help about kitten bites !

bobby barodi

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My kitten bit me before she died at the vet clinic. She was probably killed by a teritorial cat. Should i get rabies shots? She died the same day she was attacked. I'm a bit worried about rabies, and its been a year already since it happened.
 

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If it has been a year since the incident, then, no, there is no need for you to get rabies shots.

If you were concerned about rabies, a necropsy should have been performed on the kitten to see if she had contracted the disease. But, being a year out, if she did have rabies, you almost certainly would have already begun to experience symptoms.
 

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I agree with CatPack.   IF there were any problems, you would notice them looong ago.

Your kitten did bite you because he was dying in pains, not because he was in rabies.

Besides, a rabies would develop in him too firstly after several weeks.  So even IF he was bitten by a rabid animal, he was not yet rabid himself as he died the same day.

But go and take a rabies shot NOW, as you are so anxious. Not because of the past, but because of the possible future. 

So you will dare to adopt some ex- homeless cat or two.

Which I believe you are thinking on and hoping for, because you have this here question on our Stray and ferale forum.

Good luck!

ps.   Rabies in cats is otherwise pretty rare, almost unique, but if you are worrying so you are worrying and its wise to take precautions.  After all, " the secured is protected by God Himself"   as the proverb tells.
 
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