I picked up the live bat my cat dropped on the kitchen floor bare-handed just to put it back outside: at the surgery, one question I couldn’t answer changed everything
When your cat drops a live bat on the kitchen floor, scooping it up bare-handed feels like a kind rescue. But bat teeth are needle-fine and their bites often leave no mark—meaning you might not know if you’ve been bitten. One question at the surgery could trigger urgent medical treatment.