I absolutely do not have any sort of cite for this. I don’t think I ever suggested anybody should not take the threat of rabies seriously. I was just mentioning things I have heard at the Yavapai County Health Department medical facilities while getting my pre-exposure shots.
Due to my hobby of trapping and handling feral cats, I keep my pre-exposure shots up to date. For those who have been asking, when I first got mine, they were a set of 3 timed shots and then blood work to be sure my titers were up. Expensive and my insurance at that time did not cover it because it wasn’t work related. Because I’m an idiot and keep messing around with feral cats and stray dogs, I have blood work yearly to have my titers tested. The whole process is rather inconvenient, and costly.
Also, be very thankful that most of us live in the first world where we have the luxury of having said vaccines available.
Thanks for sharing all that, it’s very interesting to me. And thanks for working on the feral cat problem.
Or he could just give us his street address and leave it up to us to look it up on Zillow…
All this violence! I had a bat in the kitchen a few months ago. I opened the door, grabbed a handy flattened cardboard box, and fanned him out. Of course, he was still flying, and my entire apartment is smaller than one of your bathrooms, m’lord. Oh, and somewhere in there my noble feline fled out the door without my noticing. Such a brave thing she is.
I’m not really afraid of bats either don’t mind me but Mrs Mercotan brought it inside by mistake and things got really busy for a while. Sometimes, when things get really busy like that, you don’t really stop to think, you just react.
I once watched a feral cat leap lightly to the top of a chain link fence, look around and then jump off, only to find that a back toe was stuck in a wire loop. Poor kitty was hanging upside down and backwards to the fence, twisting and screaming and hissing. Any thinking person would have grabbed gloves or a box or rake or something before attempting aid. As I was an unthinking idiot, I ran right over and lifted kitty up with my hands to release the pressure on her foot. She showed me all the gratitude any hurt and frightened wild animal would in that situation.
After my post exposure rabies series (covered by insurance but lots of co-pays, uncomfortable and inconvenient) was considered complete, I started my pre-exposure series.
I am still an idiot, but I am an idiot with a LOT of protective gear and good habits now.