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got a sugar glider and it drew blood with it's nails and a day later got sick and now I got chills in my arm and body from time to time need answers

Submitted: 211 days and 8 hours ago.
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Age: <1; Male; Breed: sugar glider

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just got me worried about rabies

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It would be unusual for a rodent to get rabies.

A captive raised animal such as this would have to be exposed to a rabid animal and bitten to get this disease. This site down the very bottom says they are not susceptible to it

http://www.critterhut.net/sugargliderfaq.htm

but I would say it would be unusual rather than impossible.

However any animal bite or scratch can become infected if not properly treated.

This site

http://sugargliderauthority.com/

under the topic heading A note about human safety around sugar gliders: discusses infection from scratches.

Hope this helps you!

 

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Expert: NancyH
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