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
I'll weigh in with soap and water, betadine flush, topical antibiotic and
Augmentin (tho it's usually the Clavamox form I have around) or Cephalexin.
Margo
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From: Gloria B. Lane gbl...@aristotle.net
Sent: Dec 14, 2013 11:54 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Point well taken. Will remember that.
Christiane Biagi ti...@mindspring.com wrote:
Listen, I had one cat, the late great Little Boy, who bit me twice over the
years and each time I had to spend the night in the hospital for iv
antibiotics. Thing is some cats have this bacteria in their
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 lini...@fastmail.fm wrote:
Thanks for your
Right lol - I'd forgotten that Clavamox is the same stuff (or similar?) to
Augmentin, just that it's the veterinary form.
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From: Margo
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 8:37 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT: cat bite
I'll weigh in with
The bite seems to be about the same as it was yesterday, though maybe a little
less red where the actual teeth penetration occurred. Fortunately, no pink
lines are other odd marks have showed up near the wound. I didn’t go to the
clinic, since things look like they’re doing well. My health has
Hi Lance, if the bite doesn't look bad and feel bad by now it most likely is
okay. I was bitten many years ago by one of my own cats and ended up with
pasteurella. The bite was on my hand and I ended up in the hospital for three
days. Doctor wasn't sure he'd be able to save the hand, but in
Probably a good wash with antibacterial soap and a dousing with peroxide will
hold you until you can get some Augmentin. You should always keep a supply
around for those times when you can't resist getting between two fighting cats.
Which I have done numerous times. Then the two attack me,
With Callie's weird stools, I don't feel it would be lymphoma. More likely, if
it happens on a schedule, as you said every few weeks, it's environmental. Does
your mom have the house cleaned with something that Callie could inhale or
ingest? Does she buy different cat foods for the cats? Maybe
Good point. I’ve been wondering about the possible pattern nature of this, too,
Lee. I don’t know what would fall into that, other than possibly a flavor of
the food they eat gets rotated in that does this. As far as I know, there’s
nothing environmental that would account for this. Just not
RE: stools, vomiting, I have noticed that for Casey, it is eating like a
glutton, hurl food 10 into her bowl and across the floor or Harley or Dee
irritate her and she hurls . Her loose stools I have not figured out yet.
They come and go at irregular intervals. It could be that they are
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