Harley had to go outside even tho I told him the snow was cold. About 5 minutes later, he came back in and headed for my bed with the electric blanket. Hard head had to learn for himself. Everyone else has some sense and stayed in.
---- Lance <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your thoughts, everyone. Almost six hours later, the bite seems to > be about the same, from what I can tell. I’m leaning in the direction of > going to the clinic in the morning, but I’ll wait to see what the bite looks > like before deciding. Any further thoughts are always welcome. Hope the > holidays are shaping up nicely for everyone and their feline friends. > > Lance > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > Lance > > Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 7:08 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Felvtalk] OT: cat bite > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
