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LinaEveLina t1_ja4jm18 wrote

Reply to comment by fixaclm in I found a bat in my pool. He’s very much alive. I set him in the sun to dry out away from my dog by Handicapreader

Updated- Let me add that my cats have always been vaccinated with the rabies shot. I should have added in the original comment that they were due that month for their shot again, after 3 years from their last vaccine. We ended up bringing them in earlier because I was worried. I know the importance of having them vaccinated for their own health and any human that comes in contact with them.

I'm in upstate NY. Over the summer, a bat had flown into my screened in porch. Both my cats had ran into the porch before we realized a bat was inside. My cats were not going to come inside once they spotted the bat. We couldn't do anything about it because it was flying around like you see on TV, all crazy and erratic. My cats ended up killing the bat. I was so worried I took my cats to the vet. I mailed the dead bat the bat to the health department where they would test to see if it carried rabies. Luckily, the bat didn't have rabies, so my babies were safe.

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jupitaur9 t1_ja7kcby wrote

Your cats don’t get rabies shots? They should.

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Cautious-Rub t1_ja853sp wrote

They absolutely should andit’s required by law in every state unless a veterinarian deems there is an anaphylactic risk and in some states there are no exemptions.

Not sure why you are getting down voted. I’ve had the same argument with clients for a decade “bUt ThEy DoNt Go OuTsIdE”. Doesn’t matter, it’s the law, and animals escape outside all the time; also do you want your unvaccinated pet to have to go on a 6 month round of quarantine if it bites someone? (Don’t give me that shit; if they have teeth they can fucking bite).

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LinaEveLina t1_jab0bie wrote

Of course they do. When all this happened, they were actually due that month for their shots again. Last shot was 3 years ago from that point.

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