My personal doc doesn't care. However when I worked for a doc and a kid came in with an animal bite fm his own dog, doc was mandated to report and the AC fussed at the owner and the doc. Ya never know! I stick with the stray gray or black whatever, hey, it was at the rest area on the interstate out of this county.
Del
----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>tamara stickler To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 10:08 AM Subject: RE: kitty bites-blaming the mythical stray cat
<It is absolutely always a stray black cat that bites us, kitty came through and left, no idea where it went. The only plausable story.>
You need to watch those kind of stories tho. The report is still written up, only now Animal Control has a copy of it and the next few little black kitties (or cats matching the description of the one you stated) that are caught within a 1/2 mile radius are marked as a possible biters, and if unclaimed are held to be destroyed instead of adopted out.
Its ok to tell a doctor that it is your own animal that bit you. The only problem with outside agencies comes when someone presses charges against you because of an animal bite or if the person bitten was a minor or elderly person. Doctors and nurses have pets too and most understand that a bite can occur from trying to administer medication, clipping nails, or playing too roughly, and if its your own animal that bit YOU, there isn't any stink made unless it happens multible times. PLUS, this way, you don't have to worry about rabies shots.
"Mackenzie, Kerry N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Love it. I've never been bitten, but now I'm fully prepared with story if necessary. (Had no clue that the powers that be wd turn it into an international incident and kitty into the ultimate victim). Thanks again---I never stop learning with this great group. Kerry
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Del H. Daniels Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: clindamyacin/antirobe
It is absolutely always a stray black cat that bites us, kitty came through and left, no idea where it went. The only plausable story.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Karolyn Lount" To: Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 11:50 AM Subject: Re: clindamyacin/antirobe
Hi! , I have never had an infection from a cat bite. When bitten by acat
homeDO NOT try to stop the bleeding. Since a bite is a puncher wound the bleeding is the best way to remove any bacteria. Over the last 18yrs I have been bitten on an average at least once a week. The only time I went to an ER was when I needed stitches. Cats teeth are made for tearing and that cat really did a big job on me. The cat was in my
and it was current on all its shots. I did not want the ER to reportthe
straybite to the health Dept. So when they asked where the cat was I told them it was a stray down by the water front. They did not report the bite. Who is going to go down to the waterfront lookng for a black
cat?
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