Found a sick animal and afraid it has a disease? Can we get sick?!


Question: Found a sick animal and afraid it has a disease.? Can we get sick.?
It is a small thing, it looks like a rat, and it is barely moving and it is constantly doing this thing that looks like heaving, it might have found poison or something, it is in a shoebox on a towel and we are afraid we could catch a disease of the dogs here may catch a disease.?

1. Can our dogs become sick from it.?
2. Can we catch a disease from it, like if it has rabies or something.?
3. What can we do to make sure no one here might be sick or something.? We have not touched it, we just moved it onto a towel, brought it inside and put it in a shoe box.? Health Question & Answer


Answers:
1. Not if they don't interact with it.
2. Yes, if it bites you youll need to get rabies shots! after you touch it WASH YOUR HANDS!
3.You'll be fine then.
4. TAKE IT TO THE VET!Health Question & Answer

If it is a rat just kill it, to put it out of it's misery.Health Question & Answer

thats where animal control comes in, you dont just keep it what the hell. if it looks like its dying throw it away.Health Question & Answer



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