creating a hyena

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There are three ways to become a werehyena, one is common and two are more rare methods. The most common method is to suffer an attack from another hyena while it is in at least partial animal form and become infected with the disorder; lycanthropy is never contagious in full human form. While the virus is not as infectious as the ones for wolves or rats and it is possible to survive an attack and escape infection, if significant blood is drawn by a bite or claw, you are probably going to change. The virus is apparent in the blood stream after 2-4 days. The less common methods of infection are from a bad batch of lycanthropey vaccine and by birth. These are both very rare. Most vaccines are heavily tested to make sure the level active viral content is low enough to allow for immunization and not infection, this method was more common in earlier years, current vaccines are generally innocuous. Born werehyenas are even more rare, it is very difficult for a female to carry a baby to term, the monthly shifts throughout the pregnancy are generally harmful to the fetus and most potential mothers miscarry in the first two trimesters.