What affects us affects cats
It is easy to tell if your cat bite is infected. The illustration below tells you. I am referring to a classic bacterial infection throughout this post. You’ll see inflammation (redness in the skin) spreading out from the place where your cat bit you. It’ll start with a small area of inflammation around the …
Is this what video making has come down to on the internet? Anything, anything for views, likes, loves and 5 seconds of fame. But he’s such a twit. It is completely out of order to terrify his cat like this for the sake of a stupid TikTok video. I hate the man for it. …
These are the best antibiotics for cat bites (my thanks to InFocusL Culture that Infected Cat Bite (and Give Antibiotics): PREFERRED Amoxicillin-clavulanate (Augmentin) ALTERNATIVES Add metronidazole to each alternative – used for anaerobic activity. It is unclear if metronidazole is always necessary and it is usually added for prophylaxis. Doxycycline Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim) Penicillin VK …
I’m not sure that you can strictly say that domestic cats do bite us as a show of affection. It is sometimes a by-product of an affectionate encounter with your cat but I don’t think your cat decides to bite you in order to tell you that he likes you. There are several reasons …
Human bites can be as bad as cat bites when it comes to bacterial infections so we should not brand the domestic cat as being endowed with mouth bacteria which surpasses all other species, which I think is a tendency. Dogs far outstrip cats and humans on the number of bites. I am not …
I don’t know the percentage and I suspect no one knows it but I’m sure that a good percentage of American cat owners do not report it to their doctor when they are bitten by their cat and it has caused an infection. They treat the wound themselves with anti-inflammatories and antibiotics provided they …
This is a strange case in which a woman who fed a stray cat, and who loved that cat, died after the stray bit her. The woman’s name is Gabriele Kreichgauer. She lived in London. She was not a frail old lady but she may have had a compromised immune system. She called her …
The cat must have perceived a territorial threat and made a pre-emptive attack on both the dog and the owner simultaneously. The cat might have been a female defending kittens. It is extraordinary. The dog owner falls to the ground while the cat continues to attack them both. The cat’s guardian tries, throughout the …
