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This topic has 8sd replies, 9 voices, and was last updated 9 years, 1 month ago by LittlePuffyTail.

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- 06/12/2017 at 10:30 PM
  Shadow13
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  This might be a stupid question…
  
  So my friend told me that if I get bit by my rabbit and it draws blood I have to go to the doctor to get a tetanus shot because rabbits have rabies. I was just wondering if this is true. I’ve been bit a couple times it’s just never drawn blood.
- 06/13/2017 at 1:04 AM
  Vincent
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  If your rabbit has been with you and wasn’t wild less then a few days ago and hasn’t been attacked by wild animals recently and of course got checked by a vet
  
  It’s impossible
  
  Rabies will manifest itself physially so you can see the mouth foam and the rabid nature will present itself, within a few days of getting it
  
  So as long as your pet rabbit is healthy and hasn’t been attacked by rabid animals then your safe
- 06/13/2017 at 1:24 AM
  Bam
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  As Vincent says, a rabbit needs to have been recently (within 2 weeks or so) exposed directly to the rabies virus by a bite from an infected individual, or by getting infected saliva in a wound. Or maybe, maybe if your rabbit has spent time in a bat cave recently.
  
  A tetanus shot would not help against rabies. It would help against tetanus. That’s a whole other thing. The risk of tetanus is very low with rabbit bites. The risk of getting rabies from a rabbit is theoretically possible, but highly unlikely. If rabies were a concern for rabbit owners, vaccination would be required like it is for dogs in many places.
- 06/13/2017 at 1:55 AM
  Deleted User
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  I don’t think it is true.
- 06/13/2017 at 2:17 AM
  vanessa
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  Your friend is mistaken…
- 06/13/2017 at 10:12 AM
  Mikey
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  Ask your friend to research rabbits Ive had blood drawn a few times with one of my buns (horrible bunny puberty) and never once did I get sick/rabies from it
- 06/13/2017 at 11:01 AM
  12345ABCDE
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  Lol, no
- 06/13/2017 at 11:16 AM
  Muchelle
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  Just chiming in to say that if you’re not vaccinated against tetanus you might want to consider getting the shot
  
  it’s very useful for injuries not delivered by house rabbits
- 06/13/2017 at 11:18 AM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Ditto what everyone else said. I had a really bad bunny bite last summer and went to Emerg to see if I needed stitches. They asked if it was a pet bunny, I said yes and they just bandaged it up. No shots or anything.
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