“Rabies question?”
Hello, I would like to ask one question about rabies. I keep chickens in the yard and the fox ran into my yard and attacked the chicken. The fox released the chicken when she saw me and ran away because I threw a shoe at her and she was afraid of me. Then I immediately took the chicken in my hand and looked at it, but before I went to wash my hands, I reached for my cell phone and then I went to wash my hands, I'm afraid the chicken was wearing fox saliva. But then I took my cell phone back in my hand and then I reached into my mouth and scratched my nose. and when I looked at the chicken, I had a small scratch on my fingers that was a little bloody. it was a day-old scratch. It was not a deep blow, but a day old. Could I have contracted rabies like this?
Female
2 Answers
The fox did not seem rabid. He/she was hunting for dinner, she recognized a threat, and appropriately ran away. But even a rabid fox would be unlikely to transmit the virus to you in this manner.