I was standing in my garden one evening when a bat came out of nowhere and crashed into my neck. I could not find a scratch or anything, but the area started itching a few hours later (which I fully realize could have been psycho-somatic). The doctor said she didn't see anything and tried to send me away. I insisted on getting the shots. BEST DECISION EVER.
I know 2 people who got toxoplasmosis from bats. One woman got it in her eye when looking up in the sky and bat droppings literally went in her eye. She had to go through a lot to get well. The other woman was an organist for a church and bats had been roosting in the area upstairs where the organ was. so bat droppings or guano as it's called can dry out and become airborne as in this case. She breathed this in and it caused permanent neurological damage to her from toxoplasmosis. I love bats and they are very much needed for insect control but one should use caution with them.
@@paulabrown5243 That second woman probably just didn't wash her hands well enough or was exposed to contaminated food or drink. There's no evidence that toxoplasmosis can be contracted by airborne dust. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6812650/
@@paulabrown5243reminds me of this story of these three photographers somewhere in the middle of a jungle, they sat at the entrance of this cave waiting for dusk for the bats to fly out. The bats pooped all over them and they were basically dead before they made it back, none of them survived
@fryingpanhead8809 Do you know how she survived? They put her in a deep induced coma and kept her basically in ice until her body developed a sufficient immune response to fight the virus. It was nothing short of a miracle. This is why the survival rate for those who don't get the vaccine in time is counted at 0%. I don't know where you dreamed up the "probably 1 in 100.000".
@@fryingpanhead8809 She was a very special situation. They placed her in a medically-induced coma, lowered her body temperature which combined bought them time by slowing the virus's progression to her brain. They then gave her the multiple vaccinations and her body had a chance to create antibodies. She still has some neurological symptoms today, but is alive, has a fulfilling life and had her first child a few years back. Doctors took a shot without knowing if it would work. It may not work for the next person.
@@leadboots72 it's nutty to NOT get a rabies vaccine after potential exposure. want to wait it out and see if you actually contract rabies? you're dead by that point, so best not to take risks. but be my guest if you think otherwise
We had to do this this summer. Woke up with a bat flying around the room. We took it to a vet and then the health department to have it tested. All of this was done for free, because the health community doesn't want cost to discourage people from seeking help. It may sound over the top, the percentage of getting rabies is very low, but if you're in that percentage, by the time you realize something is wrong, it's too late.
@@Lauren-vd4qe It's a rustic cottage. Bats can fit into the tiniest crevices. Even looking at them at their small size, you wouldn't believe they can fit through what they can. We've located the areas and have hopefully taken care of that, but the cottage is also in woods where mosquitos, and therefore bats, are plentiful. You don't have to worry if a bat suddenly gets in and you're able to catch it safely and release it. But if you wake up in the room with it flying around, it sadly needs to be tested for the humans' sake.
@@bay8951 Any species can, because any type of mammal can get rabies. We have neither of those types of bats here in North America. Ours are just tiny little bats about the size of mice. They are insectivores. Raccoons, foxes, and coyotes are other animals in my area that carry rabies. Though one would be far more likely to notice getting a bite from one of of them 😅
A child in Ontario Canada just died from rabies contracted from a bat. It was in the child's room; the parents didn't see a mark on him so took no medical steps and the child died. Can't be too careful.
I was bit by a bat that had gotten into my house. It dive bombed me, I raised my hands to protect my face and it bit me on the finger. I was able to catch the bat by throwing a bowl over it. I called animal control in my community. It was a Friday night after 5:00 and a message gave me another number to call. That number was the police dispatch. So, they send the police, EMTs and a fire truck even though I explained I just needed help in capturing the bat. So, my small apartment fills up with all these first responders. When I explained what happened one of the men’s says “ we don’t do bats”. I’m like “don’t you have wildlife protocol? One of the EMTs said they could take me to the ER, but it will cost a lot of money. He advised me to go to an Urgent care clinic. I asked “so am I going to die”. First responders “not tonight”. Finally a kind police officer was able to get the bat into a plastic bag. I drove myself to the ER and they were all very good. The shots aren’t like they use to be in your stomach, but in your arms, legs and the bite itself. The hospital gave me info on what to do. I contacted the state public health department and they really didn’t care. If I wanted the bat tested, I would have to take the bat to a veterinary college 45 minutes from my home and pay $150.00 for the test. Turns out, only ERs carry the rabies vaccine because of the short shelf life and an urgent care clinic doesn’t handle rabies shots. The first responders didn’t have a clue about rabies shots. I think they were all more afraid of the bat than I was.
SOunds about right, I watched a story last night about a 15 year old girl bit by a bat in church after an usher whacked it out of the air with a hymn book and the girl later went to rescue it and take it outside, the bat bit her finger hard and she had difficulty getting the teeth out of her finger. Apparently she didn't say anything and some time later she became ill and THEN told mom, they went to the hospital and they did a couple of MRI's and a neurologist examined her, then they told the neurologist about the bat bite and he dismissed it as the wound had healed. They did all kinds of blood tests while the girl was getting sicker and sicker, vomiting, couldnt get out of bed, seeing double vision and then becoming unresponsive. Mom brought up the bat bite agan and an older doctor THEN learned abut that, made some calls and then he discovered the girl had rabies and by then they figured she'd be dead in 24 hours. But the doctor tried ketamine and some other experimental drugs and out her in a coma, she did survive but had been in the hospital for MONTHS had to go into rehab to relearn everything from talking to walking. She "recovered" but had obvious physical and mental deficits the way she moved acted and talked. So they TOLD the hospital she was bit by a bat and they dismissed it...
@@HobbyOrganist, that doesn't sound right. Your not dead in 24 hours after symptoms appear. You rage for a while, then you die, and it sounds like she was in the confused stage right before the rage stage
Yes it can be dorment the state vet told me only in larger animals ..living in a 3rd world country South Africa we always have to have rabies injections if bitten by dog bats etc it should be done anyway and they don't have to bite you saliva etc can also give you rabies
EDIT: To clarify, the small number of people who have survived rabies "without treatment" means that there are a tiny number of people who have survived where _the rabies itself_ was not treated (because it was too late), but *_none of those people survived without any medical intervention at all,_* so don't anyone get the idea that you can get rabies or have a risk of getting rabies and not go to the emergency room immediately and survive, *_because you won't._* My original comment below was pedantic in that there are a very tiny number of people who have _lived_ (not without complications or long term effects) after getting rabies where the rabies itself was not treated, but the patient 100% was treated with an experimental medical treatment that is still usually unsuccessful and results in the patient's death. *_DO NOT_* confuse that with not getting any treatment at all, because there are zero documented cases of someone surviving rabies without that as far as I've been able to find. So that was a dumb argument to make on my part, in retrospect. DO NOT play fast and loose with something as dangerous as rabies. --- That is not true. It is _NEARLY_ 100% fatal if not treated, but it is not 100% fatal. It’s just that of all the people who’ve gotten rabies and not been treated, nearly all of them have died. Someone survived it in 2004, as a matter of fact. That was with untreated rabies. That is also _NOT_ the same thing as not receiving any medical intervention at all. That patient did receive medical intervention, but the rabies itself was handled entirely by her own immune system under an experimental protocol to protect her brain while her immune system fought off the infection. And in fairness, even that protocol often doesn’t work and the patient still dies. So it is very close to 100% fatal without any medical intervention in humans, but that’s still not 100%.
@@babybirdhome So, in short, rabies is 100% fatal without medical intervention. Because the person who survived ONLY survived due to medical intervention. And even then she was crippled by the disease for some time having to relearn how to walk, talk and read. So she was VERY lucky. ..... I'd advise NOBODY to follow her because it is just simply far too dangerous.
I watched videos of real people filmed in Mexico dying from rabies when I was at college for my CEU;s It is exactly the same way an animal dies from it. Toward the end they tied the person to the bed to protect the medical staff. Mexico has a high rate of rabies in dogs because most people don't get them vaccinated and there are lots of stray dogs and cats there. Working ten years as an Animal Control Officer I only encountered 2 rabid animals and both were raccoons.
Here in my town, when I first moved in there were stray cats all over the place. Also people who owned a pet cat, let them roam. In Connecticut, our vet told us ALL CATS indoor and outdoor are required to have a rabies shot. They also get rabies boosters. Our cat lived 22 happy years in the house, but his rabies shots were always up-to-date. When coyotes moved into the area, that took care of the roaming cats. But rabies is still around. Now it's mostly raccoon, fox and skunk. To risk the life of a loyal pet to rabies for the price of a shot, blows my mind.
I kid you not, one time as a child when we had an unfinished basement I went to use the toilet down there and there was a bat in the toilet!!! I screamed and my mom rescued it with a bowl and plate. I always always always look in the toilet before going now.
I remember a news story from years ago where a prisoner in a state prison died of rabies after being bitten by a bat that was in his toilet. He sat down to do his business & felt the needle like bite.
One got into an unfinished basement that I was renting. It flew in the finished bedroom that I was in at night while I was in bed with the lights off watching television. Never been so terrified in my life. Never did see it again, thank goodness.
I had to go out on calls for wildlife as an ACO. Got bat calls several times a year, used caution and released them to a safe place after removing them from the person's house. One common place in a home is hanging on the back of a curtain. I'm not afraid of them but used protective gloves that they couldn't bite through.
They can't survive that long without water - maybe 10 days at most. Bats come in usually from the roof (any 1/4 gap will allow entry) and roost in the upper walls of houses (very common) and come and go every night with most home owners being totally unaware. But if they get lost and end up going down the internal walls of the house, looking for an exit, they can inside the living space of houses - especially in unfinished basements or furnace rooms and basically end up stuck trying to find an exit or water source. So they'd use the toilet for water, or just fly up into the main house looking for a window exit.
@@HingleMacCringleberry Rabies has a 100% death rate if you are infected and don't get the immune-globulin and rabies vaccine right away. Ebola does NOT have a 100% death rate.
I lived with bats in my house for 20 years. Had a system (a bat bowl) and gloves to get them out safely. My last year there I was scratched by a baby bat. Got the rabies shots and am fine now. Our cats were always vaccinated for rabies as they would try to catch the bats. Don’t take chances, the vaccine is not bad and can save your life.
@@Rob-z7k we lived in a smallish old Catholic Church that had been empty for years. The bats moved in and we just lived with them. We lived there for 20 years, just sold it last year. The new owner has done the bat removal steps.
Yeah, recently a rabid bat was found not far from where I live here in Washington, same city, and I’ve been extra edgy about potential rabies exposure since then. Been considering getting the rabies vaccine myself as a just in case, though I do hear the side effects of the vaccine can be a bit rough or unpleasant and it doesn’t last long, I’d rather deal with that than risk losing my mind to something so brutal. Same goes for my kitties- indoors, outdoors, doesn’t really matter, one is already vaccinated for this year but my boy needs his renewal- just waiting for a slightly juicer paycheck to get him all his shots to be safe again! Can only hope more people take the time to do the same thing now that it’s known!
In 80s in Dallas a man was in a comatose state and his family gave permission to harvest his organs. People that got the organs died very quickly from rabies. He was near a cave an got bitten by bat. Very tragic for people getting the organs.
I always assume all wild life has rabies and just leave it alone. It's important to have screens on your windows doors and don't leave doors or windows open without them at night. Call someone at your local vet, or animal shelter to can help you remove one safely, or point you to someone who will remove it for you.
I woke up with a bad in my bedroom. I went to the hospital and they said I needed the rabies vaccine weekly. I had the bat tested for rabies and it was negative. I was told to discontinue the shots.
@@hellasboy8243we're talking about rabies here, and children don't get pre exposure vaccines unless theyre at risk or immune compromised For those of us considered "at risk" (Vet staff, wildlife rehabilitators, rescue personnel etc) rabies vaccines are absolutely recommended That's pre exposure. Post exposure is always recommended, no matter who you are, if you've been bitten or even just come into contact with a possible rabid animal Lastly (if you've bothered to read this) by vaccinating your animals, you're also adding extra protection to yourself and your kids. So yes, vaccinating your animals also helps protect children
They also leave out that most medical insurance won't cover rabies shots and depending on where you live, a rabies treatment regimen can cost as much as $12,000.
It's strange that insurance wouldn't cover that. Given that the point of insurance is for unforeseen circumstances, and a disease like that is far more unforeseeable than something like the flu.
We can get dogs vaccinated for around $20-$40, so yes, it should be FAR less expensive. But rabies is a death sentence, so no matter the cost, you don't really have a choice if you think you've been exposed and can't catch the animal to have it tested.
@@shangobunni5getting a preventative rabies vaccination is not the same as what the original post is discussing. Humans can get the same preventative rabies vax animals get for relatively cheap, sometimes even covered by insurance.
@@jordyb57 Good to know, thank you. But unless the immune-globulin alone is ridiculously expensive, I can't see another reason why the post-exposure series should be financially burdensome. I actually got the whole post-exposure series back in 2020, and the immune globulin shots are the only thing that is different from the regular rabies vaccine. All in all, I got 2 immune globulin injections and 4 rabies vaccine injections. My income at the time allowed me to qualify for MediCal, so I did not have to pay anything. Which I was very grateful for.
I just watched a video about a young girl who was bit by a bat and didn’t get medical treatment or the right diagnosis for a month. I think she lives in Wisconsin. She has an experimental treatment that involved being put in a medically induced coma and she lived. She seems fine and went on to graduate from college.
On a planet with a polulation of over 8,000,000,000? That's .00075% of the population, or 75 ten-thousandths of one percent. Statistically, if it weren't measuring people dying it wouldn't even be worth measuring. Less than 10 in the US die every year from the disease: .0000029%, or 29 millionths of one percent. It's rare.
Is rabies really making a come back? An 11 year old in ontario canada was bitten on their toe by a bat and contracted rabies. I unfortunately don't think they are alive anymore. They also found another bat with rabies
@Specogecko transmission was supressed with wildlife vaccination programs. habitat loss and global warming are making it more and more common, especially in colder climates
@@Specogecko 10 people/year are killed by rabies in the U.S. In 2022, almost 709,000 people in the U.S. were killed by heart disease. Never gone? It remains a non-issue. Stop eating crappy food.
@@Specogecko Shut up. These deaths are NOT that common and we are noticing an actual uptick in cases now. People like you do not help any conversation whatsoever.
We had the first human case of rabies in decades in Ontario, Canada recently. Also from a bat. Person is still alive as far as I know. Immediate medical attention is required for survival. Otherwise RIP
Rabies is 100% FATAL if not treated. The person who survived did so only through medical intervention and had to relearn EVERYTHING when out of her drug induced coma.
I had the top of my head scratched up by a bat who was collecting mosquitos. I underwent the rabies vaxx series. 3 weeks later, the rabies symptoms began but ceased after a half hour so I actually had the rabies virus but the vaxx had saved me
A bat was crawling on the ground by the yuba river a few months ago and I was trying to help it get in the shade and some water and the little bastard kept trying to bite me. So im like trippn now, thanking the Lord I didn't get bit.😮
You should still get a rabies vaccine or consult a medical advisor. Sometimes it could take a while for symptoms to show up, even up to a year. Once they do, their is nothing they can do for you. I had a dog attack in a public place, myself, son, along with 4 others were attacked while leaving a restaurant by someone who took their dog off it's leash. The shots are not bad, it's a lot of them over the course of 2 weeks through the ER only. Rabies is worse and is pretty much 100% fatal.
Of all the times I've been in or near bats, I've never had a single one come close to biting or scratching me. They just eat the bugs and fly on their merry way. Those that I've encountered in caves just completely ignored me.
I think rabies changes animals’ behavior, and makes them more prone to biting (since it can spread through the saliva). If you’ve ever seen videos of rabid animals they act very weird, off, testy and aggressive.
Its such a tragic disease thats common in many areas still in impoverished areas in rural mexico where i was born seeing family members die from rabies infection is something i wouldnt wish on anyone even if we did knoe it was rabies in my villahe there was no hospitals just nature amd nature is so brutal. Glad my village has brought in modern medicine from help of others around but still rabies is still the most feared disease in those parts
I purchased a fishing net on a fairly long pole, in the event a bat enters the home. Learned my lesson when one entered a place where I used to live, and didn't have anything around to catch it.
I think the two main things to especially be aware of is if a bat is on the ground (they can't really take off from the ground and don't want to land there) and if they're out during the day.
Vet tech here. This is why even indoor cats should be vaccinated, and why most vets will not see your pet without it being vaccinated. It is for the staff's protection. Like it says in this video, your pet could be bitten and you might not even realize it. An elderly man in my county in IL died not too long ago of rabies after being bitten by a bat and refusing treatment. Horrible way to go.
In Vancouver, we had a case where a bat landed on someone's hand and the person died weeks later. It flew into the car and just landed on his hand. It never bit him. That's scary.
Very sad. A bat flew into my house once and I ran straight out of there and waited outside until animal control arrived. I did not mess around with that!
I found one in my washing machine. I'm short and can't see the bottom. I thought it was a sock until I pulled it out. The public health department wasn't sure, but they decided that since it was dead before it went in the washer, and it was washed in hot water, I should be ok. (This was a year ago, so I was)
@andreacook7431 I gasped when I read "I thought it was a sock until I pulled it out" (indicating that you had touched it). I can only imagine (the fear) when you realized "🤔This isn't a sock" 🥺😱 I am very glad that you were/are okay. 💐 Just _reading_ your comment was scary.
It is important to note that a bat in the bedroom scenario without known contact is generally considered low risk. Based on a study performed in Canada1, the incidence of human rabies due to a bat in the bedroom without recognized contact was 1 case per 2.7 billion person-years.
I got bitten by a bat, and the wound disappeared after a week. The wound was so tiny, that I thought it was a spider bite. 6 months later, the bite site started itching like crazy. The foot was all tingly and numb for over 2 weeks. I got 5 rabies shot, and the numbness and itching went away. I guess I got lucky or my foot trapped it. Those rabies shots were no joke. My insurance was billed 25k.
@@MissMarshallimmunoglobulins are expensive. If you want to get it for cheaper you should just get the shots before getting exposed to it. After the exposure, a series of antibodies (immunoglobulins) are also required alongside the vaccine. Those antibodies are what makes it expensive.
There was once a bat trapped under plastic in our old barn. I donned some thick cloves, grabbed a glass jar, poked a few holes in it, and carefully grabbed the trapped bat. It was a common bug eating bat in my state. I then caught some flies, and with tweezers offered them to the bat. That bat ate ALL the flies. Poor thing was famished. That also convinced me it was probably not rabid. I let it go and it flew away without looking back. Awesome experience. Just wear gloves at least…..
Because of how rare rabies are in the US a lot of people aren’t aware of the procedure on what to do. I had to learn it personally thru a close call. A baby skunk was either killed or dropped dead in my yard. One of my dogs had made contact with it. I put the carcass in the bag and set up an appointment for the vet. I told the receptionist what happened and asked what I should do. She was so stupid as to say to throw the body away and treat my dog normal. I Googled on the procedure which told me to save the body, immediately quarantine the dog, and avoid being licked or scratched by him. Unfortunately by the time animal control came the body had decomposed too much that the result was inconclusive (it had only been 30 hours since the incident). The guy informed me the next time something like that happened place the carcass in a freezer. Thankfully my dog came out fine.
@@scallopohare9431I think you can get a rabies vaccine as a preventative though you may also need follow up shots if you come in contact with a rabid animal.
If you find a bat in your home, and you did not see it enter (just then), safely capture it and seek assistance in sending it to be tested! You can contact your local health department for instructions and assistance. ALSO, Go to your doctor, and assume you have been exposed to rabies, until proven otherwise! Through testing on the bat’s brain/nervous tissue, your state examiner will quickly determine if rabies is present, so you can continues the shots. IF it is not, any shots you may be receiving can stop. There are only 5 shots nowaday, not the old fashioned “20 shots in the belly”. I’m 48, and remember hearing stories that terrified me. My grandfather was exposed to a rabid dog that attacked his dog. He had the shots, but I never knew how many shots he had. It would’ve probably been the early 60’s. My FIRST rabies scare was at age 9. A stray cat bit me. We caught him and caged (fed, watered, humanely treated) and observed him for X amount of days to determine he wasn’t rabid. We think he was just hungry. I was petting him and he suddenly decided to nip my finger, then wanted more attention. I was a scared kid, but I milked the blood from the punctures, and finally told my parents.
I found a dead bat in my car one morning. It apparently flew in the night before while I had my windows down and the sunroof (moonroof) open. A local animal rescue retrieved the bat for me, although my car kind of smelled bad for a few days (possibly from a sprinkling of bat pee). Now I try to check the car each time I park at night.
When my son was about eight years old, he had a few friends found a bat in one of their yards. They all gathered around it and were poking sticks at it, etc. One of the parents walked out of the house and told them to get away from the bat. Put gloves on and put it in a box and took it to be tested for rabies. It came back positive, so every child that was around that bat had to go through the rabies shots for good measure. My son was one of those. I had to take them up to the hospital, multiple times to go through the process, and he was a real trooper… since they said it was a painful process and he was so young. He learned his lesson to never mess with wild animals, laying in a yard, especially bats. My husband and I were so afraid for him.
Rabies is so scary and unfair. By the time you realize you have it and hydrophobia kicks in its too late. If you come into contact eith any wild animal that could have it seek medical care immediately. Ppl treat rabies like a joke, but its anything but.
debbie from jamaica, nervous system flares up and eyes start bulding. don't nobody want to have rabbies. there is a reason why most us never ever mess with animals that are not ours.
@@ParkerQualityControl The dove decapitation was a stunt that he pulled during a press conference for his record label. The bat incident happened during a concert when a spectator threw a dead bat on stage. Ozzy thought it was a toy bat and decided to bite its head off, only to realize that it was the real thing. He had to get preventative rabies shots.
I disagree with this report suggesting you contact your doctor. I suggest contacting your local health department. I contacted my county health department after exposure to a bat - and was immediately brought in to start the rabies vaccination process: 4 injections given one week apart - plus a monster dose of immunoglobulin on my first visit. The bat subsequently died and tested negative - but rabies is too serious to take a wait-and-see approach.
@@PHlophe The doctors at your local health department track threats to public health - from water-borne threats to disease-carrying ticks and mosquitoes to rabies. In other words, the stuff that’s outside of the purview of one’s general practitioner. Personal physicians have a troubling tendency to downplay and minimize potential risks in one’s environment. It’s not their specialty. I’ll share a personal anecdote by way of example. I once found a deer tick on my son’s arm and immediately brought him to his pediatrician - insisting he be tested for Lyme Disease (which is quite common in my area). The doctor laughed at me, stating there was no need for a test because it was impossible that I could have found a deer tick - because they’re only the size of the head of a pin. I glared at him and told him I know what a dang deer tick looks like - I’m not stupid - but I expected him to doubt me so I’d brought the tick with me. He looked at the insect I’d trapped in clear tape - and wasn’t laughing at me any more. Then I snapped at him to order the test because I wasn’t taking chances with my son’s health. My son’s pediatrician was the best in the region - I’d seen to that. But this is the kind of nonsense people encounter from dismissive doctors who don’t see any reason to address something for which there’s no symptoms. If you believe there’s any chance you might have been exposed to rabies, contact your local health department. They take this stuff seriously. They have the vaccine on hand (which private physicians do not) - as well as the precious immunoglobulin that will bolster your immune system.
its fatal as soon as it shows symptoms, its asymptomatic until it reaches the nervous system, prior to that point, ideally within 24 hours following the bite, you should get vaccinated in order to prevent disease progression
The World Health Organization's website has a fact sheet for rabies on its website. It says "The incubation period for rabies is typically 2-3 months but may vary from one week to one year, depending on factors such as the location of virus entry and the viral load." Imagine that, symptoms may not appear for as much as a year. Wow! Once you have symptoms, it's extremely unlikely it can be cured. That's why if a wild bat touches you, even briefly, the best thing to do is get vaccinated. Better safe than sorry.
@@BETTERWORLDSGT That's changed actually! These days it's just a regular shot (if you need a lot you might have to get extra shots in your thighs but it's not at all as bad as the old ones in the stomach) And you can still always get it preemptively (if you do work with wildlife or plan to travel to a place that is high risk)
There is, but it can be expensive. Often times insurance doesn't want to cover it unless you're "at risk" (in the Vet field, rescue etc etc) However, in the event that you're bitten or even just exposed to a possibly rabid animal, you want to go and get post exposure treatment asap When vaccinated and possibly exposed to rabies, they often still want you to at least get a booster vaccine
Even if he had gotten it tested, the bat would have been destroyed anyways. The testing procedure requires the brain to be necropsied. There is no other way to look for asymptomatic rabies.
I was standing in my garden one evening when a bat came out of nowhere and crashed into my neck. I could not find a scratch or anything, but the area started itching a few hours later (which I fully realize could have been psycho-somatic). The doctor said she didn't see anything and tried to send me away. I insisted on getting the shots. BEST DECISION EVER.
How many shots, where were they given, and did they hurt? I'm sure they've improved on the treatment since the old days, but I have no idea how much.
@@fryingpanhead8809 I just had the Rabies PEP (post-exposure shots). They’re not a big deal. Nothing like the old days! :)
@@heytherespookyfacehow many shots did you have to take?
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Don't bats have sonar so they can fly without bashing into things?
Remember that even a scratch can cause infection from a bat. Get medical care immediately
I know 2 people who got toxoplasmosis from bats. One woman got it in her eye when looking up in the sky and bat droppings literally went in her eye. She had to go through a lot to get well. The other woman was an organist for a church and bats had been roosting in the area upstairs where the organ was. so bat droppings or guano as it's called can dry out and become airborne as in this case. She breathed this in and it caused permanent neurological damage to her from toxoplasmosis. I love bats and they are very much needed for insect control but one should use caution with them.
@@paulabrown5243 That second woman probably just didn't wash her hands well enough or was exposed to contaminated food or drink. There's no evidence that toxoplasmosis can be contracted by airborne dust.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6812650/
@@paulabrown5243reminds me of this story of these three photographers somewhere in the middle of a jungle, they sat at the entrance of this cave waiting for dusk for the bats to fly out. The bats pooped all over them and they were basically dead before they made it back, none of them survived
This bat had to get it from ... another bat.
Even just looking at a bag closely can cause infection 😢
Rabies is not "a potentially deadly disease." It's fatal, period.
No, there was one girl in Wisconsin a while back that survived. Probably one in 100,000 will survive.
@fryingpanhead8809 Do you know how she survived? They put her in a deep induced coma and kept her basically in ice until her body developed a sufficient immune response to fight the virus. It was nothing short of a miracle. This is why the survival rate for those who don't get the vaccine in time is counted at 0%. I don't know where you dreamed up the "probably 1 in 100.000".
@@fryingpanhead8809 She was a very special situation. They placed her in a medically-induced coma, lowered her body temperature which combined bought them time by slowing the virus's progression to her brain. They then gave her the multiple vaccinations and her body had a chance to create antibodies. She still has some neurological symptoms today, but is alive, has a fulfilling life and had her first child a few years back. Doctors took a shot without knowing if it would work. It may not work for the next person.
@@casesean From what I have read about it, that treatment also usually doesn't work and the patient still usually dies.
An untreated bite from a rabid bat has the same outcome as an untreated bite from a coastal taipan or black mamba. 100% fatal.
I woke up with a bat in my room. My whole family had to get rabies shots. It’s a series of injections over like 5 weeks or so. It’s no joke.
The entire family sought treatment just because the bat was in the house? Nutty.
@@leadboots72no, batty😂
@@leadboots72 it's nutty to NOT get a rabies vaccine after potential exposure. want to wait it out and see if you actually contract rabies? you're dead by that point, so best not to take risks. but be my guest if you think otherwise
@@leadboots72Better safe than sorry.
@@leadboots72they’d be fools not to
We had to do this this summer. Woke up with a bat flying around the room. We took it to a vet and then the health department to have it tested. All of this was done for free, because the health community doesn't want cost to discourage people from seeking help. It may sound over the top, the percentage of getting rabies is very low, but if you're in that percentage, by the time you realize something is wrong, it's too late.
How did it get into the room?
@@Lauren-vd4qe It's a rustic cottage. Bats can fit into the tiniest crevices. Even looking at them at their small size, you wouldn't believe they can fit through what they can. We've located the areas and have hopefully taken care of that, but the cottage is also in woods where mosquitos, and therefore bats, are plentiful. You don't have to worry if a bat suddenly gets in and you're able to catch it safely and release it. But if you wake up in the room with it flying around, it sadly needs to be tested for the humans' sake.
@@ferrisulfis it fruit bats (flying foxes) or vampire bats that we should look out for (in terms of rabies)?
@@bay8951 Any species can, because any type of mammal can get rabies. We have neither of those types of bats here in North America. Ours are just tiny little bats about the size of mice. They are insectivores. Raccoons, foxes, and coyotes are other animals in my area that carry rabies. Though one would be far more likely to notice getting a bite from one of of them 😅
@@ferrisulf got it, thanks!
Remember if you even come across a bite get prophylactic treatment don’t risk it. Such a gruesome experience. I hope he is resting in peace
A child in Ontario Canada just died from rabies contracted from a bat. It was in the child's room; the parents didn't see a mark on him so took no medical steps and the child died. Can't be too careful.
I was bit by a bat that had gotten into my house. It dive bombed me, I raised my hands to protect my face and it bit me on the finger. I was able to catch the bat by throwing a bowl over it. I called animal control in my community. It was a Friday night after 5:00 and a message gave me another number to call. That number was the police dispatch. So, they send the police, EMTs and a fire truck even though I explained I just needed help in capturing the bat.
So, my small apartment fills up with all these first responders. When I explained what happened one of the men’s says “ we don’t do bats”. I’m like “don’t you have wildlife protocol? One of the EMTs said they could take me to the ER, but it will cost a lot of money. He advised me to go to an Urgent care clinic. I asked “so am I going to die”. First responders “not tonight”. Finally a kind police officer was able to get the bat into a plastic bag.
I drove myself to the ER and they were all very good. The shots aren’t like they use to be in your stomach, but in your arms, legs and the bite itself. The hospital gave me info on what to do. I contacted the state public health department and they really didn’t care. If I wanted the bat tested, I would have to take the bat to a veterinary college 45 minutes from my home and pay $150.00 for the test.
Turns out, only ERs carry the rabies vaccine because of the short shelf life and an urgent care clinic doesn’t handle rabies shots. The first responders didn’t have a clue about rabies shots. I think they were all more afraid of the bat than I was.
SOunds about right, I watched a story last night about a 15 year old girl bit by a bat in church after an usher whacked it out of the air with a hymn book and the girl later went to rescue it and take it outside, the bat bit her finger hard and she had difficulty getting the teeth out of her finger.
Apparently she didn't say anything and some time later she became ill and THEN told mom, they went to the hospital and they did a couple of MRI's and a neurologist examined her, then they told the neurologist about the bat bite and he dismissed it as the wound had healed.
They did all kinds of blood tests while the girl was getting sicker and sicker, vomiting, couldnt get out of bed, seeing double vision and then becoming unresponsive.
Mom brought up the bat bite agan and an older doctor THEN learned abut that, made some calls and then he discovered the girl had rabies and by then they figured she'd be dead in 24 hours.
But the doctor tried ketamine and some other experimental drugs and out her in a coma, she did survive but had been in the hospital for MONTHS had to go into rehab to relearn everything from talking to walking. She "recovered" but had obvious physical and mental deficits the way she moved acted and talked.
So they TOLD the hospital she was bit by a bat and they dismissed it...
Don't need to go to the ER. Rabies travels very slowly though the nervous system. Next day is fine for the rabies treatment.
@@HobbyOrganist, that doesn't sound right. Your not dead in 24 hours after symptoms appear. You rage for a while, then you die, and it sounds like she was in the confused stage right before the rage stage
@@alexshaw4567 Zombie virus?
You lost weed to cstch a bat???
My buddy died from rabies many years after getting bitten. Stayed dormant. Scary stuff
Yes it can be dorment the state vet told me only in larger animals ..living in a 3rd world country South Africa we always have to have rabies injections if bitten by dog bats etc it should be done anyway and they don't have to bite you saliva etc can also give you rabies
Yes, it can stay dormant up to 17 years.
@@fakenattyfinder Oh wow. Did not know that.
@@Vale0x3 As long as its dormant getting rabies vaccine while its dormant wouldnt it work? But asuming you dont know you wont get it.
@@dymphnacarroll3627 only if you have an open wound
So sad for the person who had to go through this! How terrifying
Rabies is 100% fatal if not treated.
EDIT: To clarify, the small number of people who have survived rabies "without treatment" means that there are a tiny number of people who have survived where _the rabies itself_ was not treated (because it was too late), but *_none of those people survived without any medical intervention at all,_* so don't anyone get the idea that you can get rabies or have a risk of getting rabies and not go to the emergency room immediately and survive, *_because you won't._* My original comment below was pedantic in that there are a very tiny number of people who have _lived_ (not without complications or long term effects) after getting rabies where the rabies itself was not treated, but the patient 100% was treated with an experimental medical treatment that is still usually unsuccessful and results in the patient's death. *_DO NOT_* confuse that with not getting any treatment at all, because there are zero documented cases of someone surviving rabies without that as far as I've been able to find.
So that was a dumb argument to make on my part, in retrospect. DO NOT play fast and loose with something as dangerous as rabies.
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That is not true. It is _NEARLY_ 100% fatal if not treated, but it is not 100% fatal. It’s just that of all the people who’ve gotten rabies and not been treated, nearly all of them have died. Someone survived it in 2004, as a matter of fact. That was with untreated rabies. That is also _NOT_ the same thing as not receiving any medical intervention at all. That patient did receive medical intervention, but the rabies itself was handled entirely by her own immune system under an experimental protocol to protect her brain while her immune system fought off the infection.
And in fairness, even that protocol often doesn’t work and the patient still dies. So it is very close to 100% fatal without any medical intervention in humans, but that’s still not 100%.
@@babybirdhome So, in short, rabies is 100% fatal without medical intervention. Because the person who survived ONLY survived due to medical intervention. And even then she was crippled by the disease for some time having to relearn how to walk, talk and read. So she was VERY lucky. ..... I'd advise NOBODY to follow her because it is just simply far too dangerous.
Source?
@@babybirdhomethere are only 4 documented cases of the human body fighting rabies and surviving, without immediate medical intervention.
@@Robert_kucharGoogle! I can believe how may people in these comment sections can't figure out how to find information!
I watched videos of real people filmed in Mexico dying from rabies when I was at college for my CEU;s It is exactly the same way an animal dies from it. Toward the end they tied the person to the bed to protect the medical staff. Mexico has a high rate of rabies in dogs because most people don't get them vaccinated and there are lots of stray dogs and cats there. Working ten years as an Animal Control Officer I only encountered 2 rabid animals and both were raccoons.
I’ve heard it’s pretty horrific at the end, part of me would want to see it but I recognize it’s likely so horrific that I never should
Interesting. Rabies is quite rare in Raccoons in California and the western US. What area in Mexico?
And they could leave vaccinated meats out to end this issue… they did that in Switzerland
Here in my town, when I first moved in there were stray cats all over the place. Also people who owned a pet cat, let them roam. In Connecticut, our vet told us ALL CATS indoor and outdoor are required to have a rabies shot. They also get rabies boosters. Our cat lived 22 happy years in the house, but his rabies shots were always up-to-date. When coyotes moved into the area, that took care of the roaming cats. But rabies is still around. Now it's mostly raccoon, fox and skunk. To risk the life of a loyal pet to rabies for the price of a shot, blows my mind.
@@toomignonraccoons carry rabies, is not rare at all.
I kid you not, one time as a child when we had an unfinished basement I went to use the toilet down there and there was a bat in the toilet!!! I screamed and my mom rescued it with a bowl and plate. I always always always look in the toilet before going now.
Thanks now I have a new fear unlocked 😂 Glad you noticed though
I remember a news story from years ago where a prisoner in a state prison died of rabies after being bitten by a bat that was in his toilet. He sat down to do his business & felt the needle like bite.
One got into an unfinished basement that I was renting. It flew in the finished bedroom that I was in at night while I was in bed with the lights off watching television. Never been so terrified in my life. Never did see it again, thank goodness.
I had to go out on calls for wildlife as an ACO. Got bat calls several times a year, used caution and released them to a safe place after removing them from the person's house. One common place in a home is hanging on the back of a curtain. I'm not afraid of them but used protective gloves that they couldn't bite through.
They can't survive that long without water - maybe 10 days at most. Bats come in usually from the roof (any 1/4 gap will allow entry) and roost in the upper walls of houses (very common) and come and go every night with most home owners being totally unaware. But if they get lost and end up going down the internal walls of the house, looking for an exit, they can inside the living space of houses - especially in unfinished basements or furnace rooms and basically end up stuck trying to find an exit or water source. So they'd use the toilet for water, or just fly up into the main house looking for a window exit.
Horrible way to die. 😢🕊️💟
I'm scared of rabies more than anything else!
What about Ebola?
@@HingleMacCringleberry Rabies has a 100% death rate if you are infected and don't get the immune-globulin and rabies vaccine right away. Ebola does NOT have a 100% death rate.
@@HingleMacCringleberry or coronavirus? Or hiv/aids?
The odds of getting rabies even for animals (in America) is very low. For humans, the odds of being struck by lightning are probably higher.
You can just get vaccinated if it truly worries you…. I am vaccinated for rabies.
I lived with bats in my house for 20 years. Had a system (a bat bowl) and gloves to get them out safely. My last year there I was scratched by a baby bat. Got the rabies shots and am fine now. Our cats were always vaccinated for rabies as they would try to catch the bats. Don’t take chances, the vaccine is not bad and can save your life.
Do the bats that live in your house have names? Or are they just called bats.
@@Alex-ft1df too many to name.
Bats in ur house??? Thats insane
@@Rob-z7k we lived in a smallish old Catholic Church that had been empty for years. The bats moved in and we just lived with them. We lived there for 20 years, just sold it last year. The new owner has done the bat removal steps.
Are you count dracula ?
That poor soul. What a terrifying way to go.
Why are they showing Flying Foxes? They aren’t even native to the Americas and would die from starvation and cold in Minnesota.
They also showed vampire bats
Because they can? It’s called b-roll go to film school
They tested some bats all the way over in Washington state and they were positive for rabies.
Yeah, recently a rabid bat was found not far from where I live here in Washington, same city, and I’ve been extra edgy about potential rabies exposure since then. Been considering getting the rabies vaccine myself as a just in case, though I do hear the side effects of the vaccine can be a bit rough or unpleasant and it doesn’t last long, I’d rather deal with that than risk losing my mind to something so brutal. Same goes for my kitties- indoors, outdoors, doesn’t really matter, one is already vaccinated for this year but my boy needs his renewal- just waiting for a slightly juicer paycheck to get him all his shots to be safe again! Can only hope more people take the time to do the same thing now that it’s known!
It's everywhere in North America.
bats carry 60 known viruses that can infect humans
Hawty
In 80s in Dallas a man was in a comatose state and his family gave permission to harvest his organs. People that got the organs died very quickly from rabies. He was near a cave an got bitten by bat. Very tragic for people getting the organs.
rabies effects the brain and spine
This actually happens more frequently than you would expect
I always assume all wild life has rabies and just leave it alone. It's important to have screens on your windows doors and don't leave doors or windows open without them at night. Call someone at your local vet, or animal shelter to can help you remove one safely, or point you to someone who will remove it for you.
Melanie, even squirrels. folk need to stop trying to touch anything they think is cute.
I woke up with a bad in my bedroom. I went to the hospital and they said I needed the rabies vaccine weekly. I had the bat tested for rabies and it was negative. I was told to discontinue the shots.
A bad
Raccoons and foxes also can carry rabies. Protect your animals by getting them vaccinated
Horses and otters and panthers also can carry rabies
The liberal, childless democrat with 6 cats, instead of writing "protect your children" you write protect your pets....hopeless party🤡
@@hellasboy8243You need to touch some grass soo bad
@@hellasboy8243we're talking about rabies here, and children don't get pre exposure vaccines unless theyre at risk or immune compromised
For those of us considered "at risk" (Vet staff, wildlife rehabilitators, rescue personnel etc) rabies vaccines are absolutely recommended
That's pre exposure. Post exposure is always recommended, no matter who you are, if you've been bitten or even just come into contact with a possible rabid animal
Lastly (if you've bothered to read this) by vaccinating your animals, you're also adding extra protection to yourself and your kids. So yes, vaccinating your animals also helps protect children
Skunks can also carry the rabies virus.
They also leave out that most medical insurance won't cover rabies shots and depending on where you live, a rabies treatment regimen can cost as much as $12,000.
It's strange that insurance wouldn't cover that. Given that the point of insurance is for unforeseen circumstances, and a disease like that is far more unforeseeable than something like the flu.
ROFL. The average rabies treatment regimen is 2,000. The highest is 6,500. If you're being charged 12,000 I suggest leaving the state immediately.
We can get dogs vaccinated for around $20-$40, so yes, it should be FAR less expensive. But rabies is a death sentence, so no matter the cost, you don't really have a choice if you think you've been exposed and can't catch the animal to have it tested.
@@shangobunni5getting a preventative rabies vaccination is not the same as what the original post is discussing. Humans can get the same preventative rabies vax animals get for relatively cheap, sometimes even covered by insurance.
@@jordyb57 Good to know, thank you. But unless the immune-globulin alone is ridiculously expensive, I can't see another reason why the post-exposure series should be financially burdensome. I actually got the whole post-exposure series back in 2020, and the immune globulin shots are the only thing that is different from the regular rabies vaccine. All in all, I got 2 immune globulin injections and 4 rabies vaccine injections.
My income at the time allowed me to qualify for MediCal, so I did not have to pay anything. Which I was very grateful for.
The guy's age has nothing to do with it. Misleading.
Age plays a role in all sorts of things. Especially ‘immune’ issues
@@tvviewer4500 Correct, covid is just one example.
@@tvviewer4500 Not in Rabies, tho.
@@MeMyself-y5n younger people stand a better chance of surviving than older people. Feel free to look it up
Do you know about rabies @@tvviewer4500
I just watched a video about a young girl who was bit by a bat and didn’t get medical treatment or the right diagnosis for a month. I think she lives in Wisconsin. She has an experimental treatment that involved being put in a medically induced coma and she lived. She seems fine and went on to graduate from college.
That experiment must've paid off her college 😂
Every visual of bats in this report is of bats that don’t live in MN.
How did you know?
Are you batman?
@BenStokes-l3iYeah wtf how does he know 😂
billy, a bat is a bat
Rare death from rabies? I don’t know if I would call roughly 60,000 people a year rare.
On a planet with a polulation of over 8,000,000,000? That's .00075% of the population, or 75 ten-thousandths of one percent. Statistically, if it weren't measuring people dying it wouldn't even be worth measuring. Less than 10 in the US die every year from the disease: .0000029%, or 29 millionths of one percent.
It's rare.
Probably rare in the US is what they meant
60,000 people worldwide?
In Minnesota?
@@neilkurzman4907 worldwide
I think they mean getting it from bats. It's pretty rare for a bat to carry it.
Is rabies really making a come back? An 11 year old in ontario canada was bitten on their toe by a bat and contracted rabies. I unfortunately don't think they are alive anymore. They also found another bat with rabies
Comeback? It was never gone
@Specogecko transmission was supressed with wildlife vaccination programs. habitat loss and global warming are making it more and more common, especially in colder climates
@@Specogecko 10 people/year are killed by rabies in the U.S. In 2022, almost 709,000 people in the U.S. were killed by heart disease.
Never gone? It remains a non-issue. Stop eating crappy food.
Well, ignorance is making a comeback. The child would have lived had they gotten the vaccine in a timely manner.
@@Specogecko Shut up. These deaths are NOT that common and we are noticing an actual uptick in cases now. People like you do not help any conversation whatsoever.
We had the first human case of rabies in decades in Ontario, Canada recently. Also from a bat. Person is still alive as far as I know. Immediate medical attention is required for survival. Otherwise RIP
Rabies is 100% FATAL if not treated. The person who survived did so only through medical intervention and had to relearn EVERYTHING when out of her drug induced coma.
Once the symptoms show up, RIP
The person died because they didn’t get shots because they didn’t see a bite
I had the top of my head scratched up by a bat who was collecting mosquitos. I underwent the rabies vaxx series. 3 weeks later, the rabies symptoms began but ceased after a half hour so I actually had the rabies virus but the vaxx had saved me
you are truly blessed. most people would brush it off
Omg. Omg. Omg.
U didn’t have symptoms liar
@@CoreyAnderson-l5y You shouldn't talk to adults that way, 15 year old child. Disgusting
I find it very hard to believe they didn’t know about the bite. They downplayed it and died for it.
A bat was crawling on the ground by the yuba river a few months ago and I was trying to help it get in the shade and some water and the little bastard kept trying to bite me. So im like trippn now, thanking the Lord I didn't get bit.😮
almost won darwin award
scratch can also transmit rabies
With the Lord, there's nothing to trip about.
Not very smart, crawling in daytime is not normal and it could have been sick. Glad you weren't bitten.
You should still get a rabies vaccine or consult a medical advisor. Sometimes it could take a while for symptoms to show up, even up to a year. Once they do, their is nothing they can do for you. I had a dog attack in a public place, myself, son, along with 4 others were attacked while leaving a restaurant by someone who took their dog off it's leash. The shots are not bad, it's a lot of them over the course of 2 weeks through the ER only. Rabies is worse and is pretty much 100% fatal.
Not only is Rabies deadly, it’s a horrendous way to die
I’ve heard people who were bitten said they barely felt the bite and almost dismissed it.
A child in Ontario, Canada just died last week as well.
As far as I have learned, once the symptoms emerge, it's too late
For the most part, yes. That is true.
Of all the times I've been in or near bats, I've never had a single one come close to biting or scratching me. They just eat the bugs and fly on their merry way. Those that I've encountered in caves just completely ignored me.
I think rabies changes animals’ behavior, and makes them more prone to biting (since it can spread through the saliva). If you’ve ever seen videos of rabid animals they act very weird, off, testy and aggressive.
Its such a tragic disease thats common in many areas still in impoverished areas in rural mexico where i was born seeing family members die from rabies infection is something i wouldnt wish on anyone even if we did knoe it was rabies in my villahe there was no hospitals just nature amd nature is so brutal. Glad my village has brought in modern medicine from help of others around but still rabies is still the most feared disease in those parts
I purchased a fishing net on a fairly long pole, in the event a bat enters the home. Learned my lesson when one entered a place where I used to live, and didn't have anything around to catch it.
How do they get in?
My late uncle would pick up the bat from his curtains with bare hands! 😮 I was just told by his daughter that. He was lucky he didn’t get rabies.
May he Rest In Peace 🙏
I think the two main things to especially be aware of is if a bat is on the ground (they can't really take off from the ground and don't want to land there) and if they're out during the day.
Vet tech here. This is why even indoor cats should be vaccinated, and why most vets will not see your pet without it being vaccinated. It is for the staff's protection. Like it says in this video, your pet could be bitten and you might not even realize it. An elderly man in my county in IL died not too long ago of rabies after being bitten by a bat and refusing treatment. Horrible way to go.
In Vancouver, we had a case where a bat landed on someone's hand and the person died weeks later. It flew into the car and just landed on his hand. It never bit him. That's scary.
"Myth: 3 people die from rabies every year. Fact: 4 people die from rabies every year" -Michael Scott
Never knew bats were so cute
honey you have a strange taste in men
11 year old Ontario boy in Canada just died from bat exposure last month. He wasn't bit but it had landed on his face during the night.
Very sad. A bat flew into my house once and I ran straight out of there and waited outside until animal control arrived. I did not mess around with that!
I found one in my washing machine. I'm short and can't see the bottom. I thought it was a sock until I pulled it out.
The public health department wasn't sure, but they decided that since it was dead before it went in the washer, and it was washed in hot water, I should be ok. (This was a year ago, so I was)
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@andreacook7431 I gasped when I read "I thought it was a sock until I pulled it out" (indicating that you had touched it). I can only imagine (the fear) when you realized "🤔This isn't a sock" 🥺😱
I am very glad that you were/are okay. 💐 Just _reading_ your comment was scary.
It is important to note that a bat in the bedroom scenario without known contact is generally considered low risk. Based on a study performed in Canada1, the incidence of human rabies due to a bat in the bedroom without recognized contact was 1 case per 2.7 billion person-years.
I always check my yard for dead animals such as bats , racoons, . I don't my dog coming in contact
Get dog rabies vaccinated
@@moodmeditation4458 he is Einstein
How stupid!! You don't get or leave a bat in your house!!
I got bitten by a bat, and the wound disappeared after a week. The wound was so tiny, that I thought it was a spider bite. 6 months later, the bite site started itching like crazy. The foot was all tingly and numb for over 2 weeks. I got 5 rabies shot, and the numbness and itching went away. I guess I got lucky or my foot trapped it. Those rabies shots were no joke. My insurance was billed 25k.
What’re the ingredients in the shots? 25k piss & vinegar
@@MissMarshallimmunoglobulins are expensive. If you want to get it for cheaper you should just get the shots before getting exposed to it. After the exposure, a series of antibodies (immunoglobulins) are also required alongside the vaccine. Those antibodies are what makes it expensive.
There was once a bat trapped under plastic in our old barn.
I donned some thick cloves, grabbed a glass jar, poked a few holes in it, and carefully grabbed the trapped bat.
It was a common bug eating bat in my state.
I then caught some flies, and with tweezers offered them to the bat.
That bat ate ALL the flies. Poor thing was famished.
That also convinced me it was probably not rabid.
I let it go and it flew away without looking back.
Awesome experience.
Just wear gloves at least…..
No. Call animal control. People will get bit messing with it dum advice on this video
That’s what I said! Immediately go get vaccinated and have animal control deal with the bat 😅
They shouldn't have killed the bat. All that unnecessary contact could have been avoided and then this person wouldn't be dead from rabies.
its not rare. its rare encountering a bat in your house. Last week a child died in Ontario.
Because of how rare rabies are in the US a lot of people aren’t aware of the procedure on what to do. I had to learn it personally thru a close call. A baby skunk was either killed or dropped dead in my yard. One of my dogs had made contact with it. I put the carcass in the bag and set up an appointment for the vet. I told the receptionist what happened and asked what I should do. She was so stupid as to say to throw the body away and treat my dog normal. I Googled on the procedure which told me to save the body, immediately quarantine the dog, and avoid being licked or scratched by him. Unfortunately by the time animal control came the body had decomposed too much that the result was inconclusive (it had only been 30 hours since the incident). The guy informed me the next time something like that happened place the carcass in a freezer. Thankfully my dog came out fine.
Excellent "News on Bats," thank you for saving my life! ❤ ( 10-17-24 ) Thursday
So sorry 🙏
Get yourself and your pets vaccinated
Uh, pets get vaccinated. People do not unless they had contact.
@@scallopohare9431I think you can get a rabies vaccine as a preventative though you may also need follow up shots if you come in contact with a rabid animal.
@@GG-lr7vs Maybe wildlife rehabber get preventive tx.
If it's too late, can doctors put people to sleep so they dont suffer?
I was bitten when I was a kid, I guess I was lucky that the bat wasn't infected with rabies.
If you find a bat in your home, and you did not see it enter (just then), safely capture it and seek assistance in sending it to be tested! You can contact your local health department for instructions and assistance. ALSO, Go to your doctor, and assume you have been exposed to rabies, until proven otherwise! Through testing on the bat’s brain/nervous tissue, your state examiner will quickly determine if rabies is present, so you can continues the shots.
IF it is not, any shots you may be receiving can stop.
There are only 5 shots nowaday, not the old fashioned “20 shots in the belly”. I’m 48, and remember hearing stories that terrified me. My grandfather was exposed to a rabid dog that attacked his dog. He had the shots, but I never knew how many shots he had. It would’ve probably been the early 60’s.
My FIRST rabies scare was at age 9. A stray cat bit me. We caught him and caged (fed, watered, humanely treated) and observed him for X amount of days to determine he wasn’t rabid. We think he was just hungry. I was petting him and he suddenly decided to nip my finger, then wanted more attention.
I was a scared kid, but I milked the blood from the punctures, and finally told my parents.
Did you get the shots? I was bit by a horse 20 years ago and it still haunts me, I want to get the shots but I’m scared.
I found a dead bat in my car one morning. It apparently flew in the night before while I had my windows down and the sunroof (moonroof) open.
A local animal rescue retrieved the bat for me, although my car kind of smelled bad for a few days (possibly from a sprinkling of bat pee).
Now I try to check the car each time I park at night.
When my son was about eight years old, he had a few friends found a bat in one of their yards. They all gathered around it and were poking sticks at it, etc. One of the parents walked out of the house and told them to get away from the bat. Put gloves on and put it in a box and took it to be tested for rabies. It came back positive, so every child that was around that bat had to go through the rabies shots for good measure. My son was one of those. I had to take them up to the hospital, multiple times to go through the process, and he was a real trooper… since they said it was a painful process and he was so young. He learned his lesson to never mess with wild animals, laying in a yard, especially bats. My husband and I were so afraid for him.
Lord have mercy . who was the parent . the parent is saint for noticing it
That could have been bad
Rabies has a 100% lethality rate btw with exception to hyper rare cases where someone survived (like 6 people in history)
Nightmare
“ It’s a trick get an axe ! “
I learned about this first from watching the movie Quarantine lol
We learned about rabies in the 60's and 70's from the movie "Ole Yeller"...,so sad
28 Squeaks later 🧟
The rule of thumb is everyone should visit the doctor when a bat is found in the home.
@@susanw489 Yes, especially!
Wow that’s crazy. Who knew rabies could do that
Well, for thousands of years, virtually every human knew. But now, in the so-called "information age," nobody seems to know anything.
Rabies is so scary and unfair. By the time you realize you have it and hydrophobia kicks in its too late. If you come into contact eith any wild animal that could have it seek medical care immediately. Ppl treat rabies like a joke, but its anything but.
Why would someone want to KEEP a bat in their home ONLY TO KILL THAT ANIMAL? Makes no sense.
Lynda, same way folk torture dogs. i worked at an animal shelter. i done seen it all
That is sooo scary. And unfortunate 😭.
But the bat is so adorable 😭
Nature's nod to Halloween.
wow, I really didn't realize how dangerous Rabies is. crazy..
Well that's absolutely horrifying 😢😢😢
debbie from jamaica, nervous system flares up and eyes start bulding. don't nobody want to have rabbies. there is a reason why most us never ever mess with animals that are not ours.
Rabies is fucking scary. Fear of water symptom. Damn
That's quite shocking. Ozzy Osbourne had a lucky escape all those years ago.
Was a dove
Yea, the shots were the bats revenge!!!!!!
Idiot.🤦♀️
Who the Hell bites a bat?!?!?
Rabies is scared of Ozzy.
@@GG-lr7vs Loool.
@@ParkerQualityControl The dove decapitation was a stunt that he pulled during a press conference for his record label. The bat incident happened during a concert when a spectator threw a dead bat on stage. Ozzy thought it was a toy bat and decided to bite its head off, only to realize that it was the real thing. He had to get preventative rabies shots.
A little kid in Ontario just died from this same thing
andrew Quelle horreur, Je n'ai pas eu vent de cette affaire. Le pauvre . Je n'ose pas imaginer la douleur
The odds are astronomical
I disagree with this report suggesting you contact your doctor. I suggest contacting your local health department.
I contacted my county health department after exposure to a bat - and was immediately brought in to start the rabies vaccination process: 4 injections given one week apart - plus a monster dose of immunoglobulin on my first visit. The bat subsequently died and tested negative - but rabies is too serious to take a wait-and-see approach.
Jennie, local health dept are doctors
@@PHlophe The doctors at your local health department track threats to public health - from water-borne threats to disease-carrying ticks and mosquitoes to rabies. In other words, the stuff that’s outside of the purview of one’s general practitioner.
Personal physicians have a troubling tendency to downplay and minimize potential risks in one’s environment. It’s not their specialty.
I’ll share a personal anecdote by way of example. I once found a deer tick on my son’s arm and immediately brought him to his pediatrician - insisting he be tested for Lyme Disease (which is quite common in my area). The doctor laughed at me, stating there was no need for a test because it was impossible that I could have found a deer tick - because they’re only the size of the head of a pin.
I glared at him and told him I know what a dang deer tick looks like - I’m not stupid - but I expected him to doubt me so I’d brought the tick with me.
He looked at the insect I’d trapped in clear tape - and wasn’t laughing at me any more. Then I snapped at him to order the test because I wasn’t taking chances with my son’s health.
My son’s pediatrician was the best in the region - I’d seen to that. But this is the kind of nonsense people encounter from dismissive doctors who don’t see any reason to address something for which there’s no symptoms.
If you believe there’s any chance you might have been exposed to rabies, contact your local health department. They take this stuff seriously. They have the vaccine on hand (which private physicians do not) - as well as the precious immunoglobulin that will bolster your immune system.
See why bruce wayne was right to fear bats?
Doesn't rabies take a while to ramp up? I know it's fatal once it gets to a certain point, wonder what his symptoms were before that point.
Once you get symptoms there's no turning back.
Early symptoms may be like the flu, including weakness, discomfort, fever, or headache. And it's too late for treatment by then.
If you get exposure to wild or suspicious animal, you need to get vaccinated for rabies immediately. Once symptoms appear, it's too late.
its fatal as soon as it shows symptoms, its asymptomatic until it reaches the nervous system, prior to that point, ideally within 24 hours following the bite, you should get vaccinated in order to prevent disease progression
The World Health Organization's website has a fact sheet for rabies on its website. It says "The incubation period for rabies is typically 2-3 months but may vary from one week to one year, depending on factors such as the location of virus entry and the viral load." Imagine that, symptoms may not appear for as much as a year. Wow! Once you have symptoms, it's extremely unlikely it can be cured. That's why if a wild bat touches you, even briefly, the best thing to do is get vaccinated. Better safe than sorry.
The zombie apocalypse has officially begun
That's the best joke you can think of? Bozo
Send Tim my prayers .....he will live to coach again 🙏
To be honest, any bat could have rabies without even knowing it.
Dawg thought that is how you become Batman.
And my cat caught a bat, supposedly.
Thanks, great advice,,,….. & double check for “” bites””, treat if unknown… etc.
This just happened to a young boy in Ontario Canada recently
They are eating bats up there.
Why isn’t their a rabies vaccine
There is.
Yes, that's been around many years, but you're supposed to get it if you get bit, and what I've heard is it's really painful injection in the stomach.
@@BETTERWORLDSGT That's changed actually! These days it's just a regular shot (if you need a lot you might have to get extra shots in your thighs but it's not at all as bad as the old ones in the stomach) And you can still always get it preemptively (if you do work with wildlife or plan to travel to a place that is high risk)
@@silv4276 I just got bit by a stray a few months ago, I had to have 4 shots over a month, one on each arm and leg. My hand got pretty messed up tho.
There is, but it can be expensive. Often times insurance doesn't want to cover it unless you're "at risk" (in the Vet field, rescue etc etc)
However, in the event that you're bitten or even just exposed to a possibly rabid animal, you want to go and get post exposure treatment asap
When vaccinated and possibly exposed to rabies, they often still want you to at least get a booster vaccine
Skunks are often carriers as well.
A kid up here in Canada just died from rabies they caught from a bat, too. Rare, but it happens.
What the hell? First it's cats and dogs! Now, we have to worry about bats, too? We're going to hell, I tell you!
Bats have always been carriers, there was a little boy who passed away from the virus in Australia almost 10 years ago
Farm animals, raccoons, wolves, horses... Yeah, it's bad.
Patient 0 detected.
He shouldn’t have killed the bat!
You think he should have released a rabid bat???
@@M.Campbell
And SIX people have clicked 👍🏻 on her comment!!🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Darwinism lives.
If the bat 🦇 was alive it could infected another human in his neighborhood since, it had rabies.
Even if he had gotten it tested, the bat would have been destroyed anyways.
The testing procedure requires the brain to be necropsied. There is no other way to look for asymptomatic rabies.
THERE ARE BATS IN MINNESOTA?
Yeah