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surferlove007 · 11-13-2006, 11:19 PM

I had gone home for the long weekend to watch my parent's house and as I was getting ready to leave to go back to Lubbock I was trying to get the cats inside (three of them) and the feral cat Sweetie who we've been feeding and trying to domesticate got inside on mistake and saw me and started flipping out and climbing everything. She got on this extra high shelf and jumped and out of instinct I reached up and caught her. BIG mistake.
*CHOMP*
Right into my hand. Plus scratch marks all over. Hurt very bad.
Well I chased her outside, went and cleaned my hand, got the rest of the cats in and hit the road.
Got into the LBK at around 10:20 p.m. Told James what happened he said to go to the doctor and have it looked at.
It was really swollen and tender the entire drive, about 4 and half hours.
So after unloading my car I took myself to Covenant ER and they gave me a prescription, and a Tetnus shot. They said cats don't carry rabies, so I didn't need to get those
Oh, to point out. The lady said the meds would knock me out in roughly 30 minutes. So she'd be right back with my shot so I could go.
25 minutes...........later. I'm pretty much knodding off, they come in and give it to me. OUCH! It helped wake me up so I could drive back. It's still pretty sore now.
It seems to be recovering nicely, so luckily I don't believe antibiotics are necessary currently, we'll see how things go the next couple days.
I consider myself lucky for not needing the rounds of rabies shots.

Share your stories of bites, scratches, or other injuries caused by pets!

11-13-2006, 11:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
surferlove007 Junkie	Feral Cat Bites, Share your stories! I had gone home for the long weekend to watch my parent's house and as I was getting ready to leave to go back to Lubbock I was trying to get the cats inside (three of them) and the feral cat Sweetie who we've been feeding and trying to domesticate got inside on mistake and saw me and started flipping out and climbing everything. She got on this extra high shelf and jumped and out of instinct I reached up and caught her. BIG mistake. CHOMP Right into my hand. Plus scratch marks all over. Hurt very bad. Well I chased her outside, went and cleaned my hand, got the rest of the cats in and hit the road. Got into the LBK at around 10:20 p.m. Told James what happened he said to go to the doctor and have it looked at. It was really swollen and tender the entire drive, about 4 and half hours. So after unloading my car I took myself to Covenant ER and they gave me a prescription, and a Tetnus shot. They said cats don't carry rabies, so I didn't need to get those Oh, to point out. The lady said the meds would knock me out in roughly 30 minutes. So she'd be right back with my shot so I could go. 25 minutes...........later. I'm pretty much knodding off, they come in and give it to me. OUCH! It helped wake me up so I could drive back. It's still pretty sore now. It seems to be recovering nicely, so luckily I don't believe antibiotics are necessary currently, we'll see how things go the next couple days. I consider myself lucky for not needing the rounds of rabies shots. Share your stories of bites, scratches, or other injuries caused by pets!