Can cats have rabies? Cats have symptoms of rabies! The clinical symptoms of cat rabies are very similar to those of dogs. The initial symptoms of infected cats include insignificant neurological and behavioral changes, allergic reactions to viral afferent sites, fever or aggravation of restlessness, which generally lasts only 1-2 days. As the disease progresses, most cats develop manic rabies symptoms, and infected cats are particularly violent towards people or other animals, even dead animals.

Usually appears jittery, has a strong urge to bite and scratch any animal (moving object), may run or pace until support Fall without stopping. If a cat is infected with rabies and can survive for 5 days, the general symptoms will turn into paralysis, and the manic symptoms will disappear. At this time, the infected cat will experience lower body paralysis, incoordination, coma and death.

In order to explain the symptoms of cat rabies more intuitively, we can divide it into the following four periods:

The cat has symptoms of rabies: in the early stage, the cat may have abnormal symptoms Actions, such as tiredness or hyperactivity, may manifest as a sudden change in temper or lifestyle.

The cat has symptoms of rabies: in the mid-term, the cat will wander around, make some unconscious movements, be indifferent to the owner, and have a slight breathing sound similar to hehe... (mainly due to the strong secretion of salivary glands and facial expressions). , caused by pharyngeal muscle spasm) looking at the sky and biting...howling...

The cat has symptoms of rabies: terminal stage, the cat will be afraid of water, sound, photophobia, odor, and random muscles in the body Sexual spasms, salivation, increased aggression in most cats.

Cats have symptoms of rabies: death, mental depression, limb stiffness, difficulty breathing, foaming at the mouth, systemic multi-organ failure, and death from respiratory depression.

Cat rabies is also a very scary thing, and owners must pay more attention. If you find that a docile cat has the above symptoms, you must take appropriate measures in time, otherwise it is not only the cat itself that is injured. In addition, in rabies endemic areas, cats should be actively injected with veterinary rabies vaccine.