05-27-2024, 11:58 AM
All animal bites "can be" serious. Not going to pile on since everyone already told you to go to the Doc. Kudo's for standing by your companion!!
I've been bit an never had any issues, but if it looks bad to me after appropriate cleaning I still draw a circle around it with a pen. If things are going south it'll get inflamed past that margin.
Doc's & Nurses take margins seriously!
Last serious issue was the gray feral I took in. He took exception to being stuffed in a carrier for his neutering an Vet work-up. Basically stuffing any wild animal into a crate is going to be ugly, so not unexpected. I'm great at avoiding bites, he only clawed me some. He was terrified. I get it. He finally trusts me to a degree. For a cat that hates humans he's always in the (closed)window watching for me at the end of the day.
Anyway he's having a happy retirement.
I've been bit an never had any issues, but if it looks bad to me after appropriate cleaning I still draw a circle around it with a pen. If things are going south it'll get inflamed past that margin.
Doc's & Nurses take margins seriously!
Last serious issue was the gray feral I took in. He took exception to being stuffed in a carrier for his neutering an Vet work-up. Basically stuffing any wild animal into a crate is going to be ugly, so not unexpected. I'm great at avoiding bites, he only clawed me some. He was terrified. I get it. He finally trusts me to a degree. For a cat that hates humans he's always in the (closed)window watching for me at the end of the day.
Anyway he's having a happy retirement.
