Usually we have pictures of our wonderful cats, but how about a pic of what they can do to us? OUCH! First thing: it wasn't Lulu! I'll try to explain what happened and answer questions in advance. Here's the cat bite info:
--It was a young female that lived at the house where we started re-model work.
--She recently had her first litter and all kittens found homes a few weeks ago.
--First day on the job she was friendly as can be rubbing against my legs and all of sudden she gave me a quick swat on my ankle. Same thing happened with a co-worker so we were aware of her actions.
--Second day on the job she was again friendly. I was going to carefully feed her and had a big bag of dry food that I was holding low to the ground to keep her away from my feet. She was very friendly and showing no signs of aggression so I thought things were going great. But, as soon as I lifted the bag to pour BAM! she let me have it! She was not provoked in any manner, she was not aggressive towards me or the bag of food, but as soon as she had the opportunity to bite me she did. And she got me good. Blood was actually shooting an inch straight out of my leg from the lower puncture bite! Pressure was applied and the bleeding quickly stopped. Well, almost quickly!
--Ok here's the main point of this post: if you get bit by any animal, get antibiotics ASAP! I was just plain stupid and didn't go to the doctor for three days because, well, honestly I thought it would be ok. But it got very red, swollen and painful so off to the doctor I went for some of those magical antibiotics. Please don't beat me up too bad because I know I should have seen the doc immediately and believe me if it ever happens again there will be no hesitation whatsoever! Good news is that the antibiotics have done their job and everything is fine!
--And now for the cat. The owner says before her litter she was very friendly but has since noticed a change. After the bite she took her to get spayed, shots, etc. and she says she is back to her friendly self. We will be back on the job next week but will definitely be aware of her presence and I hope she is ok. There could be many scenarios as to why she attacked me and I'm sure you will have lots of questions but I've tried to explain what happened as best as possible. I'll post again when we start work next week and hopefully I'll have good news!
--It was a young female that lived at the house where we started re-model work.
--She recently had her first litter and all kittens found homes a few weeks ago.
--First day on the job she was friendly as can be rubbing against my legs and all of sudden she gave me a quick swat on my ankle. Same thing happened with a co-worker so we were aware of her actions.
--Second day on the job she was again friendly. I was going to carefully feed her and had a big bag of dry food that I was holding low to the ground to keep her away from my feet. She was very friendly and showing no signs of aggression so I thought things were going great. But, as soon as I lifted the bag to pour BAM! she let me have it! She was not provoked in any manner, she was not aggressive towards me or the bag of food, but as soon as she had the opportunity to bite me she did. And she got me good. Blood was actually shooting an inch straight out of my leg from the lower puncture bite! Pressure was applied and the bleeding quickly stopped. Well, almost quickly!
--Ok here's the main point of this post: if you get bit by any animal, get antibiotics ASAP! I was just plain stupid and didn't go to the doctor for three days because, well, honestly I thought it would be ok. But it got very red, swollen and painful so off to the doctor I went for some of those magical antibiotics. Please don't beat me up too bad because I know I should have seen the doc immediately and believe me if it ever happens again there will be no hesitation whatsoever! Good news is that the antibiotics have done their job and everything is fine!
--And now for the cat. The owner says before her litter she was very friendly but has since noticed a change. After the bite she took her to get spayed, shots, etc. and she says she is back to her friendly self. We will be back on the job next week but will definitely be aware of her presence and I hope she is ok. There could be many scenarios as to why she attacked me and I'm sure you will have lots of questions but I've tried to explain what happened as best as possible. I'll post again when we start work next week and hopefully I'll have good news!
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