Caturday: My Cat Bit Me! How Serious Is It?
THE CULPRIIT, TISSOU, SLEEPING PEACEFULLY WTIH MY SON This was a question I had not thought about much, if at all, through decades of rescuing cats. I would get scratches, sure. And occasionally a light leave-me -alone bite, but never a deep, frightened one, like the one I got this week from Tissou, a rescued cat with a spina deformity that must have been the source of some sharp pain when I picked her up (though she likes to cuddle, her limping indicates that she probably does have pain from movement). It was an instinctive reaction on her part, and her sharp teeth hit near a nerve, sending an electric shock through my body, casing me to instantly drop her. Realizing what had happened, I held up by hand. There were four distinct puncture wounds and a longer wound, like a gash, perhaps a couple of teeth together...just a guess. It did not bleed much. Good, I thought It is just a cat bite. Good, I thought. Those happen all the time You never hear a lot on the news about them...