 [ Symptoms ] can rabies be transmitted from animal to human via food my niece ate a bit of cat food from an outside cat bowl   i put wet + dry cat food outside each morning for our indooroutdoor cat  each night the cat comes in so i keep 2nd food bowl inside i empty leftover food from the outside bowl into the inside bowl then wash outside bowl in prep for next day    on fri 1apr2016 my 2 5yo niece got in room where indoor catbowl is and ate tiny bit of cat food   could a rabid animal is saliva have gotten in the food when it was outside then ~16 hours later introduce the rabies virus to my niece via oral ingestion [ Disease ] hi if she did it would be very rare just think does your cat have rabies if its had its shots then no so then there would no worries but if your still not convinced see your doctor and ask for blood test to be done ok good luck