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02/18/2011 07:11:17 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
..prophylaxis... |
I use a prophylaxis because we're too old to have more kids. |
Your parents should have been so wise :) |
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02/18/2011 07:38:10 PM · #27 |
| Huh? Since you have the two dogs in captivity, isn't it simply protocol to watch them for signs of rabies? |
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02/18/2011 08:32:57 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by kenskid:
Huh? Since you have the two dogs in captivity, isn't it simply protocol to watch them for signs of rabies? |
No, it's the coyote which attacked and wounded the dogs which has a confirmed case of rabies. The dogs are likely protected, but the people treating their wounds may have been exposed to residual coyote saliva on the dogs in the process. |
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02/18/2011 08:38:56 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
No, it's the coyote which attacked and wounded the dogs which has a confirmed case of rabies. |
He gave up on the Roadrunner and was out hunting rabids. |
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02/18/2011 09:24:19 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
No, it's the coyote which attacked and wounded the dogs which has a confirmed case of rabies. |
He gave up on the Roadrunner and was out hunting rabids. |
And was eventually shot by Elmer Fudd ...? |
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02/18/2011 09:32:53 PM · #31 |
| the shots will run around $1000 USD |
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02/18/2011 09:42:31 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by kenskid:
Huh? Since you have the two dogs in captivity, isn't it simply protocol to watch them for signs of rabies? |
No, it's the coyote which attacked and wounded the dogs which has a confirmed case of rabies. The dogs are likely protected, but the people treating their wounds may have been exposed to residual coyote saliva on the dogs in the process. |
Exactly. |
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02/18/2011 11:07:30 PM · #33 |
| Actually it's a small assumption that the coyote shot was the animal that bit the dogs. |
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02/18/2011 11:39:18 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Actually it's a small assumption that the coyote shot was the animal that bit the dogs. |
Yes, we don't know that for sure. But the coyote was on their property.
Per my daughter: If the disease weren't so "definitely" fatal, she'd be willing to take a chance.
But from our point of view, I'd rather put it behind us and not have to worry about it over the next few months.
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02/19/2011 12:00:16 AM · #35 |
| I was bitten by a feral cat that was acting out of the ordinary (he'd visited frequently and was reasonably friendly to me when I fed him) but I figured it was due to the fact he was injured. I have no idea if he was rabid, and never did see him again (I think the wound he had probably proved to do him in, either directly or due to the fact he couldn't adequately defend himself.) When I visited the hospital to get the wound looked at an to inquire about the potential for rabies, they told me that there were very very very few cases of rabid cats in the US, or something to that effect. So I signed a piece of paper declining rabies treatment and called it a day. I have no idea if that's true about cats or not. This was pre-webMD. |
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02/19/2011 01:19:04 AM · #36 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
I have no idea if that's true about cats or not. This was pre-webMD. |
I saw that movie with the people in the building that gets sealed off because like everyone in it has or ends up with rabies. Yeah that one pretty much where I learned how serious it was. Hope you liked the run on sentence hehe.
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02/21/2011 08:52:51 AM · #37 |
My daughter went to the ER yesterday to get the Rabies shots and they wouldn't give it to her. They said they'd have to talk to the state government--otherwise it would cost them "$8000". They did say they would call and get back to her. But meanwhile, it's been 8 days now since her exposure. The family she was with have all had their first shots now. (And I was mistaken--they live "near" Rhode Island, but the farm is actually in MA.)
She's going to call them today and see if they can get their health rep to call ours and get things moving.
Other corrections I've since found out (hopefully I got it right from my daughter's relaying an earlier conversation yesterday):
The dogs were found attacked in the woods on Sunday; the rabid coyote was actually caught on Monday(?) in one of their barns attacking some goats and another one of their dogs. They kept it penned there, and animal control came and shot it. It tested positive for rabies. Two of the dogs are young and in state quarantine now; the other, who already had rabies shots (which had expired two days before the attack) and was defending the goats against the coyote is on "house arrest" and "watch".
Message edited by author 2011-02-21 10:59:14. |
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02/21/2011 09:39:56 AM · #38 |
Neil, that update is scary... it seems the risk is higher than the original reports indicated. It's stunning to me that:
1.) She has to go the ER for the shots
2.) The health care providers are taking chances with this at all
The alternative treatment is not something I would wish on anyone. |
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