watched him die helplessly. Rabies is very dangerous.Please take care ,also advise your friends and relatives to be careful.
2006-08-07 16:10:42 · answer #4 · answered by 007james bond 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let it go.
There is no such thing as a "wild pet". It's either wild, or a pet. The rabbit is wild. It should stay wild. It could be carrying any number if diseases and external parasites. It's also probably terrified and unhappy. Free it.
2006-08-07 16:16:20 · answer #5 · answered by Dreamer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
rabies is transfered into the blood so you cant get it unless blood or saliva mix with your blood
your cat could get fleas, lice, or worms from it though
most importantly you should note that it is ILLEGAL to keep any wild animal as a pet
2006-08-07 16:04:18 · answer #6 · answered by CF_ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not a problem. BIG THING is to WASH
does it look healthy other than the cat attack . is it still alive.if so watch it for a few days(two weeks)
2006-08-07 16:03:32 · answer #7 · answered by Robert F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your that scerd of geting rabies go to a vet and get so formula and a shot for it
2006-08-07 17:43:56 · answer #8 · answered by 1 TEXAS FISHER 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it to the vet for observation. if the bunny gets a clean bill of health, so do you
2006-08-07 16:08:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think rabbits have rabbies that you have to worry about and try going on google and researching a bit bout rabbies in rabbits.
2006-08-07 16:03:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋