The virus is not contagious during the incubation period

There are 5 shots of rabies vaccine in total, but if your cat does not actually have rabies, then after you take one or two shots, the rest are not actually necessary. So how do you tell whether the cat or dog that bit you is really rabid?
This is very simple and does not require special medicine or equipment. Just remove the naughty biting cat or dog from where you were bitten. Starting from the day of the animal's death, it will be locked up and raised for 10 days. If the animal is still alive and healthy after 10 days, then the person who was bitten can breathe a sigh of relief. Because, although the incubation period of rabies is very long (3-8 weeks for dogs, 2-6 weeks for cats, 3-6 weeks or even years for humans), it does not cause infection during the incubation period. Only when the rabies virus enters The infected person becomes infected after the virus enters the animal's brain and then enters the salivary glands. From the time the virus enters the brain to the time the cat becomes ill and dies, it only takes about 10 days. (The same goes for dogs.) What needs special attention here is that this method is limited to cats and dogs, because the disease process of these two animals is very well understood, while other animals (minks, vampire bats, etc.) are not sure. If you don’t get vaccinated, the 10 days of waiting may feel like a long time.

What to do if you are scratched by a cat

Once bitten or scratched by a cat, you should immediately disinfect the wound with 2% iodine and take antibiotics as appropriate. If the situation is unstable, you should go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible. If it develops into cat-scratch disease, the course of the disease will be prolonged and must be carefully treated under the guidance of a doctor. Children who raise cats are also susceptible to toxoplasmosis. This is because cat feces contain a type of oocyst called Toxoplasma gondii. When people eat water and food contaminated by this oocyst, they will develop fever, Symptoms include limb weakness, muscle aches, hepatosplenomegaly, jaundice and other symptoms.