30 000 feral cats

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Originally Posted by Snowwalker

After she was forced to go to emergency by the family last weekend, she was put on IV Antibiotics. She is now taking oral antibiotics, but I don't think the infection in her arm from the bite is the problem. The cat the bite her has been a real chicken the whole time she has been feeding it ( about a year to a year and a half), but then it started just standing and watching her, and then last week ran up and attacked her arm.

Big change is behavior if you ask me..

I don't even know if I want her coming up to the house this week and being around the cats and dogs.

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I remember when I was kid,a neighbor of my Grandparents passed away quite suddenly with a mysterious illness contracted from what then was thought to be Tetanus from an infected wound that later turned out to be Rabies. It's not a nice way to go. I'm glad your family convinced her to seek treatment.

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

I remember when I was kid,a neighbor of my Grandparents passed away quite suddenly with a mysterious illness contracted from what then was thought to be Tetanus from an infected wound that later turned out to be Rabies. It's not a nice way to go. I'm glad your family convinced her to seek treatment.

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She is taking the antibiotics for the infection, but still will not take the rabies shots.

The infection has nothing to do with the rabies shots, they are because her arm is swollen like a cooked hotdogs.

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Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers

Shouldn't have to worry about that cats and dogs as they have their rabbies vaccine right?

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Depends how long ago they had the shots, and if they are due for a booster shot. They get the shot every two years, but protection can really be verified with blood tests.

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Originally Posted by Snowwalker

Depends how long ago they had the shots, and if they are due for a booster shot. They get the shot every two years, but protection can really be verified with blood tests.

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Well,if she survives that decision,maybe,you should give her some money to by you some LottoMax tickets.

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

Well,if she survives that decision,maybe,you should give her some money to by you some LottoMax tickets.

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I am thinking she would used up any luck she had in this life time and maybe the next few to come.

To be that 1% person that survived a rabies infection, and then in about two years if she got infected again it's a new roll of the dice.

If you are sitting in emergency and the nurse and doctor tell you, that you should go and get rabies shots it's not advice to stay off your sprained ankle.

Well we will see how it goes.