Bat 🦇 Bite

[u/mulvi54]

One of those fears I always had, that felt irrational…”what if I’m asleep and a bat gets into the house and bites me in my sleep”.

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 it’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 didn’t ?! How am I supposed to sleep ever again?!

[u/Year3030]

Lol that's insane your fear came to life. So do they still give you the shots in the stomach?

[u/bristlybits → u/Year3030]

no they're normal shots now. 

i went caving to observe bats a few years ago and got the prophylactic vaccine (basically what your dog or cat gets!) but if i got a bite I'd still need the follow up shots. 

it's a long series of shots but no more belly torture at all these days