Under what circumstances will cats get rabies? Symptoms of cat rabies! Rabies mainly infects dogs, cats and other carnivorous animals. Disease-carrying animals and animals carrying viruses are the main source of infection of the disease. The virus mainly exists in saliva. The virus is contained in sleeping fluid 10 to 15 days before clinical symptoms appear and 6 to 7 days after clinical symptoms disappear. Healthy cats become infected mainly through bites, scratches, and mucosal injuries. Through research, rabies virus may also cause infection through the digestive tract and respiratory tract. According to research, the salivary glands of bats carry the virus, so it is believed that bats play an important role in the spread of rabies. Dogs, cats and other various livestock, poultry and bison animals are susceptible to the disease, and humans are also highly susceptible. Among experimental animals, rabbits, guinea pigs (details), mice, etc. can also be infected. This disease is mostly caused by bites, so the chain of epidemics is particularly obvious, occurring one after another. Generally, it occurs more frequently in spring and summer than in autumn and winter.

Symptoms of cat rabies

Symptoms of cat rabies: The incubation period of rabies varies, and is related to the site (distance from the central nervous system) and degree of the bite and the amount of virus contained in the saliva. . The shortest is 8 days, and the longest can be several months or more than 1 year. The average incubation period for cats is 20 to 60 days, and for humans, it is 30 to 60 days. Typical cases in cats can be divided into prodromal stage, violent stage and paralytic stage.

Symptoms of feline rabies: Cats in the prodromal stage like to hide, hide in dark corners and bark constantly, behave abnormally, are easily agitated by slight stimulation, do not listen to calls, have dilated pupils and hyperreflexia. The prodromal period is usually 1 to 2 days.

Feline rabies symptoms: Cats in the violent stage are violent and restless, attacking humans and animals, chasing and biting other cats, or biting themselves. If they look straight and don't listen to their master's orders, they will often go out and run around but never return. The cry becomes hoarse as the throat muscles begin to become paralyzed. In addition, there is drooping of the jaw, difficulty swallowing, increased salivation, and drooling. Usually lasts 1 to 7 days.

Symptoms of feline rabies: In the later stage (i.e., the paralysis stage), the sick cat becomes emaciated, depressed, and walks unsteadily. The sick cat opens its mouth, droops its tongue, and squints like a fox. Foamy saliva flows from the mouth, and the nictitating membrane appears. Prominence, change of tone. Soon, the hind limbs became paralyzed, often lying on the ground, and finally died due to systemic failure and respiratory paralysis. The general paralysis period is 2 to 4 days, and the entire course of rabies is generally 6 to 8 days, and in a few cases it can be extended to 10 days.

The rabies currently prevalent is often atypical, with very few typical symptoms. There is a type of rabies called depressive rabies, in which the excitement phase (violent phase) is very short or even non-existent (or difficult to distinguish), and it directly turns into a paralytic phase, often leading to death in 2 to 4 days.

The above introduces the symptoms of cat rabies. For the safety of cats and themselves, parents must vaccinate their cats. Once a cat is found to be infected with rabies, the sick cat should be isolated from other cats immediately.