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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. Unless a rabid bat happens to enter your home and bite your cat. Happened to my neighbor. Cat had to be euthanized and whole family had to go through Rabies prophylaxis.

Really? Did the cat and/or bat bite literally everyone in the family? because rabies proph isn't recommended just because you saw a bat.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. If you regularly shop around for new vets, they're going to miss that the cat isn't vaccinated. A lot of things in life are up to your own sense of ethics and morals, OP. Virtue is often its own reward. The shit hits the fan only rarely. Would you be devastated if a human died of rabies because your cat was infected? Are you prepared to gamble?

This has nothing to do with morals or virtue for FFS. If your cat never goes outside, the risk that the cat would contract rabies and ever be able to infect someone is basically non-existent. However, your dumb virtue signaling over something that doesn't even matter is on full display.

PP you replied to. No, I'm an animal biologist and I understand the situation from a biomedical point of view. You never know if your cat is going to get spooked, run out and possibly get rabies from wildlife (even in urban or suburban areas). You ever know if a rabid bat will enter your home (this has happened before). This is something you do for the good of the community, because even though the risk is small, the consequences will be fatal. Rabies has a mortality rate of over 99% and easily jumps the species barrier. You can skip some other vaccines, but you don't skip the rabies vaccine.

With respect, it's you who doesn't grasp the medical situation here.

You still didn't disprove that the risk is so minimal that I'm simply not choosing to put this on the top of my list of things to worry about. Next time we go I'll get the cat vaccinated. But I'm not worried about stray bats enough to make it a special trip.

If your cat(s) have no prior shots, you're an idiot. It's a quick shot, you can get them cheap at a shot clinic, and there's a reason there are laws about this. And if you chance it and miss? it's 4 shots for rabies prophylaxis: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/hcp/prevention-recommendations/post-exposure-prophylaxis.html

Don't fsck around. Just vax your stupid cat(s).

Perhaps learn to read? I said I vaccinate but simply skipped one year because I had no need to take them in and plan to get them the vaccine next time I go. I simply don't think it's worth the special trip since my cats never go outside. The only stupid one here is you.

Nope, still you. Best of luck with your dice roll. Hope it doesn't come back to bite you, literally or figuratively.

I'm picturing a child with fingers stuck in her ears going "la, la, la, la" and throwing a tantrum instead of taking a moment to read and realize that you're wrong.

Vanity, step away from the mirror and make your cat a shot appointment. You're a mess.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. If you regularly shop around for new vets, they're going to miss that the cat isn't vaccinated. A lot of things in life are up to your own sense of ethics and morals, OP. Virtue is often its own reward. The shit hits the fan only rarely. Would you be devastated if a human died of rabies because your cat was infected? Are you prepared to gamble?

This has nothing to do with morals or virtue for FFS. If your cat never goes outside, the risk that the cat would contract rabies and ever be able to infect someone is basically non-existent. However, your dumb virtue signaling over something that doesn't even matter is on full display.

PP you replied to. No, I'm an animal biologist and I understand the situation from a biomedical point of view. You never know if your cat is going to get spooked, run out and possibly get rabies from wildlife (even in urban or suburban areas). You ever know if a rabid bat will enter your home (this has happened before). This is something you do for the good of the community, because even though the risk is small, the consequences will be fatal. Rabies has a mortality rate of over 99% and easily jumps the species barrier. You can skip some other vaccines, but you don't skip the rabies vaccine.

With respect, it's you who doesn't grasp the medical situation here.

You still didn't disprove that the risk is so minimal that I'm simply not choosing to put this on the top of my list of things to worry about. Next time we go I'll get the cat vaccinated. But I'm not worried about stray bats enough to make it a special trip.

If your cat(s) have no prior shots, you're an idiot. It's a quick shot, you can get them cheap at a shot clinic, and there's a reason there are laws about this. And if you chance it and miss? it's 4 shots for rabies prophylaxis: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/hcp/prevention-recommendations/post-exposure-prophylaxis.html

Don't fsck around. Just vax your stupid cat(s).

Perhaps learn to read? I said I vaccinate but simply skipped one year because I had no need to take them in and plan to get them the vaccine next time I go. I simply don't think it's worth the special trip since my cats never go outside. The only stupid one here is you.

Nope, still you. Best of luck with your dice roll. Hope it doesn't come back to bite you, literally or figuratively.

I'm picturing a child with fingers stuck in her ears going "la, la, la, la" and throwing a tantrum instead of taking a moment to read and realize that you're wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. If you regularly shop around for new vets, they're going to miss that the cat isn't vaccinated. A lot of things in life are up to your own sense of ethics and morals, OP. Virtue is often its own reward. The shit hits the fan only rarely. Would you be devastated if a human died of rabies because your cat was infected? Are you prepared to gamble?

This has nothing to do with morals or virtue for FFS. If your cat never goes outside, the risk that the cat would contract rabies and ever be able to infect someone is basically non-existent. However, your dumb virtue signaling over something that doesn't even matter is on full display.

DP and I disagree. PP's point that doing the right thing is the right thing, regardless of potential risks, is a sound one. Not enough people have the integrity to do what's right just because it's the right thing to do. On a thread where a lot of people are saying "it's probably no big deal" (and I agree that it's probably not likely to have catastrophic consequences), it still matters to high-integrity people to do the right thing. There's always that chance that it could go wrong, and if/when it does, having done the right thing covers everyone's backside.

Plus, you know, having your integrity where it should be and being accountable for yourself and your pets is the decent human thing to do.

Well I think you and PP are highly obnoxious for repeated attempts to make this a moral issue. It's simply not. It's a practical one and it has nothing to do with my morals since it impacts no one other than myself.

Proof that you have no understanding of risk, probabilities or how viruses work. If the infected cat runs outside, it can bite another animal, who can then transmit it to someone else, or bite another human directly. These individuals will die. Surely you're not counting on your cat never going outside in their entire life. We all agree it might happen that way for your cat, but all the indoor cats I've ever known escaped several times in their lives.

Get your cat vaccinated as soon as is humanely possible for you. Don't get caught up in whether you should drop everything and do it today (of course not), but keep it on your radar, amid your millions of things to do, because it's important. No animal likes going to the vet, BTW. I have a vet that comes to my house for that very reason. He doesn't upsell or push for any sort of interventions, but he will vaccinate when your pet needs vaccines. His name is Dr. Perl and here is his website:
https://www.myvetcalls.com/

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. If you regularly shop around for new vets, they're going to miss that the cat isn't vaccinated. A lot of things in life are up to your own sense of ethics and morals, OP. Virtue is often its own reward. The shit hits the fan only rarely. Would you be devastated if a human died of rabies because your cat was infected? Are you prepared to gamble?

This has nothing to do with morals or virtue for FFS. If your cat never goes outside, the risk that the cat would contract rabies and ever be able to infect someone is basically non-existent. However, your dumb virtue signaling over something that doesn't even matter is on full display.

PP you replied to. No, I'm an animal biologist and I understand the situation from a biomedical point of view. You never know if your cat is going to get spooked, run out and possibly get rabies from wildlife (even in urban or suburban areas). You ever know if a rabid bat will enter your home (this has happened before). This is something you do for the good of the community, because even though the risk is small, the consequences will be fatal. Rabies has a mortality rate of over 99% and easily jumps the species barrier. You can skip some other vaccines, but you don't skip the rabies vaccine.

With respect, it's you who doesn't grasp the medical situation here.

You still didn't disprove that the risk is so minimal that I'm simply not choosing to put this on the top of my list of things to worry about. Next time we go I'll get the cat vaccinated. But I'm not worried about stray bats enough to make it a special trip.

If your cat(s) have no prior shots, you're an idiot. It's a quick shot, you can get them cheap at a shot clinic, and there's a reason there are laws about this. And if you chance it and miss? it's 4 shots for rabies prophylaxis: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/hcp/prevention-recommendations/post-exposure-prophylaxis.html

Don't fsck around. Just vax your stupid cat(s).

Perhaps learn to read? I said I vaccinate but simply skipped one year because I had no need to take them in and plan to get them the vaccine next time I go. I simply don't think it's worth the special trip since my cats never go outside. The only stupid one here is you.

Nope, still you. Best of luck with your dice roll. Hope it doesn't come back to bite you, literally or figuratively.

Anonymous wrote:I know it is a state law. Just wondering what happens when people are non-compliant.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. If you regularly shop around for new vets, they're going to miss that the cat isn't vaccinated. A lot of things in life are up to your own sense of ethics and morals, OP. Virtue is often its own reward. The shit hits the fan only rarely. Would you be devastated if a human died of rabies because your cat was infected? Are you prepared to gamble?

This has nothing to do with morals or virtue for FFS. If your cat never goes outside, the risk that the cat would contract rabies and ever be able to infect someone is basically non-existent. However, your dumb virtue signaling over something that doesn't even matter is on full display.

DP and I disagree. PP's point that doing the right thing is the right thing, regardless of potential risks, is a sound one. Not enough people have the integrity to do what's right just because it's the right thing to do. On a thread where a lot of people are saying "it's probably no big deal" (and I agree that it's probably not likely to have catastrophic consequences), it still matters to high-integrity people to do the right thing. There's always that chance that it could go wrong, and if/when it does, having done the right thing covers everyone's backside.

Plus, you know, having your integrity where it should be and being accountable for yourself and your pets is the decent human thing to do.

Well I think you and PP are highly obnoxious for repeated attempts to make this a moral issue. It's simply not. It's a practical one and it has nothing to do with my morals since it impacts no one other than myself.

Since you can't guarantee that, you're the AH here. Sorry not sorry. You're an irresponsible tw@t.

Yeah, some rando on DCUM thinks so. I'm super hurt

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. If you regularly shop around for new vets, they're going to miss that the cat isn't vaccinated. A lot of things in life are up to your own sense of ethics and morals, OP. Virtue is often its own reward. The shit hits the fan only rarely. Would you be devastated if a human died of rabies because your cat was infected? Are you prepared to gamble?

This has nothing to do with morals or virtue for FFS. If your cat never goes outside, the risk that the cat would contract rabies and ever be able to infect someone is basically non-existent. However, your dumb virtue signaling over something that doesn't even matter is on full display.

DP and I disagree. PP's point that doing the right thing is the right thing, regardless of potential risks, is a sound one. Not enough people have the integrity to do what's right just because it's the right thing to do. On a thread where a lot of people are saying "it's probably no big deal" (and I agree that it's probably not likely to have catastrophic consequences), it still matters to high-integrity people to do the right thing. There's always that chance that it could go wrong, and if/when it does, having done the right thing covers everyone's backside.

Plus, you know, having your integrity where it should be and being accountable for yourself and your pets is the decent human thing to do.

Well I think you and PP are highly obnoxious for repeated attempts to make this a moral issue. It's simply not. It's a practical one and it has nothing to do with my morals since it impacts no one other than myself.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. If you regularly shop around for new vets, they're going to miss that the cat isn't vaccinated. A lot of things in life are up to your own sense of ethics and morals, OP. Virtue is often its own reward. The shit hits the fan only rarely. Would you be devastated if a human died of rabies because your cat was infected? Are you prepared to gamble?

This has nothing to do with morals or virtue for FFS. If your cat never goes outside, the risk that the cat would contract rabies and ever be able to infect someone is basically non-existent. However, your dumb virtue signaling over something that doesn't even matter is on full display.

PP you replied to. No, I'm an animal biologist and I understand the situation from a biomedical point of view. You never know if your cat is going to get spooked, run out and possibly get rabies from wildlife (even in urban or suburban areas). You ever know if a rabid bat will enter your home (this has happened before). This is something you do for the good of the community, because even though the risk is small, the consequences will be fatal. Rabies has a mortality rate of over 99% and easily jumps the species barrier. You can skip some other vaccines, but you don't skip the rabies vaccine.

With respect, it's you who doesn't grasp the medical situation here.

You still didn't disprove that the risk is so minimal that I'm simply not choosing to put this on the top of my list of things to worry about. Next time we go I'll get the cat vaccinated. But I'm not worried about stray bats enough to make it a special trip.

In the time it took you to make this thread and follow up with the comments, you could've gotten your cat vaxxed.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. If you regularly shop around for new vets, they're going to miss that the cat isn't vaccinated. A lot of things in life are up to your own sense of ethics and morals, OP. Virtue is often its own reward. The shit hits the fan only rarely. Would you be devastated if a human died of rabies because your cat was infected? Are you prepared to gamble?

This has nothing to do with morals or virtue for FFS. If your cat never goes outside, the risk that the cat would contract rabies and ever be able to infect someone is basically non-existent. However, your dumb virtue signaling over something that doesn't even matter is on full display.

PP you replied to. No, I'm an animal biologist and I understand the situation from a biomedical point of view. You never know if your cat is going to get spooked, run out and possibly get rabies from wildlife (even in urban or suburban areas). You ever know if a rabid bat will enter your home (this has happened before). This is something you do for the good of the community, because even though the risk is small, the consequences will be fatal. Rabies has a mortality rate of over 99% and easily jumps the species barrier. You can skip some other vaccines, but you don't skip the rabies vaccine.

With respect, it's you who doesn't grasp the medical situation here.

You still didn't disprove that the risk is so minimal that I'm simply not choosing to put this on the top of my list of things to worry about. Next time we go I'll get the cat vaccinated. But I'm not worried about stray bats enough to make it a special trip.

If your cat(s) have no prior shots, you're an idiot. It's a quick shot, you can get them cheap at a shot clinic, and there's a reason there are laws about this. And if you chance it and miss? it's 4 shots for rabies prophylaxis: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/hcp/prevention-recommendations/post-exposure-prophylaxis.html

Don't fsck around. Just vax your stupid cat(s).

Perhaps learn to read? I said I vaccinate but simply skipped one year because I had no need to take them in and plan to get them the vaccine next time I go. I simply don't think it's worth the special trip since my cats never go outside. The only stupid one here is you.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. If you regularly shop around for new vets, they're going to miss that the cat isn't vaccinated. A lot of things in life are up to your own sense of ethics and morals, OP. Virtue is often its own reward. The shit hits the fan only rarely. Would you be devastated if a human died of rabies because your cat was infected? Are you prepared to gamble?

This has nothing to do with morals or virtue for FFS. If your cat never goes outside, the risk that the cat would contract rabies and ever be able to infect someone is basically non-existent. However, your dumb virtue signaling over something that doesn't even matter is on full display.

PP you replied to. No, I'm an animal biologist and I understand the situation from a biomedical point of view. You never know if your cat is going to get spooked, run out and possibly get rabies from wildlife (even in urban or suburban areas). You ever know if a rabid bat will enter your home (this has happened before). This is something you do for the good of the community, because even though the risk is small, the consequences will be fatal. Rabies has a mortality rate of over 99% and easily jumps the species barrier. You can skip some other vaccines, but you don't skip the rabies vaccine.

With respect, it's you who doesn't grasp the medical situation here.

You still didn't disprove that the risk is so minimal that I'm simply not choosing to put this on the top of my list of things to worry about. Next time we go I'll get the cat vaccinated. But I'm not worried about stray bats enough to make it a special trip.

If your cat(s) have no prior shots, you're an idiot. It's a quick shot, you can get them cheap at a shot clinic, and there's a reason there are laws about this. And if you chance it and miss? it's 4 shots for rabies prophylaxis: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/hcp/prevention-recommendations/post-exposure-prophylaxis.html

Don't fsck around. Just vax your stupid cat(s).

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. Unless a rabid bat happens to enter your home and bite your cat. Happened to my neighbor. Cat had to be euthanized and whole family had to go through Rabies prophylaxis.

Really? Did the cat and/or bat bite literally everyone in the family? because rabies proph isn't recommended just because you saw a bat.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. If you regularly shop around for new vets, they're going to miss that the cat isn't vaccinated. A lot of things in life are up to your own sense of ethics and morals, OP. Virtue is often its own reward. The shit hits the fan only rarely. Would you be devastated if a human died of rabies because your cat was infected? Are you prepared to gamble?

This has nothing to do with morals or virtue for FFS. If your cat never goes outside, the risk that the cat would contract rabies and ever be able to infect someone is basically non-existent. However, your dumb virtue signaling over something that doesn't even matter is on full display.

DP and I disagree. PP's point that doing the right thing is the right thing, regardless of potential risks, is a sound one. Not enough people have the integrity to do what's right just because it's the right thing to do. On a thread where a lot of people are saying "it's probably no big deal" (and I agree that it's probably not likely to have catastrophic consequences), it still matters to high-integrity people to do the right thing. There's always that chance that it could go wrong, and if/when it does, having done the right thing covers everyone's backside.

Plus, you know, having your integrity where it should be and being accountable for yourself and your pets is the decent human thing to do.

Well I think you and PP are highly obnoxious for repeated attempts to make this a moral issue. It's simply not. It's a practical one and it has nothing to do with my morals since it impacts no one other than myself.

Since you can't guarantee that, you're the AH here. Sorry not sorry. You're an irresponsible tw@t.