I was bitten by a friends hamster the other day (about 5 days ago) and went to the doctor today. he dismissed it, saying that the odds of a hamster having rabies is almost 0. I'd really rather not mess around with a life threatening disease - better safe than sorry, right? about how long after a bite to symptoms appear? i want to get vaccinated asap if i have to. and yes, i washed my hands with soap and water immediately following the bite, but other than that, thought nothing of it. am i just too concerned about this?
2006-11-15 16:06:36 · 7 answers · asked by Greg G 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Oh my god. Of course not. The hamster would have had to have been in contact with some other animal out in the wild or something. Pet hamsters, in houses, cannot get rabies, therefore cannot transmit rabies.
Hamsters bite people all the time. They aren't rabid, they just don't like being handled. They look cute, but they don't really want us touching them. Its the only way they have of telling us so.
If you asked any doctor to run the rabies shots series on a hamster bite, s/he would laugh in your face, and rightly so.
2006-11-15 23:18:24 · answer #1 · answered by P-nuts and Hair-dos 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think of a loved ones hamster may have rabies except yet another animal with rabies bit the hamster, which i bump into very not likely. Rabies is often modern-day in wild animals, like racoons. i'd sparkling the bite fairly nicely and positioned neosporin on it. keep an eye fixed on it and if interestingly to be getting contaminated, call the overall practitioner.
2016-11-24 21:59:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you are too concerned. Hamsters can have rabies, but the chances are almost nonexistant. Like the others said, if the hamster is healthy and alive, it is not rabid! Treat the wound as a puncture wound, you cleaned it fast, which is good! Keep a bandaid over it and put an antibiotc ointment on it.
You should make sure your tetanus shot is up to date.....
2006-11-15 19:19:31 · answer #3 · answered by carlawcmi 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
PAY ATTENTION I'M AN ANIMAL COP;
any mammal is capable of transmitting rabies, HOWEVER, rodents are too fragile to live thru it long enough to infect someone.
Rodents have other fun problems like plague.
No, you don't have to get the shots. If you still don't trust the answer WATCH THE HAMSTER FOR 10 days. If it is still alive after that, no shots required. If it does die, you can have your health dept test it and that still gives you PLENTY OF TIME if it does have rabies to get the shots before it kills you.
2006-11-15 16:11:24 · answer #4 · answered by rynay 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If the hamster is still healthy you cant get rabies. If the hamster dies, You need to have it tested for rabies.
2006-11-15 16:27:21 · answer #5 · answered by kstfas 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hamsters can have rabies, I'd get that checked quick.
2006-11-15 16:10:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes you can get rabbies from that bite go and explain this to yor doctor and let them inculoclate the hamster for the aloted time better safe than sorry. my opion?
2006-11-15 16:12:42 · answer #7 · answered by the_silverfoxx 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋