Excellent advice. I do the same if it is one of my cats. I also keep Augmenten, the antibiotic of choice, for deep bite wounds on hand, just in case..........Lorrie
On 12-14, dlg...@windstream.net wrote: This looks like nothing to me, > especially since it was your own cat. You know it's health and it is not > likely to have any disease to transmit. Do you have peroxide and an > antibiotic ointment around? Did it bleed much? It is always good to let > a bite wound bleed out do help wash out bacteria. A neighbor's cat bit me > once (he was going for Harley and got me). He hit a large vein on the > back of my hand, blood was spurting all over. I let it bleed a few > minutes, washed my hand off and poured peroxide over my hand. Then I made > a pressure bandage with 2 - 4 x 4's and wrapped it tight. I went to the > ER after I cleaned up the house and garage. They said I had a nice > pressure bandage, gave me a prescription for antibiotics and sent me home. > These days, I take care of these things myself. I had my doctor give me a > prescription for antibiotics so I would have some handy, just in case. My > experience with ER's has not been too good at our local hospital so I rely > on myself. Unless the teeth went in deep and the bacteria could not get > out, I would not worry. I have been doing this for at least 60 years and > am still alive to tell about it. > > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
