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Rabies
On Aug 22, 10:00*pm, "Granby" wrote:
I never heard of such a thing. *I always thought Rabies showed up with in two weeks, not six months. *You need to look this up further and call around to a couple of vets. *Six months, that is crazy. *I am almost positive it was 10 days to two weeks I think it's crazy too, but the info. Gingerlyn got, I believe is correct. The way a suspected rabies exposure case is handled varies wildly according to whether the cat is currently vaccinated, has an out-of- date vaccination, or is not vaccinated at all. I don't know what the reason is, but they won't vaccinate a cat until the fifth month of a six-month quarantine. The fortunate thing (if there is one) is that here, the animals would be seized for quarantine at the vet's, at the owner's expense. They won't let you quarantine them at home, here. I am so glad that's not the case for Ginger-lyn. Here are the AMA guidelines for rabies. http://www.avma.org/issues/policy/rabies_control.asp Personally, unless the cats actually tangled with the bat and killed it, I don't think there's a great chance of real exposure. It's not that easy to catch except through direct saliva or blood contact. Purrs aplenty. I am so sorry, Ginger-lyn. Sherry |
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Rabies
Ginger-lyn Summer wrote:
Please, please, you wonderful, caring people: I need your purrs and prayers badly that all my cats and myself will be okay. Lots and lots of purrs going your way Ginger-lyn, please keep us posted! -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Rabies
In article , "Ginger-lyn Summer" wrote:
I talked to my vet, terrified I would not be able to get veterinary care if one of them got sick in the next six months. She said I could bring them in. Best wishes from here, along with everyone else. This seems like a question that the vet should be prepared to answer - what do you do, if need be, in an emergency situation before five months? How could they not answer a question like that? Art |
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Rabies
"Sherry" wrote It's not that easy to catch except through direct saliva or blood contact. You cannot catch rabies by eating a rabid animal. It must bite you. |
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Rabies
"Pat" wrote in message et... "Sherry" wrote It's not that easy to catch except through direct saliva or blood contact. You cannot catch rabies by eating a rabid animal. It must bite you. Rabies is almost always acquired via the bite of a rabid animal, but it is possible to "catch" rabies by eating infected animals. http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/reference/rabies.asp MaryL |
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Rabies
Sherry wrote:
On Aug 22, 10:00?pm, "Granby" wrote: I never heard of such a thing. I always thought Rabies showed up with in two weeks, not six months. You need to look this up further and call around to a couple of vets. Six months, that is crazy. I am almost positive it was 10 days to two weeks I think it's crazy too, but the info. Gingerlyn got, I believe is correct. The way a suspected rabies exposure case is handled varies wildly according to whether the cat is currently vaccinated, has an out-of- date vaccination, or is not vaccinated at all. I don't know what the reason is, but they won't vaccinate a cat until the fifth month of a six-month quarantine. The two-week quarantine (actually, it's 10 days, I think) occurs after an animal (cat, dog - a pet animal, in other words) has *bitten* someone. The reason for this is that once a animal that has been exposed to rabies attacks, they will start to show other symptoms within 10 days. If they don't have rabies, they won't show the other symptoms, so then it's save to let them out of quarantine. In the case of Ginger-lyn's cats, the cats didn't bite anyone, so the 10-day rule wouldn't apply, even if they got exposed by handling the bat or being bitten by it. It takes a lot longer for an animal to become symptomatic after the initial exposure. So that's a different milestone from a biting incident, where the disease has already begun to show symptoms (ie, the biting). Hope that made sense! I do think it's unfortunate that they can't be vaccinated immediately after a potential exposure. Joyce -- "Bacteria, with a few more bells and whistles." -- Bonnie Bassler, describing human beings |
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Rabies
Ginger-lyn Summer wrote:
snip Please, please, you wonderful, caring people: I need your purrs and prayers badly that all my cats and myself will be okay. Thank you so much. Ginger-lyn shattered Lots of purrs on the way. It is *very* unlikely that either you or the cats have been infected unless actually bitten by the bat, which was probably already dead when they found it. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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Rabies
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"Ginger-lyn Summer" wrote: If I wrote my autobiography, people would think it belonged in the fiction section. Not all these things could *possibly* happen to one person -- except for me. Last Monday, I stepped out into the hall to find a group of the cats surrounding something that looked to me like a weird double hair ball. I looked closer; it wasn't a hairball, it was a bat. A very dead bat. Purrs and lots of positive energy on their ways for both the cats and you. You must be shattered. On the other hand, rpca seems to have rallied 'round for psychological support if nothing else (well, that and a welter of advice!). Blessed be, Baird -- In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. -Yogi Berra |
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Rabies
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:16:51 -0500, MaryL wrote:
"Pat" wrote in message et... "Sherry" wrote It's not that easy to catch except through direct saliva or blood contact. You cannot catch rabies by eating a rabid animal. It must bite you. Rabies is almost always acquired via the bite of a rabid animal, but it is possible to "catch" rabies by eating infected animals. http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/reference/rabies.asp MaryL It is also possible to catch rabies from touching an infected animal, if the animal's saliva gets into an open scratch or other wound. This is because the animal may have licked its fur shortly before dying. Humans have caught rabies in this manner on occasion. -- John F. Eldredge -- "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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On Aug 22, 3:42*pm, "Ginger-lyn Summer"
wrote: Please, please, you wonderful, caring people: *I need your purrs and prayers badly that all my cats and myself will be okay. I can't offer advice- as Tweed said rabies is not a problem n the UK but we can send purrs by the ton Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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