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cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 5:05:37 PM

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 5:21:12 PM

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This happened to my nephew actually but it was neither a stray or feral cat. It was his Siamese cat he had raised since it was a kitten. It tried to jump out an open window, he tried to grab the cat and the cat scratched him so badly that my nephew landed in the hospital for two weeks with a severe infection that almost took his life.

This is why I warn people who have cats that if they get bit or scratched even by their own cat they should take care to clean it well and keep an eye on it. My daughter's cat just recently scratched her and it's a little red and swollen. I keep telling her to keep a close eye on it..just in case.

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 5:22:56 PM

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they carry some serious disease. i learned that as a kid.
eeeeech -- i hope her hand recovers... hopefully amputation won't be necessary...

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 5:25:48 PM

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PA,

Cat bites are notoriously nasty, worse than dog bites in their propensity toward getting infected.
Any cat can bite. One of mine bit me in March 09. I went to the ER that night to get precautionary antibiotics.
She isn't mean, she just got unexpectedly scared by a dog and panicked.

But taking in stray cats is a tricky thing as some are feral and some are abandoned by their owners.
Cats that shy away from people are likely not just timid but feral and will not make good pets straight away and should not be considered for home adoption unless you have experience with them... and not all feral cats can be socialised.
If there are feral cats in a colony it is best to leave them alone or work with an agency that will neuter/spay and clip them.

All cat bites should be considered to be serious if they break the skin and one should see a doctor ASAP.
And if the cat isn't yours and/or up to date on it's rabies vaccine that needs to be considered, as well as when your last tetanus booster was.

edit to add: I have not had issues with cat scratches but know to keep an eye on them, as I get scratched quite often from missed leaps and such... although when I keep her nails trimmed that is not an issue.

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 5:57:26 PM

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My mom got scratched by a cat when I was younger. She got an infection the cat had cat liter on it's paws and transferred the residue to her. Her lymph nodes underneath her arm started to swell up. They had to put her on an antibiotic. The doctor told her if she had waited any longer she would be in the hospital.

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 6:27:26 PM

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that's what happened to me. the lymph nodes under my chin swelled up; they thought i had the mumps. i was like this terribly sick chipmunk. =p one of the lymph nodes eventually ruptured and died and was oozing infection and yuckiness back into my system. i had to have surgery to have it removed. ♫♪ "cat scratch fever, doo doo dooooo...."♪♫
worst animal attack of my liiiiife. one of my pet rats bit me (he had a bad attitude about everything =p it's a funny story) and it healed up fine. but the cat bite? eeeeech...

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 7:35:21 PM

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Well- I think maybe she was mean to the cat. She tried to control it- and it is a feral cat. The cat was only protecting itself.

Next- the old bat- failed to get the cat checked out at a vet- before making it a pet- so most likely it had no shots.

Then the dizzy bitch did not use proper care when she did get bit- she waited too long for it.

She most likely smacked the cat- who then bit her.

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 7:46:49 PM

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quote:

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Well- I think maybe she was mean to the cat. She tried to control it- and it is a feral cat. The cat was only protecting itself.

Next- the old bat- failed to get the cat checked out at a vet- before making it a pet- so most likely it had no shots.

Then the dizzy bitch did not use proper care when she did get bit- she waited too long for it.

She most likely smacked the cat- who then bit her.

Feral = wild, PA.
Wild animals are unpredictable.
She was quoted as if she did not understand feral cat behavior.
If the cat was in an unfamiliar environment and it was scared, it could easily panic and bite without actual provocation.
It just needed to perceive being trapped or threatened, much like my kitty. I was not mean to her but when I rescued her from a dog and I had her in my arms and she saw a corner (which actually was a closed door and safety was just on the other side) she thought she was trapped and lashed out. She would never bite me on purpose.

The other point: many people are ignorant about how dangerous cat bites really are. Ignorant does not mean stupid, it just means not knowing.

I am really disappointed in you for categorising someone that way:
"old bat", "dizzy bitch" not knowing her or the whole circumstance of the story.
How would you like it if someone called your mother those names?

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 7:49:32 PM

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wow....guess I've been lucky....I've been bitten, scratched, ripped open by all sorts of different animals....both pets and wild. Lots of snake bites as a kid.....other than getting a few teeth in the bite, I was fine.

Lilly, the worst bite I ever had was from my rabbit......I can feel your pain with the rat bite....they may only have 4 teeth, but those are loooooong! But even that one healed w/o a scar. Hamster and guinea pig bites are the same way, same tooth layout. I will admit, the scars from bites I do have are from cats. Scratches....not bites.

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 7:52:59 PM

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The rest of us -- most of us have cats- and no one here needs a hand amputation. This tells me that she goofed. Cats are more popular then dogs- and most everyone can manage to not need a hand amputation.

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 8:06:52 PM

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The rest of us -- most of us have cats- and no one here needs a hand amputation. This tells me that she goofed. Cats are more popular then dogs- and most everyone can manage to not need a hand amputation.

If you read my post I already stated that my nephew's cat was his pet since the day the cat was born. My sister is meticulously clean to the point of being ocd...the cat was up to date on all vaccinations and extremely clean...but ya know my nephew still landed in the hospital. It happens and there's really no way to completely keep it from happening no matter how clean you think your cat is. It's not just feral cats and cat scratches happen for many reasons...like him being young and trying to grab the cat who was trying to jump out an open window.

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 8:06:57 PM

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quote:

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The rest of us -- most of us have cats- and no one here needs a hand amputation. This tells me that she goofed. Cats are more popular then dogs- and most everyone can manage to not need a hand amputation.

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edit to add: Most of us do not own feral cats... with good reason, but she did not know any better.
Ignorance.

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 8:14:03 PM

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A friend of mine is a veterinarian. She was bitten on the thumb by a kitten and wound up with a major infection, PICC line, surgeries...she lost a chunk of her thumb, but at least it's functional. Evidently she is extremely sensitive to pasteurella, which the cats have in their mouths.

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 10:03:38 PM

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I am really disappointed in you for categorising someone that way:
"old bat", "dizzy bitch" not knowing her or the whole circumstance of the story.
How would you like it if someone called your mother those names?

i have to agree angelikaJ -- that's pretty uncalled for pahunkboy.
would you want someone calling your beloved 77 year old neighbor those names?

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/28/2011 10:42:35 PM

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/29/2011 5:07:37 AM

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first things first.... NEVER EVER take in a stray animal. you never know what kind of diseases they may have. secondly, if the animal is exhibiting aggressive behavior such as hissing or their hackles are standing up on end, let it back out into the street where its used to being. you cannot change aggressive behavior once its ingrained.

Lastly and I hate to be rude and such but:

SERVES HER ASS RIGHT

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/29/2011 5:21:56 AM

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how does having her hand and thigh chopped up and a looming threat of amputation serve her right?she didn't know the cat was a feral cat; her moron "friend" who gave it to her didn't tell her. she found out it was feral after talking to doctors.

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Since being told by physicians the cat is likely feral, she wants others to see the risks of adopting such an animal without having it checked by a veterinarian.

did you even read the article? how many people would take a cat that had a good word put in for it by a friend who'd had it in his/her own home?

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/29/2011 5:40:08 AM

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This:

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PA,

Cat bites are notoriously nasty, worse than dog bites in their propensity toward getting infected.
Any cat can bite. One of mine bit me in March 09. I went to the ER that night to get precautionary antibiotics.
She isn't mean, she just got unexpectedly scared by a dog and panicked.

But taking in stray cats is a tricky thing as some are feral and some are abandoned by their owners.
Cats that shy away from people are likely not just timid but feral and will not make good pets straight away and should not be considered for home adoption unless you have experience with them... and not all feral cats can be socialised.
If there are feral cats in a colony it is best to leave them alone or work with an agency that will neuter/spay and clip them.

All cat bites should be considered to be serious if they break the skin and one should see a doctor ASAP.
And if the cat isn't yours and/or up to date on it's rabies vaccine that needs to be considered, as well as when your last tetanus booster was.

edit to add: I have not had issues with cat scratches but know to keep an eye on them, as I get scratched quite often from missed leaps and such... although when I keep her nails trimmed that is not an issue.

Anyone can get a bad infection from a cat bite or scratch. That the cat in the article was a stray is rather secondary. I doubt it was feral; feral cats don't like humans and won't get close enough to one to bite or scratch, unless you are stupid enough to corner it.

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/29/2011 5:49:19 AM

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I still think she waited too long to have her hand checked out. A hand bite is more understandable then a foot bite. A prior post of mine was a foot bite and I think that lady kicked her cat.

I look for cat stories- and you wont believe how many are bad ones that I do not post. Shot cats- cats set on fire... EVERY WEEK these stories.

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RE: cat disfigures owners hand - 7/29/2011 5:52:56 AM

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This:

Anyone can get a bad infection from a cat bite or scratch. That the cat in the article was a stray is rather secondary. I doubt it was feral; feral cats don't like humans and won't get close enough to one to bite or scratch, unless you are stupid enough to corner it.

"Once inside, Sims said the cat "was following me from room to room, growling, hissing and with its hair straight out the whole time" -- behaviour that made her and her roommate uneasy."

It doesn't sound like it was socialised but you are right, why wouldn't it have just hidden?
However, the article does make it sound like only stray and feral cats are carriers and that is not true.

So when my cat bit me I did not wait to see if it would get infected as I know that sometimes then it is a bitch to treat. I just went to the ER and was seen and given a prophylactic dose of antibiotics for the full 10 days.

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