On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:07:30 -0700, hopitus wrote:

My cats' only taste of the great out is our
third-floor fenced deck so rabies is not a threat

Bats are a fairly common vector for rabies, so some degree of threat is
still present, unless you have netting that would prevent a bat from
getting into the enclosure. Also, mice have been known to carry rabies,
and have been known to enter houses that have cats (thus improving the
mouse gene pool).

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