POLL: HELP! I got bit and scratched badly by a stray cat! (it's a new cat I just got, that got out, then I TRIED to catch!)

Check out Cat scratch Fever disease and not Ted Nugent!

Depends how deep the punctures and scratches are. If you washed with antibacterial soap and hot water right away you're probably ok. I was bit in the calf by my cat who never left the house his entire life, and it developed into an infection. I had to get a tetanus booster and a round of antibiotics. The bacteria that naturally live in cats' mouths are beneficial to them but not to humans.

missed the vaccinated part, my bad!

thanks

When I was a kid I was sleeping over a friends house. When I woke up in my sleeping bag her cat was standing there waiting for me to wake up so it could bite me. It punctured my thumb which was just laying there.

I stuck the thumb in my mouth and that was the extent of what I did for it. I lived. YMMV

Yes, they will insist on giving a tetanus shot if you have not had one recently.

BUt basically it is like a lottery.

If nothing too bad got in the wound, no problem.

If one of the real nasty bugs got in there, with the best care possible, you might live.

You might win the wound lottery 20 times and then on 21, you get a superbug and that's all she wrote.

Last Edited by JustmeTX on 04/16/2021 08:28 AM

I always just suck the blood out and Love on.fucking pussies.

No need!

They don't have the ability to fix whatever you may have gotten.

Unless you feel the need to get the jab while you are there.

Get your affairs in order now while you still can.

So not a vet, and wouldn't know.

The only way to test it for rabies is lopping its head off and dissecting its brain.

Yes but not for rabies, for oral bacteria cats carry. Deep bites require Antibiotics


-Glp doc

Just know that in order to effectively test the animal for rabies they will destroy the animal. Sorry man...Just take care of your cuts with triple antibiotic and say a prayer for you and for the cat every three hours. :)

I've seen some bad infections from cats. You need to head into the ER.

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Yup.
You better go over to the instacare.
I had a cat dig his claws into my kneecap once.
So hard I had to pry it’s claws out one by one.
It was extremely painful and I did get this joint pain and fever.
I felt really bad and it was a very painful wound.

I voted no because I got over it.
I was able to take some old antibiotics I had and clean it daily and first aid myself.

Now that I think about it....you should go to the instacare.

Sorry this happened to you.
Hope you feel better soon.

UPDATE!: I went to the ER, and the doctor gave me Augmentin antibiotic, and that's it.

Vaccines BAD!

No. First wash it well with soap and hot waater. Then go to the ER because you can actually get 'cat scratch fever' which is a very serious illness. Please don't wait OP.

Yes, immediately after the bite, I washed the bites and scratches with Hibaclens antibacterial soap (medical grade antibiotic soap), then put iodine on all the bites and scratches.

I went to the ER earlier today and got a script for Augmentin. Doctor did not seem too concerned otherwise.
He said any infection I might have seems to be under control.

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Last Edited by Butch DeFeo on 04/16/2021 09:21 PM

That's why we self vaccinate our barn cats for rabies, and we do it ourselves. You can buy it online, I believe it's RabVac.

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Great poll, OP

Five stars