u/No-Telephone-1925

So I have a hypothetical scenario I want to know what the chances are just out of my own general curiosity.

I have never personally heard about any rabies breakouts in my area but I’ve always been curious about this.

I’m curious what the chances are that a rabid animal who hasn’t shown symptoms yet but is spreading the virus in their saliva goes to the vet and maybe drools on the ground.

Then let’s say your ferret who is behind on their rabies vaccine or you don’t give them rabies vaccines because they’ve had a bad reaction or whatever the case is goes in licks the saliva or sniffs it. From that scenario, what is the chances that your ferret gets rabies?

Or in the same context, but different scenario, an animal that’s infected licks your hand and then you end up biting your fingernails or putting that hand in your mouth.

I did read years ago that a man in China got rabies because his son got bit by a dog on his hand and he sucked on his son‘s bite mark.

So I have a hypothetical scenario I want to know what the chances are just out of my own general curiosity.

I have never personally heard about any rabies breakouts in my area, but I’ve always been curious about this.

I’m curious what the chances are that a rabid animal who hasn’t shown symptoms yet but is spreading the virus in their saliva goes to the vet and maybe drools on the ground.

Then another pet, whether it be a dog cat ferret bunny, whatever goes in that room and sniffs or licks that saliva of the infected animal, then said animal gets rabies itself.

Or in the same context, but different scenario, an animal that’s infected licks your hand and then you end up biting your fingernails or putting that hand in your mouth.

I did read years ago that a man in China got rabies because his son got bit by a dog on his hand and he sucked on his son‘s bite mark.