Rabies fear. Need reassurance

[Moso]

In my mammalogy class, we set out a water bowl for animals to drink from and i saw on camera is got visited by foxes, raccoons, bunnies, and deer! While this is really exciting, I walked by the water bowl and my hand(which has some open cuts) on it got close to the bowl and Im not sure/afraid that it touched it. If it did, what are my chances of getting rabies from it since animals have been drinking from that bowl? Should I be concerned?

 

[Concernedgal]

Most of the time you catch rabies by getting bit. But, u would be lying to you if I said that there wasn't any rare instance's where infected saliva getting into a wound didn't cause infection however as I said... this is rare. Still, better safe than sorry. Get tested .

 

[Moso]

Most of the time you catch rabies by getting bit. But, u would be lying to you if I said that there wasn't any rare instance's where infected saliva getting into a wound didn't cause infection however as I said... this is rare. Still, better safe than sorry. Get tested .

You can't get tested for rabies.... they can only test dead organisms

 

[_Lukas]

Get a rabies vaccine.

 

[Rinka]

Bet thing is talk to your doctor and inform them about the situation. Depending on which part of the world you at living, the possibility of animals having rabbis can be very low. I think in Western Europe mainly bats are a risk factor.
You can get a vaccinated, talk to your doctor.
I think the chances are slim, but still better safe then sorry.

 

[Moso]

Bet thing is talk to your doctor and inform them about the situation. Depending on which part of the world you at living, the possibility of animals having rabbis can be very low. I think in Western Europe mainly bats are a risk factor.
You can get a vaccinated, talk to your doctor.
I think the chances are slim, but still better safe then sorry.

I would, but no one will take me to doctor because they know I have a rabies phobia. And I'm fairly sure ii didnt touch the bowl because it was on the ground. Even with my hands hanging straight down they don't touch the ground

 

[janemariesayed]

In my mammalogy class, we set out a water bowl for animals to drink from and i saw on camera is got visited by foxes, raccoons, bunnies, and deer! While this is really exciting, I walked by the water bowl and my hand(which has some open cuts) on it got close to the bowl and Im not sure/afraid that it touched it. If it did, what are my chances of getting rabies from it since animals have been drinking from that bowl? Should I be concerned?

Hi Moso, nice to meet you.

I don't think you need to be worried about having rabies. You would have known by now if you had of caught it. Animals with rabies can't bear to be near water so you wouldn't have caught anything. You can have the vaccination but it is a really horrible injection to have with about 6 needles through your belly. Rabid animals foam at the mouth as well so you can tell if they have it. If you had it, you would be foaming at the mouth too, and you wouldn't want to go anywhere near water, let alone drink it.