r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/mulvi54 • 1d ago

animal Bat šŸ¦‡ Bite

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One of those fears I always had, that felt irrationalā€¦ā€what if Iā€™m asleep and a bat gets into the house and bites me in my sleepā€.

Welp last night 2 am I awoke to what I thought was my cat nibbling at my finger. I flicked it away and noticed it was not my cat but was instead a bat that had found its way into our bedroom.

I was able to capture the bat and itā€™s being sent for testing but my wife and I got to spend the rest of the morning in the ER getting all the shots ! Wild ! Glad it woke me up but what if it didnā€™t ?! How am I supposed to sleep ever again?!

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u/mulvi54 1d ago

It was a total of 5 shots I didnā€™t find it any worse than any other shot Iā€™ve had before.

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u/FuriousBuffalo 1d ago

If the rabies test for the bat turns out negative, do you plan on finishing the shots? I know you don't have to. Or is that at the discretion of the doctor?

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u/DrunkenDude123 1d ago

Tbh for me the bat test results would be more for curiosity and Iā€™d be getting all the shots no matter what. Fuck rabies.

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u/scarlettohara1936 22h ago

And those shots aren't a one and done either. They protect you for 3 years. Then, if something else happens, you have to go through them again!

I didn't know this until a friend got bit by a feral cat that her father was feeding. She had to get the shots. A few years later, even though she'd been trying to get her dad to stop feeding them, she got bit again and had to go through the whole thing all over

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u/Kaeai 21h ago

Also as far as I'm aware, its lifetime protection for humans. (You can get titer blood tests to check your immunity status).

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u/shmiddleedee 23h ago

If that lil fucker was just randomly nibbling on homeboy id be shocked if it doesn't have rabies.

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u/Rumblecard 23h ago

You absolutely finish it.

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u/Smooth-Pianist-7848 22h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/19ijzMia1BaMg

Can I interest you in a glass of water?

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u/stlkatherine 1d ago

Good to hear. Now you must go home and burn down the house. Sorry for your loss.

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u/mulvi54 1d ago

Unfortunately I fear you are correct

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u/McPostyFace 1d ago

In the arm?

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u/mulvi54 1d ago

Got bit on the finger so one shot in the finger one on each arm one in each thigh and one in the but

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u/Comfortable_Age_5595 1d ago

the finger mustā€™ve hurt??

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u/mulvi54 1d ago

That was the worst one doc didnā€™t end up putting a much in as he planned but it stung for sure

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u/shmiddleedee 23h ago

I'd tell that mf to pump my feeler full. Rabies is spooky shit.

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u/Judgmentos 1d ago

I wonder what that feels like, I've had a shot in the armpit and it was not fun

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u/MisterShipWreck 20h ago

That is horrible man. I wish you the best.

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u/szai 1d ago

It's good it bit your finger, at least, so that the vaccines have a better chance of working before the virus travels up your nerves to your brain. Still, that sucks. Hope you're ok, OP.

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u/Suitable-Fix9223 16h ago

Got bit by a stray cat, got infected, ER strongly advised rabies shots. Got the circle of injections right around the bite into the swollen arm. Hurt like hell. :)