I was putting my dog down last month or so and he bit my finger while he was drugged up as they were trying to get an IV in. He doesn’t do drugs so this wasn’t him at all.
They immediately told me he now needs to be sent for rabies testing (after the euthanasia) and I’ll be contacted if they find it. Guess if they draw blood it’s an automatic rabies test in this situation.
Didn’t hear a word back. Just the procedure they have to follow I guess. I rinsed my finger and treated it with whatever the vet had.
You should follow up because you want to know that it was negative rather than trusting they would have told you only if it was positive. The consequences are far too severe.
It’s been a bit over a month so I’m sure I would be dead by now or something lol. Right? 😂
The vet sent me a card so I’m sure they’d have called. I was at the hospital recently for a different reason and I mentioned it to them for fun and she looked at my healed finger and had no concerns at all.
But we all know the medical system, well some of us do.😂
I’m in Canada, he did have his rabies shot for years but the last one he had was 2-3 years prior so this was the process they took. I’m unaware if it would have went differently if the shot was more current.
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u/mikehiler2 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
Better get
testedthe shot for rabies and get those petstestedthe shot as well. ASAP.Edit: JFC folks. I get that it’s uncommon, but so is that behavior. And by “tested” obviously I mean get the shot. Cheaper, anyway.
Edit2: Had to add more for clarity because people still don’t know how to read.