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.
---- Lance <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > During play, one of our cats bit me earlier today. I tried to get to an > urgent care clinic, but they decided to stop seeing people at 4:30 pm. > despite listing hours as 9-5. Real nice. ;-) > > Anyway, I’m wondering how worried I should be. A lovely pic of the bite can > be seen here: > > https://www.evernote.com/shard/s201/sh/fc76bb30-31ff-40ed-80b1-4f499d5461e4/4adec821f3519913f482848c4c5f730b > > It seems much more superficial and “scratchy” rather than being a deep > puncture wound, and FYI, you’re looking at my right arm about two inches > above my elbow. > > We have doxycycline in the house, but the last time I was bitten, I took > augmentin. Would prefer to do that, but I’m out of luck for the night, unless > I feel like a high-costing trip to the ER (I’m currently inusrance-less, as > luck would have it). > > Has anyone used doxy for cat bites? What symptoms around the bite should I be > looking for that indicate its seriousness? I can get in to the urgent clinic > tomorrow morning at 9, and the bite happened this afternoon at 3:45. > Hopefully that gives me a little time. I know that none of you are MDs (well, > I don’t know that for sure), but would appreciate input. > > Thanks, > > Lance > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
