Hello, so last year my cat escaped for a full day and when he came home he seemed unharmed. I didn't think much of it then, but a year later, currently, I was looking in the pet records and realized he has been over due for his rabies shots. For whatever reason I thought it was longer than 3 years for boosters. Nevertheless I made his appointment for tomorrow to get the shot, but I'm worried now, what if he came into contact with a rabid animal and just isnt showing signs yet? I read online it can take a year or more. He has zero symptoms, but I need some reassurance since I have a toddler. I feel foolish that I missed his shots, I honestly thought they were longer spaced out.

Is there a relation between certain tail movements and whether or not rabies is present? If so, what is the relation specifically? My cat has a fine appetite, she was eating when I realized her tail was moving funny. I was just wondering whether or not it’s a sign of rabies.

A family that feeds stray cats gave me one of the kittens that had been born a few months before. I took her to be checked out and the desk lady said she was displaying "neurological signs" (bobbing her head, clumsy, and twitchy) and I may be better off having her put down to ”be safe." However, she doesn't have dilated pupils and she eats food, drinks water, and seems friendly. She's very underweight and has a small ringworm infection, and I don't want to kill her on a possibility. But I have two other cats to worry about too.

I had adopted a act from the shelter and saw in his paper work it said rabies and killed after it but I was just informed by I friend that the virus doesn't die and they can still transmit it to others and the shelter did not notify me of this and my sister has been scratched and bitten and had a rash where the cat had scratched her and I have twin boys that are 4 months only and am not sure if they may have been scratched because the cat did jump on them once while they were in bed and two weeks ago the cat had a seizure what should I do I know I am bringing the cat back to the shelter but should me and my family all go get the the rabies vaccine?

I've been looking after a female semi-feral cat wandering in my backyard for half a year now. As she is actually stray, she isn't vaccinated, nor neutered. A few weeks ago I noticed a nasty bite on her butt, presumably from another cat. I was concerned that she might catch rabies, so I started to keep at a distance from her and stopped touching her, but I kept on feeding her and monitoring her behavior every day. She seemed okay all the time, though. Her temper might have changed a little, she seems somewhat bored or lazy, and is constantly grooming herself, but I don't know if these things might be related to that injury. The wound, though, seems to heal evenly. However, a few day ago I noticed another wound on her face, but this one is much smaller and looks less serious than the another one. As I monitored her behavior, she seemed to be all right, eating and drinking as normal, except for those mild changes of temper. But today, all of a sudden, she started to meow a lot. She was rather quiet before. I fed her in the morning, then she sat in front of my door and started meowing desperately. I went out to see what's wrong, and she followed me everywhere through the yard, meowing continuously. If I stood at one place, she lied down near me on the ground, looking at me and kept on meowing. I didn't dare to examine her as she was injured and might scratch or bite, however she hasn't ever shown any sign of aggression. I took a walk with her for a couple of minutes in the yard, the went back inside. She sat back in front of the door and continued to meow for about ten minutes, then, being told off by my mother for jumping on the balcony, she left. Could these signs be related to an illness, eventually rabies? Or is she just in heat, hence the temper change and all the meowing? Notice: In the past three years there were no rabies cases reported in my area, but I'm still concerned. Notice no. 2.: Sorry for the eventual grammar mistakes, English is not my native language.

My vet, who has 40+ years of experience, has never seen a case like this. He thinks it’s FIP but I’m afraid he had rabies? My 4 month old kitten, who I got from a friend, who got him from her mom, who got him from some unknown person, suddenly started acting lethargic and skiddish. A few days later he started having these episodes where he would growl at nothing then run around aggressively. He would run into objects and freak out, then suddenly stop, and pee. Then he would go lethargic again. We took him to the vet the next day. We had to wait until 1:30pm (small town only two vets, no “emergency” type help) where we had to contain him in a fabric pop up kennel. He developed a bump under one eye. His back paws looked red like he was chewing his nails. We finally get him to the vet and the vet thinks he has FIP and immediately suggested euthanasia. We wanted more answers so opted for a full exam which included anesthesia, blood work, and xrays. During the time they were waiting for his scheduled work up, he was awake and inside a kennel. He started to chew off his back toes. The vet said it was so bad that only one toe was still there and one toe was so bad that he chewed it down to the second bone. They said he had a low white blood count, sugar was 400, an abnormal looking kidney and his other kidney was smaller and abnormal looking. His stomach was misshapen. We ended up euthanizing him which was and is still killing my heart (it happened today). My question is, could it be rabies?!? My dr is unsure of wtf was wrong. Me and my husband were both bit by him before he got really bad. He had no vaccinations that I’m aware of, he was scheduled for vaccines and a neuter for the 30th of this month.

My cat is about 3 years old and about 11 days ago we caught him with a bat in his mouth. It was dead and we assume he killed it. It didn’t look like he had any bite marks on him though. I took him into the vet to get a rabies booster but he wasn’t up to date on his shots before he was bitten. I’ve been watching him and it’s hard to tell if his behavior is different. He is eating normally and might even be want food a little more then usual since I picked up some new dry food. He doesn’t have a fever and he has periods of both sleep and activity. He seems to have some more muscle twitches then usual (especially the tail) and while he has always drooled and stuck out his tongue once in a while, it seems like it could be more then usual. I just have a bad feeling but everyone else thinks he’ll be fine. Can a cat have rabies and still eat well? The vet said to watch him for two weeks but some articles say it can take up to a year to know for sure if he has it. How fast does it progress once it starts?

A little over a year ago, a stray cat gave birth to 4 kittens. They have been living in my back yard since June of 2018. In October 2018, my neighbors female cat was on my deck clawing my patio chairs. I stepped out to shew her off my deck and one of the male cat's (who follows her around) got spooked and ran off the deck. As he ran, he accidentally scratched my toe. The cut broke the skin, but no blood. I immediately rinsed it with alcohol and took a shower. I contacted animal control, the CDC, the health dept., and my doctor. Dr. only gave me antibiotics and tetanus. No rabies shots. Animal control couldn't trap the cat and since the cats do not wander far from the yard, they said I could watch the cat for 10 days and report back if the cat appears sick or does not come back. I've been observing all 5 cats now for 8 months. They eat, play, and show no signs of illness. I'm very concerned about rabies (although there are no rabies reports in my county). I know there is always a risk from unvaccinated animals, but should I be concerned. My doctor wasn't.

Urgent! My poor kitty is 7 years +. She was initially feral, and has always been indoor-outdoor, and we've lived near tons of wildlife (coyotes, skunks, raccoons, bears, rodents, and feral cats). She's also always been (really) skittish and had always LOVED and drunk a LOT of water from all sources--sink stream, drip irrigation, pools, her bowls. We lost our home, so have moved 16x. (It's not helped a PTSD kitty!) I came home from having had surgery for my own poor health to find the kitty leaving bits of red blood on the bed that I thought were coming from her anus, licking her anus, and then I saw her straining to poo but unproductively, and she started throwing up more than usual, not wanting to eat, hiding outside, sleeping a lot, and drinking less. I noticed no one had fed her her wet food, and my neighbor said the "caretakers" had left the dry food out in the desert sun. The neighbor and I also noticed that this formerly-legendary jumper (& water drinker) not only could not jump up on her 8-10-foot-wall-in-a-single bound, but couldn't even handle a jump of 4 feet; she'd try and sometimes kinda miss/barely make it. And her gait in rear legs looked nasty painful. So, at first vet visit, they did an Xray, then enema and subQ fluid. Vet said she has some sort of tenderness in back spine, but indeterminate, and was definitely horribly constipated (from eating dry food and tiny mice that are all fur? From itching/scratching (which started about 5 months ago and swallowing more fur?) Then we had to move again on May 1. Shortly afterward, 9 days ago, she stopped drinking ANY/ALL water from all sources! The only reason she's alive is that she's had subcutaneous water 3x. True, the first enema was incomplete, but kitty had to run for 2 days back and forth to 2 litter boxes, only expelling a lot of water, and may have been traumatized by that. She's since had a 2nd enema, and 2 more sub Qs. She gets deadly dehydrated between each. She's very sweet, but is having some twitching (electrolytes?), and is the LAST cat alone would think would refuse water, and is eating little and bit me last night. She's my best buddy, but vet wants quarantine and/or to kill her. Vet's colleague said he could "virtually guarantee" this kitty doesn't have rabies. 3rd colleague said, well, she'll be dead in a few days if rabid. But meanwhile, I picked her up (might have hurt the part of her spine that looks painful), and she bit me. Then chased my feet to bite(she has done this before when we've been playing, but...) then she LUNGED at my arm and bit again!? We are broken so neither of us has vaccinations. Or insurance. I love this kitty, but but admit, I'm also afraid other. She's being super sweet, and I could see her sad regret last night, and her behavior, though all a little weird, honestly has always been weird. She;s twitching a little and has been for a while--thought it might be mites she'd gotten from a dog at last house. Main thing is she looks otbe in anguished pain in the mornings with that STIFF rear gait, is losing weight and gonna die of dehydration if she doesn't start drinking. And I've been bitten. And I have a dear friend coming. Finally: she DID get sprayed by a skunk 11 months ago, and got a hole in her trachea somehow tha landed her in the hospital last year. And she did come in one night from carousing with her fur standing on end/stiff with saliva. I thought maybe a Tom had tried to hump on her, or coyote tried to get her.? Also: she DID make some blood-curdling/ennervating "vocalizations" at the door 3x about 3.5 months ago that she'd never done before. I think she was fighting with a cat I didn't see, but whose fur was in the house one night I left he door cracked. Q: Are there any reasons OTHER than rabies that a water lover would suddenly stop drinking? She is eating a little (bribed with treats lain on food with some water mixed in for what liquid I can get into her).