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wow a bat flittered into me in my office hallway today, awkward flight like a moth, weighed practically nothing when it hit my leg. it was hairy and cute with black ears. i brought it outside. then i go on lemmy and see a fricken bat necklace.
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A bat being active during the day and colliding with you is very abnormal behavior. If rabies exists where you are (this includes the UK for bats) see a doctor ASAP. Like, I wouldn’t go to bed without doing it. It’s possible for you to be bitten without feeling it because of how small they are, and disorientation is a sign of rabies in bats.
It’s totally fixable even if it did have rabies and bite you, you just have to go get a (normal, NOT in the stomach) post-exposure shot.
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you're very right. i went and got the first shot. will need 4 total.
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I’m glad you got seen by a doctor!
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I mean, on the one hand, yes. But, we just missed out on the opportunity to relive the carbon monoxide Reddit saga in real time!
Edit: with a less happy ending, though.
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We did it guys!
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seriously, i'm realizing now this might have saved my life.
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I'm glad we brought it up and glad you took it seriously!
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Did it hit any bare skin? Might be a good idea to get shots for rabies. Bat bites and scratches can be so small we don't feel them.
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bats just look scary up close flying if your not used to it, but yeah they look like moths. source: used to see bats in old friends farm house.
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I agree with the others. Get a shot now. The survivability if rabies is virtually 0 when symptoms show up
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Wait? Somebody survived rabies after symptoms show up?!
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One girl did after they put her in an induced coma and hopped her up on antivirals. The treatment was called the Milwaukee Protocol but has only worked once.
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Still sounds awful.
I’m so glad my doc insists on jabbing me with almost every single vaccine he can get his hands on.
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IIRC, there's one tribe of humans somewhere that regularly survives rabies, but it's some pretty entrenched genetics that they can't replicate yet.
But beyond that, it's basically a sure thing you'll die.
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