Does my 2-month puppy have rabies if it bites and lives 10 days?

Yes, it means it did not transmit rabies. In order to transmit rabies, the dog has to be showing signs of it. In addition. the dog would be dead from rabies long before these two months have passed. You have no need to worry.

Yes, it is true that an animal that can transmit rabies will die within 10 days. The animal is typically placed on a 10 day quarantine after the bite. If the animal lives beyond the 10th day, it was not shedding the rabies virus at the time that the bite occurred. Here is a link with more information. https://www.americanhumane.org/fact-sheet/rabies-facts-prevention-tips/ If you have any concerns with your health then you should contact your physician or local health department.

Hi, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! If Storm has Rabies in the infectious form (in salivary glands) he will show signs of Rabies with in 10 days regardless of receiving the vaccine. We just worry when giving the Rabies vaccine with in that 10 day window that if the dog has a reaction to the vaccine we may think it is Rabies when it isn't. The only way your husband could have gotten Rabies from Storm is if it was in his salivary glands. So if Storm is fine at day 10-14 your Husband will also be fine. I wish you the best!

If a dog had rabies, it would be extremely rare for it to live 2-3 months. Most dogs die pretty quick. Yes, only 10 days observation is sufficient. The only way to know if a dog has rabies, besides the symptoms, is to put the dog to sleep, remove its head, and examine it's brain.

Given that the bite was 10 years ago, if you were develop any illness from it such as rabies, symptoms would have appeared a long time ago. I would not lose any sleep over this, there is nothing to worry about :-)

If a dog has Rabies and is the INFECTIOUS stage of the disease (an animal can be infected with the Rabies virus but not able to pass it to others/not show signs for months) then death will usually occur within 10 days. This is where the 10 day observation period stems from. It is possible, however, for an animal to be carrying the virus but not YET able to transmit the virus for longer periods of time. For this reason if an unvaccinated dog is bitten by another animal such as a raccoon, a quarantine period of 6 months is usually recommended. The exact rules will depend on your local laws.

Getting rabies from what looks like an absolutely healthy puppy is pretty much impossible, but just for general knowledge, if you wait for symptoms of Rabies then it is already too late, once the first symptom appear, Rabies is not a curable disease and you would die within 10 days. symptoms include excessive salivation and mental changes.