Woke up with a bat bite after sleeping with a open window
I have read the FAQ. I live in the UK in a rural area where there are many bats flying about at night
I woke up in the morning with 2 small puncture holes on my hand which had bled- the marks looked identical to a bat bite. It has been extremely hot here in the UK so I slept with my large window (nearly the size of a door) wide open and my bed is just beside my windows. So if a bat had come in and bit me, I am almost certainly sure it would've simply flown back out before morning. I'm not understanding why so much rabies guidance states that if you don't find a bat in the morning then its not a bat, when they can simply fly their way back out of a large open window. Should I be concerned about this? Yes I know this is an unlikely scenario, but I'm a heavy sleeper and rabies is fatal. I'm fairly certain in the UK I won't be offered vaccines since i didn't literally see a bat- however this does not take away from the fact that a bat could've come in than left itself. It would be impossible for a bat to be trapped in a room when such a large window is open so why does the vaccination guidance rely on you seeing a bat, when it's plausible it would've flown back out after biting you.