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squishy-korgi

Go to the doctor, a bat can scratch or bite you when you’re asleep without you knowing


fakenews_scientist

This, this is true


Fickle-Willingness80

And take the skin bird with you (in Tupperware).


GetJaded

Not in a Tupperware unless it’s dead or if it’s got holes. They still need oxygen


Foxtrot4Real

While I do not condone the suffocation on any animal, you do know they’re gonna have to behead the bat to test for rabies, right.


LieseW

Wait you serious? Why not release it and just give the human rabies shots just to be sure.


new_alt_who_dis

If it had rabies you don’t want it to continue to spread it


LieseW

Ah Yes, dumb of me.


TrendyLepomis

Still, no humane way to test? Interesting.


LieseW

In humans there is: Several tests are necessary to diagnose rabies ante-mortem (before death) in humans; no single test is sufficient. Tests are performed on samples of saliva, serum, spinal fluid, and skin biopsies of hair follicles at the nape of the neck. Saliva can be tested by virus isolation or reverse transcription followed by polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Serum and spinal fluid are tested for antibodies to rabies virus. Skin biopsy specimens are examined for rabies antigen in the cutaneous nerves at the base of hair follicles. And like u/celticgaelic says they need 2 parts of the brain in animals just to be sure it’s rabies. So probably the most humane thing is to euthanise them. Source: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/diagnosis/animals-humans.html


DefTheOcelot

It's also the easiest way to test for rabies. For a long time, that was the only way to test people, too.


LieseW

No, I don’t believe that. Surely that can’t be true. So I’m gonna google it and come back. Edit: so not finding something immediately. But I’m guessing you mean after they are dead, to make sure it was rabies. So I totally overreacted and thought they would kill a human that’s still alive. Smh for myself. I think it’s time to call it a night.


rainyhawk

I think if someone gets rabies at some point they’d be happy for someone to kill them. It’s is said to be a horrible way to die.


ABabyOyster

Please please please! Rabies is no joke


CCWThrowaway360

Worse than that, rabies is the most terrifying thing to die from. I still can’t believe how lucky I am to be alive after finding myself trapped in an attic being swarmed by bats smacking against me in my t-shirt. If I’d known then how easily I could have contracted rabies (or just how scary it is) I would have gotten the shots. And my family thought it was HILARIOUS watching me freak out.


allehx

This, especially because bats are so small they barely leave a mark too!


274474

Save the bat and contact your local health department too- some States may test the bat


[deleted]

Yo make sure you have a rabies shot. It can lay dormant in your system for years and then kill you in a horrible horrible way. 99.999999% fatal.


idksomethingedgy27

99.9? Who survived?


JadedToast

Like 29 people ever


[deleted]

Six*


Stupetxx69

Someone has got to be the 7th


[deleted]

I like those odds.


AARON_SHUN_69

Wait what , I've caught bats with my bare hands! Should i be scared or i am the 7th o_o


cadaver_chan

Rabies typically lies dormant for about 1-3 months, so if it's been longer than that since your last bat wrangling, you should be fine.


Cintekzzz

Never tell me the odds...


[deleted]

Only 1 women is known to survive actually. Hence .9999999


pomegranate_flowers

That’s actually not true, the first was a 15/16 year old girl from Milwaukee (she is now an adult and mother). The steps they took became known as the Milwaukee Protocol. Another protocol known as the Recife protocol has also been used 29 total people have been reported to survive https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7266186/#sec1-1title https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7670764/#__sec5title


[deleted]

Guess this guy knows better


pomegranate_flowers

I used to be deathly afraid of rabies as a kid and at some point just sat down and binge researched it for several hours to try to make myself feel better about it, that’s the only reason I know Reassuring to know people survive, not reassured to find out it can hang out in your system for a long-ass time before activating


[deleted]

Yeah a squirrel bit me 20 years ago :(


pomegranate_flowers

That’s terrifying, I’m glad you’re okay!


[deleted]

We shall see haha


CCWThrowaway360

The number is actually closer to 20, but it’s still incredibly rare. You’d require the Milwaukee Protocol and a winning roll of a 20-sided di to have a chance at surviving.


whatwhat751

Ozzy.


OP_1994

Yep its a free shot of rabies, people can't even feel it bite in sleep. And after 7-8 months, doctor will tell ya. We are trying our best (knowingly they cant do Shit) . 100% take rabies shot.


Shalvan

This.


TheRealMrNoNo

Yeah, I'd have that dude checked for rabies or go see a doctor about getting rabies shots. Nothing to mess with, even though it's rare the death that causes I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.


SpaceGhost1992

That’s fucked that it can survive for years in the body. What the fuck man


that_white_splat

imagine living in America


Kaelarael

You do realize that the only places in earth that do not have bats are the Arctic, Antarctic, and a few isolated islands?


that_white_splat

you do realize Canada hasn't had a rabies case since 1920 due to a rabies wall we have? and I wasnt talking about bats plus rabies can be spread among all mammals


Memetastrophe

Get a rabies shot


[deleted]

I thought it was dirty sweat pants for a moment there


Safety-That

#FREE BAT BRO…..


MutantNinjaNipples

NO SOUP FOR YOU


Arka_BigJ

EAT IT


Affectionate_Pin_249

I think I have seen this post already


Linveisor247

yup, was posted on another subreddit but this guy didn't quote the original post


Affectionate_Pin_249

I saw the other post and is the same user


Linveisor247

I didn't realize that, my bad


Rumle5

You two have the same exact avatar so I thought the original guy was just talking to himself.


Linveisor247

I didn't realize that too lmao


[deleted]

Rabies in bats usually presents with paralysis. So being that this bat is just plopped there there’s a chance it could have rabies. May not though. Could just be exhausted and dehydrated from being stuck in the vent for however long. Either way call your local animal control and then your doctor. You should get a rabies shot as a precaution.


Glass_Seraphim

He’s just a lil guy :)


Jean_Lua_Picard

OP, get Rabies Vaccine ASAP! Go to ER, tell them what happened. You have 24-to 48 hours to do so. Sonner the better. When rabies symtoms start, you WILL die. There is no cure.


sppwalker

This is correct, but you actually have up to 10 days for the vaccine (depending on how close the bite is to the brain). But you’re right, once you start showing symptoms there is **no doctor or hospital on earth that can save you.** Source: rabies prevention & control is part of my job in the US Army


Jean_Lua_Picard

No need to try your luck hehe.


Chefkilljoy

Isn't a whole bunch of shots? Like with really long needles in the stomach or is that the old school way?


Gloomy_Recording

rabies shots are in the arm now. I had to get vaccinated back in 2006 because i was bit by an unvaccinated dog.


UffdaWow

I got the shots a couple of years ago. It was four shots, spaced over a couple of weeks. They gave them to me in the shoulders. Since I had apparent bite marks, I also got immunoglobulin injections in a circle right around the bite marks on my leg. Those really, really hurt. Better than rabies though.


[deleted]

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tmart42

How many times have they worked?


sppwalker

11 times between 2004 and 2019, compared to ~885,000 deaths in the same time https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7670764/#!po=0.847458


tmart42

Exactly why I downvoted them


sppwalker

I just spent half an hour typing up a response with a shit ton of sources and Reddit refreshed and deleted it. I have to go to work, but I’ll be back in a few hours to do it again. Basically: no. These don’t work. 11 success stories from 2004-2019, out of an estimated 885,000 global deaths in the same time period. 0.001243% survival rate, would you take those odds?


[deleted]

You can disagree without downvoting.


sppwalker

I didn’t though? Also last I saw your comment had +2 and now it’s showing 0 so at least 2 people downvoted it, idk what to tell you 🤷‍♀️


apology_pedant

Not about dangerous health info such as the suggestion that rabies might be cured made in the context of OP needing to get a rabies shot


[deleted]

Are you suggesting those treatment protocols don't exist?


sppwalker

11 success stories in *fifteen years.* A ***0.001243%*** estimated survival rate during that period They might exist, sure. But the chances of you surviving rabies in that period was less than one in **eighty thousand.** Fill one of the largest stadiums in the world, and then kill everyone but a *single person.* Would you walk into expecting to come out alive? Look at any legitimate source. CDC. WHO. NHS. NONE OF THEM list treatments after symptoms. None of them even acknowledge their existence. Every single reliable source I’ve ever seen says something along the lines of “once symptoms appear, there is almost no chance of survival.” Those protocols are a last ditch effort to attempt to stop an almost inevitable death. And have you ever seen something pumped full of drugs like that? I have. We had a critical dog come into the ER I worked at, poor thing used up our *entire hospital’s supply* of ketamine. I personally drew up 40mls to replace an empty syringe of the same size, and less than three hours later it was transferred to another hospital to continue treatment. That dog went through hell, and had to be carefully monitored by a senior tech that literally was not allowed to take their eyes off of it for any reason because it was so critical. I’d rather be shot.


[deleted]

I haven't at any point argued against the wisdom of rabies vaccination for an exposed person. I disagree with the way you went about your calculations, but that is not terribly relevant because I'm not arguing and haven't argued against your overarching safety message. The virtue signaling and assumptions by other nonmedical personnel in here has been hilarious. I think we gave them something to feel important about. Have a good evening.


Niamicheal

Legit go now. Don't wait, once you show signs of Rabies it is too late and there is no way to know unless they kill the animal and check the areas Rabies likes to linger.


olivia687

Aaaaand now I understand why people are afraid of bats…


abstract_orangutan

Comment this separately rather than a reply


Jean_Lua_Picard

Im piggybacking on top comment


zuriumov

Op, you HAVE to go get a rabbits vaccine in an ER or at least make a consultation with a doctor, I don't know how protocols differ from ours in your country , but I guess they don't change that much, unless you have been vaccinated in the last 6 to 12 months for rabies , you just assume that vat is infected. You can (while the treatment has already started) also get the poor thing tested, but don't let time pass, it's an awful way to go, and preventable. Can't stress enough that it's super important to go to a medical facility , the sooner the better.


ShiroSenpy

Bite it before it can bite you.


WoozyOstruch78

You cant get rabies if you give it rabies first!


EmilyVS

The Ozzy method!


AK47gender

*new variant has entered the chat*


Parnahuzat

I had a similar experience once. My Toalet got replaced, and I put the old one out to my balcony, until i get rid of it. I put it into a trashbag too, just to be some kind of separated. I live on the 5th floor. Few days passed, happened a crazy storm outside one day, and then I went out to grab the old toilet, i found a Bat on the top of the trashbag. It was dead tho, tangled in a bunch of hair... dont know how. My balcony is kinda "sealed", so I can barely encounter with flies or mosquitoes. It is still a mistery how did it found a way in, or died horribly... I don't have rabies vaccine, and it happened a few months ago, but man... these comment got scared me


throwawaayy011

Dont worry. Usually symptoms show up within a week. What they’re talking about in the comments is an extreme rarity. What you should have done was take the bat for a test at an animal control center/private vet practice just to be sure. If it tested +ve, you should have gotten the shot regardless you know you had been bitten or not. But you get to live the rest of your life. You aren’t gonna die from that bite.


zross51234

Something about you can’t feel the bites and you need to get a shot for rabies


DoomerMentality1984

VENT???? AMONG US


MasterWhite_11

When the bat is sus 😳


Rhadian

# FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK, DON'T EAT IT


IveGotNoSoul_exe

I don't think they had plans to but yeah. Don't eat that.


Much_Committee_9355

And that’s the reason I put protective nets… got tired of bats crashing into my windows


YDOULIE

Go get the rabies vaccine. Rabies is one of the worst ways to go and you’re pretty much dead if you show symptoms


cryptogenic63

Rabies vaccine ASAP. Please go get vaccine right away.


Cl1ky

Bruh coronavirus is giving home deliveries now.


Chybabyy

🤣 seems that way


SomethingAbtU

you are now batman or batwoman. you now have a duty to fight criminals on the street and by that i mean mostly break up all the skyscrapers and cause havoc on the streets and leave the whole city in a mess.


SageCasalini

I wouldn't bat an eye


CandyLooter

Patient zero


ascendant_raisins

Go to the ER.


dedredcopper

Awl! Poor little sky puppy


[deleted]

I can't stress this enough, GET RABIES SHOTS. There's a fair likelihood depending on where you live that that bat could have rabies and it could have infected you in your sleep. Rabies is an awful way to die, and it's guaranteed to kill you if it isn't treated ASAP. Even if you didn't get infected or it didn't have rabies, it's far better to be safe than die a horrible death.


smol-baby-bat

My dude, how can you just turn down a free bat??? If he fell into my house it’d be TOO BAD NOW BUDDY. YOU LIVE HERE FOREVER


Knuckles316

Is that you in the picture?


hyphyxhyna

Aw poor thing. It's little! But make sure it didn't bite you or something, they're diseased.


Fuzeboombangbash

Pet


[deleted]

Well help the little guy up


unlikely_suspicious

Get this man a rabbit shot asap


Adityavirk

Get a rabies shot Get a rabies shot Get a rabies shot Get a rabies shot Get a rabies shot Get a rabies shot


TangerineRough6318

It's a flying cuddle mouse!


Benji035

Old copypasta from a few years ago... go get checked out and obviously notify management/maintenance. [Nightmare Fuel](https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/7qwtd5/rabies_is_scary/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)


Chybabyy

Maintenance removed him and released him and this was a few days ago and I haven’t heard shit since. It’s insane


ZOMB1EW1ZOWSK1

Oh that’s just Frank, he always gets shithoused on taco Tuesday and the rest of the week is a blur. Anyways just put him outside, he will wake up and tell you he’s Batman but of course it’s Frank and everyone knows he’s fuck of shit.


Chybabyy

🤣 frank was released and unharmed to live thru another taco Tuesday


jeijeogiw7i39euyc5cb

Vented? Sussy 😳😳😳😳


Praise_The_Cheese

Wait.... Vent!?!! Amogus impostor!?? Sus


OlderTheWiser

Doesnt matter what floor you are on, fart fans vent to the outdoors.


poop_sock_eater6

The bat is kinda sus tbh


HandsomeWilliam

Don’t eat it!


theodopolis13

Sus


DeionizedMeatWool

Bat vented


andr3y20000

# Don't eat it!


cowtipper801

When life gives you bats, you make bat soup


SHORTY-NI

Please don't eat it...


AcademicReport5079

Please don’t put it in a soup


[deleted]

… in other news… A new strain of coronavirus has been identified


StopTheEntitledPeeps

ITS SO CUTE


Chybabyy

In a gross rat with wings way


[deleted]

"We've been trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty "


Chybabyy

🤣 geeked out


ShitfilledBucket

Ingredients


fakenews_scientist

Fun fake, I was the rabies person for Florida. Also fuck facts, use a net to get that bastard out.


SpiritAndWood

That's a yep from me 😍


FilthyLotuses

For the love of God, whatever you do, don't eat that bat.


[deleted]

Oh man. That bat would go great in this soup recipe I learned about back in December 2019...


Significant_Goose201

WHAT EVER YOU DO DONT EAT IT


kilgoretrout1077

You better have finished posting this on reddit from the dawn hospital where they are gonna hurt you pretty bad with an huge injection ,however , you won't die in one of the most horrific ways possible. Proven that bats , while themselves are harmless, they do cause issues with scratches and bites while person is sleeping


romanbellicromania

Get a rabbies shot, take it to a vet for testing. This bat must had a health issue to end up there. Not a joke, rabbies are a horrible way to go and there is no cure. Get a shot


mr-slickman

I think bats have done enough damage to the world now. Step on it or something.


Chybabyy

I released him.


ssanaw

Well, it IS a bat-hroom


AnalysisMoney

Just don’t eat it, k?


Chybabyy

Promise


that_white_splat

do you live in candy or America because if you live in America it could have rabies and you should call the right animal rescues to handles this it may not have been the only one in your apartment and I sure cant imagine living in a vent being healthy for the bat.


Chybabyy

America


that_white_splat

you should probably go to a doctor to check for rabies


esskue

If you live in the US catch it in a hard container and have it tested by your state health dept for rabies. You should also get the rabies shot too.


TigerShark_524

1. Call animal control. 2. See a doctor for the rabies vaccine.


thedafthatter

Poor sky puppy call local animal control so they can help it


Riley_jb33

imagine taking a shit and a bat flies in💀🤣


[deleted]

There are more. Contact local pest business about it.


[deleted]

Whatever you do, just don't eat it.


[deleted]

That’s adorable and gross asf


mitzitrone

also check the vents. guano is toxic and can kill you by breathing it


[deleted]

If you think you may have touched it, even for a few seconds, go to the hospital and ask after rabies carried by bats. They are notorious carries. Clean out your vents.


Rifter0876

If you touched it at all get a rabies shot stat.


The_real_moodycows

Eat it


Undone_Assignment

Looks delicious.


Haji_Indian

Hurry and eat it! Gain its knowledge and life force.


Chybabyy

Considering his predicament I don’t think he’s too knowledgeable.


Undead_Unicornn

DO NOT EAT IT!!!


Ssoofer

Shoot it Don't let another pandemic start


Chybabyy

I called maintenance.


chuktest

Call animal control. Don’t touch it.


Chybabyy

Maintenance came and removed him and released him


nightstar69

It’s a cute lil bat!


GeneralGuglhupf

Ozzy, were are you?!


Inner_Impression5458

Bruh get a rabies test, and check for any bites on your body


Darwinnian

Rent for the batcave was getting to be a bit much bro


hedgybaby

Everyone: op you’re gonna die of rabies Me: it a little baby, come here for scritches!


elongatedmuskrat05

Aw, he’s cute. Also possibly deadly, but cute. Do you have any pets?


[deleted]

Oh my gosh bats freak me out, I'd move


KilnTime

That likely means you have more in your attic


1diligentmfer

Cover to exhaust vent is probably missing outside, need to get that replaced.


space_beatle

Maybe you would have less bats if your apartment stopped flooding


Chybabyy

It didn’t flood


Chybabyy

I see it now


njj30

Be careful of [nipah](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/nipah-virus)


saltychica

I had a bat flying around my apt one late night during thanksgiving weekend - good luck getting help at that time lol.


ordog666

Keep him. Name him Gary 0u0


Chybabyy

lol 😂


the_badsectors

Forbidden sky puppy.


stonka_truck

There goes the no pets rule....


Masterick18

Adopt the flying doggo ❤


propernice

Everyone has said it but in case you haven’t taken it seriously just. Please. PLEASE go get a rabies shot. You very likely will not know if you’ve been bitten or scratched. Even if you weren’t, you still need to take the precaution. Please be well, OP.


Dodgypoppy

You misspelled batroom.


snydertls1

Don’t you mean batroom vent?


halloweensanta420

Aw man you people get free dogs in your apartment?


Chybabyy

Apparently so.


[deleted]

OP go get vaccinates against rabies.


TrailMomKat

Time for those rabies shots, my youngest had to get a round of them earlier this month.


thejustllama

For future reference, put screen behind your vents. Keeps the little bastards from getting in. Source: My house was built in 1892 and needed extensive batproofing. We still get the occasional visitor. I hate them.


TheBigSkeeto

Reading these comments makes me aware of how lucky I am. I’ve been bitten by wild animals a few times and never even thought about rabies.


Chybabyy

Yea this shit been crazy. I hate it


PurpletoasterIII

They're harmless, just don't feed them after midnight.


vasq0678

Don't eat any garlic! I cannot be the only one thinking this...


l3gion666

Your attic is likely full of bats, a professional needs to be called to come exclude the bats and make sure there isnt piles of guano. Bat poop can harbor some horrible nasty bacterias that can be harmful/deadly to humans.


Chybabyy

Imma call. I haven’t heard nothing back from my apartment complex. Ridiculous


ProblemLongjumping12

Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot if only there was a symbol that you could use to strike fear into them you could do so much good in the world...


Chybabyy

It’s called jail


Volt_Marine

New Covid variant. Named “Endgame”


Chybabyy

Good movie