Last night I had Amber in my lap upstairs. I am trying to get her use to seeing
the other cats and use to the upstairs life. I had the IFA test performed by
another vet and will hear from it next week. I am being optimistic so I wanted
to get a head start on getting her acclamated. My youngest
Yes. Go get a tetanus shot if you haven't had one in the last ten years. It's
just a safety precaution, but my Doc fussed at me recently for not doing it
after I got bit. Be careful about giving him too much info about the cat.
Tell him it was a friend's cat. Sometimes the Docs will say
Oh, the red and swollen and pain is normal. When I got bit a couple months ago
I didn't think it was that bad at first. But then it hurt like hell for a few
days. Don't panic about it but I'd still go to the doc on Monday.
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Cat bites can be very serious! If you have any antibiotics at home and
antibiotic cream for the bite (hope you washed it and disinfected it really
well) - use them immediately!
Unfortunately, whenever there's a cat bite, the doctor may have to notify
Animal Control, and the cat may have to be
If the doc is told that your only-indoor cat bit you by accident, and you have
a rabies certificate, and even if reported to AC, quarantine CAN be done at
home!
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All the advice u got is got is good BUT if u start seeing red line going up to
arm, get to dr right away. Have had many cat bites but one last dec required
overnite in hospital for iv antibiotics to avoid sepsis. Something to do w
bacteria in cats moiuth.
Christiane Biagi
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Cat bites are serious. I know I have been bitten myself. Hopefully you have
already seen a doctor by now.
Sally
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I've read all the responses and everyone guided you well. If you don't have
a rabies tag for her, then don't tell him it's your cat (like you were
advised). In my opnion, I don't think they would let you quarantine her at
home since you have other animals. It's not worth the risk.
Please,
My cat Pootie bit me in March and it was infected within 12 hours. I ended up
in the ER and they said had I not come in, it could have killed me. Get to the
ER and when asked whose cat just tell them yours and the cat has its shots.
They never asked for proof of rabies on my cat, no one
Yes, it is a bacteria that cats have in their mouth and it can be deadly. Red
lines are what you want to look for. I had four of them running from my wrist
(bite area) up past my elbow by the time I got to the ER.
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 10:34:04 -0400
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My mother had a red line going up her arm after being bitten while she was
medicating one of her cats and received Vitamin C by IV!
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BTW - can you use one of the other cat's rabies certificate if you have to?
Some cats look alike or maybe they don't describe them in some states.
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Wash the wound with antibiotic soap and keep antibiotic ointment on it. Also
treat with hot compresses. It will draw white blood cells to the area. The Dr
told me to do this.
Autumn bit the fire out of me when I was 6 months pregnant. My hand swelled up
and was red and sore. I never developed
OMG - when I got bit a couple months ago I just ran inside and washed it out
really good with soap and water. That was it. Guess I was lucky. I had read
that soap and water are good enough as long as you wash it good so now when I
get scratched I just use soap and water. Anyway, I never
good thinking
“I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are
profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon
unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me
sufficient justification of the enmity without looking
Wow! Reading all of these messages with bad experience with cat bites, I
consider myself VERY lucky. I've gotten bit a lot, but it sounds like it has
to be a deep puncture type bite. Is this correct? I'm glad that you have
shared your experiences. I bet most of us now won't mess around if we
ALL cats have a specific bacyeria in their mouth (begins w p; not jult felv
Christiane Biagi
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Susan Ang sea7...@gmail.com wrote:
Wash the wound with antibiotic soap and keep antibiotic ointment on it. Also
treat with hot compresses. It will draw white blood cells
She prob got iv antibiotics..maybe ceflex...
Christiane Biagi
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My mother had a red line going up her arm after being bitten while she was
medicating one of her cats and received Vitamin C by IV!
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Thanks, good to know!
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Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat Bite
Dont think it has to be deep. Cats have a specific bacteria in their mouth
(begins w p) n if
I just got back form the doctor and got two different antibiotics, and a tetnus
shot. She wants to do an x-ray next week. Their x-ray machine was not working
this morning. The doctor warned me how dangerous a cat bite can be. The area is
red and swollen and still hurts. I explained how the bite
Thank heavens!! I'm double happy for you! What a relief for you and your
kitties that she is negative.
Thank you so much for the update, whew! Glad you went to the doctor!! I've
learned so much from your posting regarding cat bites.
Lynda
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Yes. Thank goodness it was an arm. A feral bit me hard enough to
break my little finger. Two surgeries later. The second
surgery was to straighten a nail (go figure). When they opened the
finger up it was full of infection despite a lot of antibiotics
and did not look
Tell the doctor it was a stray and you have no clue where it went
otherwise your insurance company will have a field day refusing to
cover it and demanding the name of the friend etc.
You can refuse rabies shots.
FYI: I was at the ER within 15 minutes of the broken finger, having
the
Amber had her rabies shot three months ago on the same day she was diagnosed
with the FELV. After I decided i was not going to euthanize her, I let them
give
her the other shots. I told the doctor this morning what happened and that I
had
told my vet about it. She just said to keep an eye on
Lynda,
Yes, it is usually a very deep bite to require medical treatment. When Pootie
bit me (don't know why, he was sleeping and it was about 3 am) he bit clear
through to the muscle of my forearm. I couldn't even move my hand all day :(
Edna
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 12:05:43 -0500
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Consider taking her bedding and putting it where the other cats can
smell it and theirs where she can smell it. Before I got Bob (dog),
his rescuer and I exchanged bedding (from my cats). I really believe
it helps.
Congratulations on the test results.
Consider Rescue Remedy in the water
This is the first bite I have had that concerned me...most have been
nips with broken skin but nothing deep. However, I wash them to death
and keep a very close eye on them. It is part of the feral world.
However, anything on a thin skin area, hands, face, feet, gets special
attention.
Edna,
So sorry you experienced such a horrible bite! Did it get infected? Is he a
FeLV positive kitty?
At least I know what to do now if it ever happens to me or any member of my
family. It sounds much too painful. Some people take pain much better than
others but not me, I'm a total wimp!!
Glad you got the bite taken care of. Not sure why the X-ray -- does she
think maybe the bite chipped a bone or something? I got bit by my first
feral -- my fault, tried to get too familiar too soon. I had gotten her from
a co-worker who trapped but could not keep her in her motor home, and she
had
I believe it also helps to make the wound bleed some before you start
treating it with Neosporin or whatever. I think the idea is to get at least
some of the bad bugs out of it that way. Then, of course, a thorough,
thorough washing and the antibiotic cream.
Diane R.
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That's what I have always been told. Let a bite wound bleed freely for as long
as possible to wash out the bacteria. Bacteria from a FeLV kitty is no
different than from any other cat. They all can lead to a bad infection. Let
it bleed, wash with soap and hot water, rinse with hydrogen
Yes it got infected quickly. Pootie is not Feluk positive. He was abused so I
stole him from a neighbor in our old neighborhood ;)
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 15:39:20 -0500
From: longhornf...@verizon.net
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat Bite
Edna,
So sorry you
I'm more aware now of letting my cat play bite and will be more aware if
he gets too aggressive. Knowing all of this now, I won't let him get carried
away like I used to. Glad Pootie is not leukemia positive, that's terrific!
Kudos to you for rescuing him from your neighbor. Some people don't
Hi all,
We are trying to give little Sabriina a chance. She is an approximately
5 month old lynx Siamese. She was pulled from a dope house was going
to come to us as a foster until she was tested positive for FeLeuk. At
the moment she is at a
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