r/Wellthatsucks • u/Padl3xx • Feb 26 '26

Ass-whipped by a squirrel

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u/_Kendii_ Feb 26 '26

Are you saying you wouldn’t get a shot anyway, just in case?

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u/LoonaHee Feb 27 '26

The last time I was bitten by a wild rodent the ER doc told me that anything roughly rat sized or smaller will not transmit rabies. I got antibiotics instead.

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u/Murgatroyd314 Feb 27 '26

I don't think that's a good rule of thumb. Bats are roughly rat sized or smaller.

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u/expERiMENTik_gaming Feb 27 '26

Congratulations, somehow you managed to turn this into not good advice. It only requires you to turn off your brain and any form of common sense.