Quote Originally Posted by Sita View Post
I read that you're feeling better about the whole thing now, but I just wanted to add a little.

If the cat had rabies, and this happened over a month ago, you and the cat would be dead right now. Period. End of story. You do not have it and will not get it.

As for anything else that could have been transmitted, you would have had problems at the source: the wounds. Your foot looks totally healed. If you had been infected with anything, your wounds would have turned VERY red and painful, swollen all over the area, possibly with pus. There would have also been red lines traveling from the wounds up your body. Since none of that happened, and you are healed up, you're fine. There's nothing I can think of that you could get from a scratch OR bite that wouldn't have immediately showed within a day or two.

In case you're wondering, here's my qualifications for this info. I'm a veterinary technician, and I've (unfortunately) been scratched hundreds of times over the years. A quick scrub with soap and water and wipe with a disinfectant and I'm good to go. Assuming I'm not dripping blood everywhere, of course, but that's only happened once or twice.
This was just what I needed. Someone qualified to say "I'm 100% sure you don't have it." It helps so much! My other question would be that a mother of kittens so young (about a month old) wouldn't go very far, especially if she was being fed where she was, so the chances of it being a different cat are pretty much nonexistent, right?