My dogs licked a wild rabbit. Are they okay? Do they need medicine?

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Hi, my cat caught a rabbit and brought it into the house and the dogs stole it from the cat and have been licking it. None of them have eaten anything, will they be ok? Do they need jabs or antibiotics? Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | spayed | 53 lbs

Kevin Sanada, DVM · Accepted Answer

There is really nothing you need to do for this. There are a couple of diseases that can be transmitted from rabbits to dogs, but it would be very rare from this exposure. Without knowing if this rabbit had an infectious disease, we would not give any medication prophylactcally (in anticipation of a disease). If the dogs ate any of the meat, then there is a chance of them getting parasites, but this is easily treated with regular deworming. You can deworm them in a month to be safe. Otherwise, there's little need to worry. Dogs are quite tolerant of eating wild animals. If they happen to have signs of illness in the next two weeks, then it will be helpful to notify the vet of the rabbit exposure I hope that helps.

My dogs licked a wild rabbit. Are they okay? Do they need medicine?

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