Not just cats. Dogs can do it too.Just a normal cat bite - pissy cat acting out. He didn't think anything of it until it started blowing up around the wound and he was feeling weak. He had major sepsis and spent 3 days in the hospital.
And it's just a normal house cat, not some weird feral or anything.
Have you ever heard of anything like this?
Yes. It's important to have the bite seen by a doctor. I've always had cats and an occasional bite, but I immediately cleaned it and used either peroxide or rubbing alcohol on it. Fortunately, I didn't need to see a doctor for infection.Just a normal cat bite - pissy cat acting out. He didn't think anything of it until it started blowing up around the wound and he was feeling weak. He had major sepsis and spent 3 days in the hospital.
And it's just a normal house cat, not some weird feral or anything.
Have you ever heard of anything like this?
Had cat scratch fever bout 40 years ago, had to have a lymph node removed from under my left armpit.
Was it one of the rabid kittens?
To tell ya the truth, I have no clue if it involved the rabid kitten the wife fostered until we found out it was rabid. All of us(5) had to go the shots after we found out it was rabid. Always heard horror stories about the shots (4 or 5), really wasn't that big a deal, 3 kids(10, 8, 3) went thru them without a major problem.
Oh wow. I remember the rabid kitten, but I haven't known you both for 40 years. Maybe 20?
Between 20 and 25, think you were 10 or 11 when I met ya. Maybe the way the story was told had you thinking it was recent, thats the only rabies story I know of.
