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Bat about 3 inches big got into the house. I don't believe the cat or dog had direct contact with it, but I don't know for sure. They do not have any bite marks anywhere that I can see. What should I do?

Submitted: 143 days and 23 hours ago.
Category: Pet
Value: $9
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Pet's Sex: Male
Pet's Age: 4

Accepted Answer

If not seeing any wounds and don't think anything happened, I wouldn't worry about it, but to be on the safe side, we do recommend boostering their rabies vaccine sometime within the next 3 days. Though bats are one of the top carriers of rabies, it still is not 'common', but we always play on the safe side, since it is a deadly disease and can be caught by people as well.

Let me know if you have further questions.

Christine

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Answered: 7/2/2009

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Licensed veterinary technician (B.S. Mercy College), 10 yrs in animal medicine and training

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