My cat Ate A Squirrel is he at risk?/Sypmtoms.?

My cat recently caught a squirrel and ate him:[. What are some symptoms I should look out for for rabies. And how long does it take for it to show?My cat Ate A Squirrel is he at risk?/Sypmtoms.?
I had a cat for 17 1/2 years and she caught and at least tried to eat squirrels, chipmunks, mice, snakes, weasels, bats, baby bunnies, frogs, toads, salamanders, and a variety of birds of all sizes. She was a blood-thirsty killer, who came home with her kill, to have a snuggle and nap.





I made sure she had her shots, and other than the occasional';interesting'; vomit, she was fine until she developed a tumor on her spine (which the vet said was most likely just from old age).





I say, if the cat has had it shots, don't worry about it.My cat Ate A Squirrel is he at risk?/Sypmtoms.?
';Squirrels are almost never found to have rabies. And squirrels have not been known to cause rabies in humans within the United States. Bites from a squirrel are not normally considered a risk for rabies.';





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From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website





';What is the risk of rabies from squirrels, mice, rats, and other rodents?





Small rodents (such as squirrels, rats, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, and chipmunks, ) and lagomorphs (such as rabbits and hares) are almost never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to cause rabies among humans in the United States. Bites by these animals are usually not considered a risk of rabies unless the animal was sick or behaving in any unusual manner and rabies is widespread in your area. However, from 1985 through 1994, woodchucks accounted for 86% of the 368 cases of rabies among rodents reported to CDC. Woodchucks or groundhogs (Marmota monax) are the only rodents that may be frequently submitted to state health department because of a suspicion of rabies. In all cases involving rodents, the state or local health department should be consulted before a decision is made to initiate postexposure prophylaxis (PEP).';- http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/qanda/general.鈥?/a>
A cat with rabies only lives about 10 days, which is why the quarantine period is 14 days. If yours had any rabies vaccine in the past 3 years he's still covered.





I would however have a poop sample checked, since squirrels carry tapeworm, fleas and potentially other worms in their digestive tract.
If the squirrel bit the cat and your cat is NOT vaccinated against rabies you must quarentine the cat.





The cat will not get rabies by eating a squirrel - the squirrel has to bite and inject the rabies into the cat's bloodstream.
my cat eats squirrels all the time and she has never got sick.if the cat got bit i would take him to the vet ASAP beacouse it might have rabies....I hope i helped you out :)
i wouldnt worry about rabies as i dont figure theres any known outbreaks as of yet..


just watch your cat to see if theres any abnormal behaviors it exhibits...
your cat should have had a rabies shot .





mine kill everything, no rabies yet. but they get rabies shots.
hahaha! thats s00 funny!!





um worms maybe??

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