how long does it take for a dog to start showing signs of rabbies? and what r all the signs?

The virus usually incubates from two to eight weeks before signs are noticed. However, transmission of the virus through saliva can happen as early as ten days before symptoms appear. Initially, a dog who’s become infected may show extreme behavioral changes such as restlessness or apprehension, both of which may be compounded by aggression. Friendly dogs may become irritable, while normally excitable animals may become more docile. A dog may bite or snap at any form of stimulus, attacking other animals, humans and even inanimate objects. They may constantly lick, bite and chew at the site where they were bitten. A fever may also be present at this stage.

As the virus progresses, an infected dog may become hypersensitive to touch, light and sound. They may eat unusual things and hide in dark places. Paralysis of the throat and jaw muscles may follow, resulting in the well-known symptom of foaming at the mouth. Disorientation, incoordination and staggering may occur, caused by paralysis of the hind legs. Other classic signs of rabies include loss of appetite, weakness, seizures and sudden death.

IMPORTANT READ!!!: Call your veterinarian for an immediate appointment! Report the incident to your local health department and follow their recommendations. You’ll also need to contact local animal control officers if the animal who bit your pet is still at large; they will be best able to safely apprehend and remove the animal from the environment. After having contact with a rabid animal, the rabies virus may remain alive on your pet’s skin for up to two hours. It is best not to touch your dog during this time. If you must handle your dog, wear gloves and protective clothing.

A dog who is up to date with his vaccinations and who has been bitten by a possibly rabid animal should also be given a rabies booster immediately and kept under observation for 45 days.

EDIT: The average incubation period could be up to 6 months before symptoms of rabies show. The cops/ACO will most likely ask for a show of your animals shots therefore, be honest with them and if your dog hasn't had its shots, BE HONEST ABOUT IT.

The initial symptoms of rabies are a change in bark tone, chewing at the bite site, fever, loss of appetite, and subtle changes in behavior. These symptoms last only 2-3 days.

After that, some dogs have symptoms of disorientation, erratic behavior, chewing everything in sight, roaming, siezures, restlessness, dilated pupils, and just acting crazy in general. Not all dogs go through this phase. Some just go straight to paralysis and death.

This all happens within 1-2 weeks, which is why vets and shelters will quarantine the animal for 10 days. The only way to actually test him for rabies is to chop off his head and send it to a lab.

So now that you know your dog could die a slow death caused by swelling of the brain, how does the fact that you could have gotten a $10 vaccination make you feel?

EDIT: If you have a yard, then keep him in a makeshift kennel for a while. He will need to stay out there for at least a week until the danger has passed. You will be able to tell if he has rabies after a week, and if he has it, then he needs to be shot. Isn't it illegal to not have a rabies vaccine?

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Then call the police, and ask them to have Animal Control come over to take him to the vet. He NEEDS TO BE REVACCINATED NOW. If he is nopt treated and you are exposed, you would die.

There is no can't here. Do it.

Your mom is breaking the law, and it's dangerous not to have your dog re-vaccinated. I can only hope you have been very careful to wash your hands if you handled her after the attack.

You MUST get your dog revaccinated IMMEDIATELY. She will be quarantined at home for a time, and you MUST keep her in, except for leashed trips out to pee and poop - on your property, away from any other animal.

Rabies is forever - it is ALWAYS fatal, if the exposed victim is not vaccinated immediately following the attack. You Literally have a couple of days. GET IT DONE.

Listen up, there is nothing else to do but bring him to the V-E-T! Use common sense! You can't find the answer yourself because you are apparently not a vet, but the vet can. I'm sorry, but if your dog DOES have rabbies, and you refuse to bring him to the vet, he is going to die shortly after.

she wont take him to the vet please help i need to know now i refuse to let her kill him just cuz she thinks he might have rabbies this is the second day and hes acting normal to me but she doesnt want to take any chances but ive had him for 6 yrs plz help me

He NEEDS to go to the vet. Not only are you endangering your whole family but you're endangering your city too. Does he have his vaccines?

Rabies is a FATAL disease.

Once you take him to the vet he will be in quarantine for 10 days and that will determine if he has rabies or not.

PLEASE bring him.

Edit: Sorry forgot to add:

Looking disorientated

Foaming (this is usually the last stage of rabies and many animals don't make it to this stage)

Walking like a drunk person

Growling/attacking/biting.

in rare cases the dog becomes unusually calm.

Thats not all of them, google the rest.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get him to the vet.

Good luck

Take him to the vet, seriously. I'm sorry that this happened to your dog, And i hope he doesn't have rabies i understand how hard it is to lose a well loved pet. Even if he doesn't have rabies he could have something else. Just have him checked out. best of luck

A coon will defend it-self if necessary. My siberian cornered a coon in the breasway. She kept it cornered sitting on it's rear for 15 hours. I checked once on a while. I finally let it loose, and I have never seen a coon on my country land since. I reckin' the coon spread the word.

Only warm-blooded animals can get rabbies. Check your PC on this. I'm not sure right off. Keep him confined. Runner, pen etc. for a while. Don't tell the cops he has not had his REQUIRED shot.

Chances are all is well. Just keep an eye on him. That I know of only one person has ever survived a bite from a rabbid animal.

What did the VET say?

i think if it's been a few days, then he's fine. the signs of rabbies are hydrophobia (the fear of water), foaming of the mouth, ect. if he's been drinking regularly and acting normal then your fine.

-good luck!