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Anonymous
Ok /an/ I am putting my life in your hands. the other day I was pressure washing under my deck when a slew of bats came out between the crevasse that was between the deck and my house, under the porch. SO first off all what do I need to do to get rid of the bats. Second of all when I initially disrupted the bats one of them fell and was immediately pounced upon by my cat.Do I need to put my cat down now as not to get rabies?
tldr- How do I get rid of bats, do I put down my cat that ate a bat?
>> Anonymous
Right now I have the cat outside,and I will have to put the cat down the old fashion way cause I am a poorfag. its kinda like a tabby cat that I don't let into my home that I just feed on a daily basis so I am not sure If it has had its shots or not.
>> Anonymous
Kill it with fire
>> Anonymous
>>263790

You could quarantine it, I guess. Just keep it in a cage and see what happens.
>> Anonymous
Quarantine the cat in a nonessential room (larger than a cage) where you can observe the cat and have a mirror in said room.

Rabies usually starts to show in cats within a 24-48 period of time, and the first effects are increased aggression. If the cat starts to get agitated, and progressively gets aggressive at the mirror (growling, hissing, spitting), and starts to continuously attack said mirror, then it has rabies. Be absolutely sure, as while rabies is a death sentence to animals, it is not a death sentence to humans.

The worst thing you could do, would be to shoot your cat and it be perfectly fine. It's better to risk being infected yourself, as it takes up to 4-5 months to kill a human without any medical treatment whatsoever. If you do get bit by a rabid animal, you can receive a shot and be on your marry way.

There's also the typical foaming at the mouth diagnosis. But make sure you out it in a ROOM, not a cage, as cats get aggressive and agitated being in a cage for an extended period of time in a normal mind frame, thus leading to a misdiagnosis.

WHATEVER YOU DO! DO NOT LEAVE THE CAT OUTSIDE!

It WILL infect other animals, possibly other people's pets, and if it's NOT INFECTED, then there's a chance that it will be infected.
>> Anonymous
>>263819
Just to amend this -- it takes a long time to die from rabies, but by the time you realize that you actually /have/ rabies it's too late to cure it. So get yourself checked out after all this no matter what happens.
>> Anonymous
>>263833
Yup
>> Anonymous
go to the vet and have them run some tests
>> Anonymous
wtf.
you're over reacting. you can take precautions just to be safe, but chances are your cat will be fine and that bat wasn't rabid.
>> Anonymous
its been a 24 hour period and the cat has not seemed to developed any symptoms, I ll wait another 24 hours to see how its doing. is it really 48 hours at the most? I thought it would take awhile since it does so in humans, but yall are the animal experts not me.
>> Anonymous
>>263969
actually its more like a ten day period, don't let it outside as it has a chance of infecting other animals and people.
>> Anonymous
kill it to avenge the bat, cat is a noob
>> Anonymous
Oh God, this thread is retarded in general.

Bats have NO MORE of a chance of carrying rabies than cats, dogs, raccoons, or any other animal. Your cat more than likely does NOT have rabies, anon.
>> Anonymous
my cat kills bats on a regular basis in the summer, as they find their way into our house. he has killed dozens of them in his life, and has never gotten rabies.
>> Anonymous
Either you and your cat have already had your rabies vaccination, or you should get treated now.