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injest:
--- Quote from: DavidInIndy on July 21, 2008, 12:12:40 am ---No, he doesn't have rabies Jess. He wasn't foaming at the mouth. I think he was just very stunned. It was obvious a car clipped him.
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David I am not joking. Animals can carry rabies for weeks before they show symptoms. It is EXTREMELY important for you to go to the doctor as soon as possible. The vaccine is very effective but if you wait til you have symptoms it is almost always fatal. Dont play around with this....
look, call your doctors answering service...see what they say.
pnwDUDE:
On a 20 year average, two people die a year in the US from rabies. Some years, there are zero deaths, and rabies transmission to humans is very rare. Bats are the number one rabies carrier. Skunk bites are second. I couldn't find any incidents of rabie exposure by a raccoon in the us. CDC believes no dogs in the US carry the rabies virus. Medical experts say wash the bite and get stitches if severe enough, but the chance of getting rabies is next to nothing.
Of course Jess does worry, and I believe the last death from rabies was in Texas, but it was a small child getting bitten by a bat, and the initial symptoms were mis-diagnosed. I think you will be ok David.
Brad
loneleeb3:
--- Quote from: DavidInIndy on July 21, 2008, 12:03:59 am ---Alex and I just came back from gassing up the car. I decided to do it tonight so I wouldn't have to face the lines tomorrow during rush hour. On the way back we saw a dead raccoon laying in the middle of the street. So I decided to pull over and get him off the road. To make a long story short, the damn thing wasn't dead. He bit me. Twice. Damn that hurt like HELL. Anyway, I placed him over in the grassy area just off of the shoulder, and I'm hoping he will be okay. Maybe he was just stunned because I didn't see any blood on the road. I'm not sure about the blood though because it was dark, but my car's headlights were shining on it. God, that scared the crap out of me when he reached up and bit me like that! LOL
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You really need to go to the Dr and have that checked. Seriously, it doesn't have to be foaming atthe mouth.
It's probably ok but still, don't take chances!
David In Indy:
Thanks for the concern everyone. I am fine. :D
I did get some shots last night and it really hurt. He gave one to me right in the bite area in my hand. OUCH! I received two more in my arm. Anyway, the Indiana DNR was notified, and they went out to find the raccoon, and they found him exactly where I told them I left him. He must have passed away just after I moved him off the road. :'( :'( Either that, or they ended up killing him themselves ( >:( ) because I found out from a friend the animal must be killed in order for it to be tested. That really makes me very mad and sad. I expect to hear something from my doctor soon to find out if I must start the series of rabies shots. God, I sure do hope not. At least they don't give them in the stomach anymore like they did when I was a little kid.
He bit me much deeper than I had realized. When it happened it felt like a couple of light nips, but later after inspecting it thoroughly, he managed to bite way down deep, in the part of my hand between the base of my index finger and my thumb. That's where he got me. It's a bit swollen, and it hurts when I type with that hand. But I'll be okay.
Thanks for your posts of concern! :D
injest:
{{{{David}}}}
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