NOCal-Confirmed cat rabies after biting a human

CJinCA · 02-01-2013, 02:53 PM

Santa Rosa: Person treated after being bitten by rabid cat - San Jose Mercury News

Please make sure your outdoor cats are vaccinated!

grrawritsjordi · 02-01-2013, 03:08 PM

Oh no! I live in Southern CA.

Here in LA we have been having a really bad problem with ring worm. The shelter where I got Moosey and my roommate got Ziggy is only open friday-sunday for the public and they were closed last weekend and they are staying closed this weekend because of ringworm.

We found it on Ziggy a few days after we got her and before I knew it, I had it too.

CJinCA · 02-01-2013, 03:50 PM

Ugh! Hope you and Ziggy get rid of it quick!

grrawritsjordi · 02-01-2013, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CJinCA

Ugh! Hope you and Ziggy get rid of it quick!

We took her back to the place we got her and they gave us free medication and I went to CVS and got the ringworm stuff which was $9 a tube (I thought it was rediculous) but I actually had it on my forehead and my cheek. I was so embarrassed.

It is all cleared up now!

Arianwen · 02-01-2013, 04:13 PM

So glad we don't have rabies here.

We do have ringworm but it's been donkey's years since I've seen it in anything but cattle - thankfully!! Even the farm cats who mingle with livestock haven't had it.

scottd · 02-01-2013, 07:53 PM

If you vaccinate against rabies, I strongly suggest you opt for the Merial PureVax Feline Rabies vaccine. It's the only non-adjuvanted rabies vaccine on the market (at least in the US). Adjuvants are believed to cause vaccine associated sarcomas albeit rarely but why take any risk when there's a safer vaccine available?

spirite · 02-01-2013, 11:12 PM

and please make sure you stay current with the vaccinations. I know of two people who had to have their cats put to sleep because their rabies vaccinations had expired. One of them had scheduled the shot for 2 days later, but there was nothing that could be done.

02-01-2013, 02:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
CJinCA Tom Cat Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: SF Peninsula Posts: 563	NOCal-Confirmed cat rabies after biting a human Santa Rosa: Person treated after being bitten by rabid cat - San Jose Mercury News Please make sure your outdoor cats are vaccinated!

02-01-2013, 03:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
grrawritsjordi Tom Cat Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 409	Oh no! I live in Southern CA. Here in LA we have been having a really bad problem with ring worm. The shelter where I got Moosey and my roommate got Ziggy is only open friday-sunday for the public and they were closed last weekend and they are staying closed this weekend because of ringworm. We found it on Ziggy a few days after we got her and before I knew it, I had it too. __________________

02-01-2013, 07:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
scottd Cool Cat Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,100	If you vaccinate against rabies, I strongly suggest you opt for the Merial PureVax Feline Rabies vaccine. It's the only non-adjuvanted rabies vaccine on the market (at least in the US). Adjuvants are believed to cause vaccine associated sarcomas albeit rarely but why take any risk when there's a safer vaccine available? __________________

02-01-2013, 03:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
CJinCA Tom Cat Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: SF Peninsula Posts: 563	Ugh! Hope you and Ziggy get rid of it quick!

02-01-2013, 04:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
Arianwen Cat Addict Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: South Wales, UK Posts: 1,583	So glad we don't have rabies here. We do have ringworm but it's been donkey's years since I've seen it in anything but cattle - thankfully!! Even the farm cats who mingle with livestock haven't had it.

02-01-2013, 11:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
spirite Cool Cat Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Roanoke, Va Posts: 1,198	and please make sure you stay current with the vaccinations. I know of two people who had to have their cats put to sleep because their rabies vaccinations had expired. One of them had scheduled the shot for 2 days later, but there was nothing that could be done.

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