I got scratched in my palm by one today, I was taking me cats outside and there was this stray cat outside my door, so I put my cat down and as I was bending down he struck me, its a deep scratch.
2007-03-22 17:28:07 · 13 answers · asked by Robin W 4 in Pets ➔ Cats
I would, I got bit by a cat at my grooming shop and it got extremely infected. There is suck a thing as cat scratch fever. I would go see a doctor. You can get really sick. Just got get some antibiotics just incase and get it looked at.
2007-03-22 17:37:33 · answer #1 · answered by Shell 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
usually no unless the scratch shows a sign of infection or your running a fever ..the odds of the cat having rabies is low. If your conserned then see a doctor..only you can make that judgement call
2007-03-23 00:45:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dab Betadine (at drugstore) on it, and put a band aid over it, until it starts to heal up. The Betadine will prevent infection. Then start dabbing Neosporin on it a few times a day. This will help heal the wound faster, without developing a nasty, crusty scar that takes longer to heal.
2007-03-23 00:45:22 · answer #3 · answered by Chatelaine 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you may get cat scratch fever, but unless you are HIV positive, the symptoms will be very mild and transient: a slight temperature and maybe slightly swollen lymph glands. Lasts a couple of hours no more in healthy people.
2007-03-23 00:48:28 · answer #4 · answered by Phoebhart 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
go too the doc anyway to give you a tentnus booster. was the cat proffing at the mouth or anything like that because he could have rabies so u should defenetly go to the doc anyway
2007-03-23 01:34:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. You don't know where he's been, and being wild he's probably catching his own food thereby having his claws in raw met that can go rotten. Rather be safe than sorry on this one.
2007-03-23 00:32:10 · answer #6 · answered by Unicornrider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's possible that you can get cat scratch disease (once called cat scratch fever). Check this out:
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/cat-scratch_disease.jsp
2007-03-23 00:34:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anne 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
depends on the cat
2007-03-23 00:37:34 · answer #8 · answered by arsouzy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spread the wound open and douse it with peroxcide/alcohol.
Slather it with Neosporin and you should be fine.
2007-03-23 00:31:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Call your doc and ask him. You may need a tetanus booster.
2007-03-23 00:30:35 · answer #10 · answered by nondescript 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋