wow a bat flittered into me in my office hallway today, awkward flight like a moth, weighed practically nothing when it hit my leg. it was hairy and cute with black ears. i brought it outside. then i go on lemmy and see a fricken bat necklace.
A bat being active during the day and colliding with you is very abnormal behavior. If rabies exists where you are (this includes the UK for bats) see a doctor ASAP. Like, I wouldn’t go to bed without doing it. It’s possible for you to be bitten without feeling it because of how small they are, and disorientation is a sign of rabies in bats.
It’s totally fixable even if it did have rabies and bite you, you just have to go get a (normal, NOT in the stomach) post-exposure shot.
you’re very right. i went and got the first shot. will need 4 total.
I’m glad you got seen by a doctor!
I mean, on the one hand, yes. But, we just missed out on the opportunity to relive the carbon monoxide Reddit saga in real time!
Edit: with a less happy ending, though.
We did it guys!
seriously, i’m realizing now this might have saved my life.
I’m glad we brought it up and glad you took it seriously!
bats just look scary up close flying if your not used to it, but yeah they look like moths. source: used to see bats in old friends farm house.
Did it hit any bare skin? Might be a good idea to get shots for rabies. Bat bites and scratches can be so small we don’t feel them.
I agree with the others. Get a shot now. The survivability if rabies is virtually 0 when symptoms show up
Wait? Somebody survived rabies after symptoms show up?!
One girl did after they put her in an induced coma and hopped her up on antivirals. The treatment was called the Milwaukee Protocol but has only worked once.
Still sounds awful.
I’m so glad my doc insists on jabbing me with almost every single vaccine he can get his hands on.
IIRC, there’s one tribe of humans somewhere that regularly survives rabies, but it’s some pretty entrenched genetics that they can’t replicate yet.
But beyond that, it’s basically a sure thing you’ll die.
I used to intern at a wildlife sanctuary and I used to stick baby raccoons on me like velcro and walk around while I clean their enclosures and stuff.
Not exactly the same, but my wife and I are babysitting our daughter’s guinea pig, and she needed to clean his pen last night so asked me to hold him.
He was so gloriously chill. He just sat with me eating a carrot and watching TV.
I love guinea pigs. They are absolutely chill; capybaras and guinea pigs seem to be the same animal sized in xs and xl
I had one I used to hold in my arm like a football or a baby. His head would be in the crook of my arm and I’d hold his butt in my hand and he’d drape his back legs over my arm. He would stay like that for hours he was so content
I don’t have any pictures of him handy, but he was adorable. Calico colored with short hair up front and long hair in back. And he was a big boi! He wasn’t fat, just grew very large
I have my dad baby sit my piggies when I clean their cage too. The only downside is when we come to collect them, revealing the trove of accumulated chocolate tic-tacs beneath their bum.
If you have to be pooped on by an animal, guinea pig is definitely the animal to pick.
Very true, most of the time it’s dry so there’s no staining and it’s solid. The concentrated pee though is another story. That is rank.
I worked at a pet store in college. There was a really chill baby king snake there that I’d hang out with when I was working the cash register. He’d loop around my neck and just hang out like a little snake necklace for hours. Scared the shit out of a few customers who thought he was a piece of jewelry until he moved 😅
Aw man I wish I could’ve hung out with animals when I worked cash
Too busy serving them instead aye.
Edit: I realise this can go two ways. I’m implying that the customers are animals. Not that you worked serving up food.
Jealous! Way better than a lap cat on so many levels…
This is how I imagine half this sub spends their nights, the other half are sobbing at a 47 page scientific papers incorrect usage of the word “disambiguation”
Disambiguate it for us. We don’t know what it means.
It’s when you write a diss track to take down the ambiguity
“Bat drip” does not sound like something I want anywhere near my mouth if I’m being honest.
Illegally cute 🥺
I’m genuinely envious.
Now… That is the cutest thing i saw today. And this afternoon i learned about mini cows. So that sais a lot.
Imagine working in a gorilla sanctuary.
or a sperm bank
This is just me, but bats give me the creeps so this is a personal nightmare IRL
Ride that fear. Conquer that fear. Control that fear. Use it to strike terror into your enemies hearts.
Step one: be born into obscene wealth
Hello, Covid-24!
In bat or other animal sanctuaries, all animals are checked and treated by vets, they are not a risk for the workers there.
Like this Lord of the Night
Since I’m scared of the amount of viruses bats carry, I would be scared shitless. (as a sidenote I’m going to assume these bats are not carrying any viruses)
They live in a sanctuary. They’ve been coddled their whole lives.
