Candance and Her Cat Bite

I just sent a detailed post about Candance's cat bite but it seems to
have gotten lost in cyberspace.

So!! Candace, I wouldn't worry about the rabies. You should be on
Augmentin 875mg twice daily for 10 days --- if you are not allergic
to penicillin. Also, it is good that you were given a tetanus shot.
I am a Physician Assistant and I've seen many infected cat bites. Cat
bites become infected about 80% of the time so I would strongly
encourage you to take the anitbiotics that the doctor prescribed you.
Take Augmentin with food.

Hope this helps!!
Wendy

On Mar 14, 10:00*pm, Wendy wrote:
I just sent a detailed post about Candance's cat bite but it seems to
have gotten lost in cyberspace.

So!! Candace, I wouldn't worry about the rabies. *You should be on
Augmentin 875mg twice daily for 10 days *--- if you are not allergic
to penicillin. *Also, it is good that you were given a tetanus shot.
I am a Physician Assistant and I've seen many infected cat bites. *Cat
bites become infected about 80% of the time so I would strongly
encourage you to take the anitbiotics that the doctor prescribed you.
Take Augmentin with food.

Hope this helps!!
Wendy

Thank you, Wendy. I have some, I'll take one tonight.

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:00:49 -0700, Wendy wrote:

I just sent a detailed post about Candance's cat bite but it seems to
have gotten lost in cyberspace.

So!! Candace, I wouldn't worry about the rabies. You should be on
Augmentin 875mg twice daily for 10 days --- if you are not allergic to
penicillin. Also, it is good that you were given a tetanus shot. I am a
Physician Assistant and I've seen many infected cat bites. Cat bites
become infected about 80% of the time so I would strongly encourage you
to take the anitbiotics that the doctor prescribed you. Take Augmentin
with food.

Hope this helps!!

That regime doesn't work for Fleagor's toxic bites: for me, it takes half
as much Augmentin twice as often. The drug has a half life of about 60
minutes, so twelve hours after taking a dose, the blood level is almost
nonexistent - it may be that it's too low to penetrate deeply enough into
the large swelling I get. That regime has worked for bites from other
cats though, just not for Fleagor's - he is very large and strong, and has
very long and very sharp fangs that penetrate deeply. One thing I
discovered about his bites is that I need to get started on the antibiotic
within 24 hours, preferably a lot less - the last time he bit me, he bit
my left hand on a Saturday and I didn't get to the doctor until Monday: by
then the hand was swollen and too stiff to use, and it stayed that way for
over a week.

I don't worry about rabies from bites from my cats, even thoug I am
completely paranoid about it from dogs (having been through the treatment
fifty years ago when it was fourteen days of shots given with dull
needles).

Fortunately, Fleagor hasn't bitten me in the last three-four years, and
the last time any cat bit me, I was already on Augmentin for a sinus
infection and the bite didn't get infected.

--

T.E.D. ) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla).
..

"Ted Davis" wrote

| On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:00:49 -0700, Wendy wrote:
|
| I just sent a detailed post about Candance's cat bite but it seems to
| have gotten lost in cyberspace.
|
| So!! Candace, I wouldn't worry about the rabies. You should be on
| Augmentin 875mg twice daily for 10 days --- if you are not allergic to
| penicillin. Also, it is good that you were given a tetanus shot. I am a
| Physician Assistant and I've seen many infected cat bites. Cat bites
| become infected about 80% of the time so I would strongly encourage you
| to take the anitbiotics that the doctor prescribed you. Take Augmentin
| with food.
|
| Hope this helps!!
|
| That regime doesn't work for Fleagor's toxic bites: for me, it takes half
| as much Augmentin twice as often. The drug has a half life of about 60
| minutes, so twelve hours after taking a dose, the blood level is almost
| nonexistent - it may be that it's too low to penetrate deeply enough into
| the large swelling I get. That regime has worked for bites from other
| cats though, just not for Fleagor's - he is very large and strong, and has
| very long and very sharp fangs that penetrate deeply. One thing I
| discovered about his bites is that I need to get started on the antibiotic
| within 24 hours, preferably a lot less - the last time he bit me, he bit
| my left hand on a Saturday and I didn't get to the doctor until Monday: by
| then the hand was swollen and too stiff to use, and it stayed that way for
| over a week.

I was bitten by an angry neighbor cat once, on the forearm. All four fangs
sank right down to the bone and I still have the scars.... It was the most
painful thing I've ever experienced but it never did get infected. I washed
the wound out with peroxide followed by colloidal silver, and took
grapefruit seed extract internally for a week or so.

"Ted Davis" wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:00:49 -0700, Wendy wrote:

I just sent a detailed post about Candance's cat bite but it seems to
have gotten lost in cyberspace.

So!! Candace, I wouldn't worry about the rabies. You should be on
Augmentin 875mg twice daily for 10 days --- if you are not allergic to
penicillin. Also, it is good that you were given a tetanus shot. I am a
Physician Assistant and I've seen many infected cat bites. Cat bites
become infected about 80% of the time so I would strongly encourage you
to take the anitbiotics that the doctor prescribed you. Take Augmentin
with food.

Hope this helps!!

That regime doesn't work for Fleagor's toxic bites: for me, it takes half
as much Augmentin twice as often. The drug has a half life of about 60
minutes, so twelve hours after taking a dose, the blood level is almost
nonexistent - it may be that it's too low to penetrate deeply enough into
the large swelling I get. That regime has worked for bites from other
cats though, just not for Fleagor's - he is very large and strong, and has
very long and very sharp fangs that penetrate deeply. One thing I
discovered about his bites is that I need to get started on the antibiotic
within 24 hours, preferably a lot less - the last time he bit me, he bit
my left hand on a Saturday and I didn't get to the doctor until Monday: by
then the hand was swollen and too stiff to use, and it stayed that way for
over a week.

I don't worry about rabies from bites from my cats, even thoug I am
completely paranoid about it from dogs (having been through the treatment
fifty years ago when it was fourteen days of shots given with dull
needles).

Fortunately, Fleagor hasn't bitten me in the last three-four years, and
the last time any cat bit me, I was already on Augmentin for a sinus
infection and the bite didn't get infected.

My cats never bite me, why would they want to? KFC does pretend to bite
when she is medicated against her will but it really is a pretend bite. she
just puts her teeth against my skin and says "carry on with with this and
you'll regret it." I once ignored her warning and got severely bitten
through the thumb. Served me right.
Boyfriend does not have a bite or scratch in him. He has no idea how to. If
I have to pick him up and I try not because it makes him afraid he almost
faints with fright. Even after 5 years when he likes to knead me when
everything is quiet, picking him up is not an option. It scares him. I
don't know why,
He's never known a cross word here. He's beloved and I wish he knew that
no-one will will hurt him here. Something might be in the back of his
mind from his past, He's very sensitive.
Unlike KFC. She has certainly had a much more difficult early life than
Boyfie had for longer but she is far more cheerful than he is.

Tweed















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T.E.D. ) MST (Missouri University of Science and
Technology)
used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla).
.

On Mar 16, 6:56*pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
"Ted Davis" wrote in message

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On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:00:49 -0700, Wendy wrote:

I just sent a detailed post about Candance's cat bite but it seems to
have gotten lost in cyberspace.

So!! Candace, I wouldn't worry about the rabies. *You should be on
Augmentin 875mg twice daily for 10 days *--- if you are not allergic to
penicillin. *Also, it is good that you were given a tetanus shot. I am a
Physician Assistant and I've seen many infected cat bites. *Cat bites
become infected about 80% of the time so I would strongly encourage you
to take the anitbiotics that the doctor prescribed you. Take Augmentin
with food.

Hope this helps!!

That regime doesn't work for Fleagor's toxic bites: for me, it takes half
as much Augmentin twice as often. *The drug has a half life of about 60
minutes, so twelve hours after taking a dose, the blood level is almost
nonexistent - it may be that it's too low to penetrate deeply enough into
the large swelling I get. *That regime has worked for bites from other
cats though, just not for Fleagor's - he is very large and strong, and has
very long and very sharp fangs that penetrate deeply. *One thing I
discovered about his bites is that I need to get started on the antibiotic
within 24 hours, preferably a lot less - the last time he bit me, he bit
my left hand on a Saturday and I didn't get to the doctor until Monday: by
then the hand was swollen and too stiff to use, and it stayed that way for
over a week.

I don't worry about rabies from bites from my cats, even thoug I am
completely paranoid about it from dogs (having been through the treatment
fifty years ago when it was fourteen days of shots given with dull
needles).

Fortunately, Fleagor hasn't bitten me in the last three-four years, and
the last time any cat bit me, I was already on Augmentin for a sinus
infection and the bite didn't get infected.

My cats never bite me, why would they want to? * KFC does pretend to bite
when she is medicated against her will but it really is a pretend bite. she
just puts her teeth against my skin and says "carry on with with this *and
you'll regret it." *I once ignored her warning and got severely bitten
through the thumb. *Served me right.
Boyfriend does not have a bite or scratch in him. He has no idea how to. *If
I have to pick him up and I try not because it makes him afraid he almost
faints with fright. *Even after 5 years when he likes to knead me when
everything is quiet, picking him up is not an option. *It scares him. *I
don't know why,
He's never known a cross word here. *He's beloved and I wish he knew that
no-one will will hurt him here. *Something might be in the back of his
mind from his past, *He's very sensitive.
Unlike KFC. *She has certainly had a much more difficult early life than
Boyfie had for longer but she is far more cheerful than he is.

Tweed


I get the little pretend bites that say "I've had enough" from all the
cats. Bosley, who is
very aggressive anyway, bites and means business if you try to
medicate him.
The worst cat bite I ever saw was when daughter accidentally shut
Cherokee's tail
in the door. He sunk his teeth into the calf of her leg as hard as he
could. She still
has a scar that looks like a snake bite.

Sherry



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T.E.D. ) MST (Missouri University of Science and
Technology)
used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla).
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