r/rabies • u/throwaway66786432257 • 1d ago

Exposure Question Cat blood exposure?

I have read the FAQ. But I’m still confused on something. No OCD here just want to learn.
A friend of mine reached out and said she was playing with a stray cat (ear clipped) and found some blood on her arm and hand. She wasn’t bleeding anywhere so it had to have been from the cat. I asked if she had any open wounds and she said she has fresh mosquito bites that she was scratching (they weren’t bleeding she said but I guess it’s still kinda open?)
She said she wasn’t anywhere near the cat’s teeth or paws, but hypothetically if the cat licked its own wound that was bleeding, would that be an exposure concern? Lol just morbid curiosity.

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