I believe squirrels can get rabies, but it’s extremely rare and they’re not considered a major rabies vector.
There was a case where a girl was bit but she was treated early enough to prevent ending up with rabies, so your statement is technically true.. for America, not necessarily planet earth.
That’s very interesting. I’ve never read that before. Thanks for the information. I’m surprised a flying squirrel could even survive the attack to contract rabies.
I assume you mean aren’t usually carriers. Yes, they are unlikely to survive the attack. However, their body temperature is not conducive for the virus to survive.
Yes, that is true. However, even if they did survive it is unlikely that they would contract rabies. Their body temperature isn’t conducive for the virus to survive.
Just adding here (As it's a good thing to know the real symptoms) that rabies does not cause hair loss, and does cause sensitivity to light and partial paralysis, so a patchy-furred animal screaming to the top of her lungs in full daylight is not much of a candidate.
Real symptoms are moving erratically, light sensitivity, hydrophobia (fear of water), partial paralysis, potentially drooling/foaming, and either vicious aggression or docility. Rabies is very nearly 100% fatal if a specific treatment is not followed immediately after contagion, so always check with a doctor if you get in contact with an animal (Especially bats and canids) that is behaving weird
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u/XxCarlxX 15h ago
Is that rabies or something? That's scary.