OT Feral Cat Bite

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I am so sorry to hear that happened to you. How awful. I would get on

a another antibiotic that is specific for bartonella.

Studies show that most cats are bart carriers. If you can't get your

doc to listen, search for another.

Good Luck.

Peggy

[Guest guest]

Since cats often carry Bartonella, I would check into treatment for

that. I would contact a Veterinarian, preferably one that works with

farm animals, and see what all cats carry. The Veterinarians that work

on farms are usually the smartest because they have to be successful or

the farms bankrupt.

Love and prayers,

Heidi N

Dear Groups:

Hello. Last Tuesday I was bitten by a feral cat in the neighbor hood.

This cat showed up five days before. It was very aggressive and

defensive. I tried to walk by it to go out our steps to my car and it

would not move off the narrow porch. I tried to scare it off, but it

kept licking its lips and became more fixture like.

I clapped and shooed, it stayed. I got the idea to go get food for it

and I cautiously stepped out side and spilled the cat food over an area

on the narrow porch/

steps. It must have been starving it inhaled the food and still would

not move. I final got my husband to come and work with the cat. He

gently moved a broom between me and cat so I could walk to the car.

That was five days ago. Over the five days we feed it more and one

family member sat with the cat for a long time and was allowed to pick

up the cat and cuddle it.

Then came last Tuesday. It came out of now where for food again and I

fed it. I walked toward the steps and up them and the cat followed

leaving its food, so I turned around to take the cat to the food and

pointed at the food and it charged my hand bite in ans shook it like a

shark to tear me apart.

I wigged out and called my husband and 911 and they called animal

control. My arm was becoming painful, by six hours afterward I was at

the Dr's office. NON Lyme literate. I had eaten so I had to wait until

about 11:30 PM to take my first pill. I was bitten about 1:30 AFTER

NOON. The next pill was a 1:30 PM on Wednesday then I missed a dose and

took the next dose at 6:00 AM. So My dosing is off by five hours. The

next day i went in for a tetanus shot. At another office.

They told me to take doxy because of my allergies to penicillin. The

dose ten days worth at 100 mg twice a day. It is my first time on doxy

in two years. Doxy for Lyme is 28 days or longer.

Should I try to get it extended?

The cat is under observation but is a goner on Friday. I asked for a

stool or and urine sample which i figured would be easy to get because

of the cage that the animal is in. They said NO! They said the cat

appears healthy so far, but mean and angry.

How does one work with the government to get body fluids off an unknown

animal? Is this needed by me for testing?

Not knowing the cat or its history I am very nervous, I have Lyme and

was just bitten by something that was made mean, a neurotics or

something, maybe bad treatment by humans. But I am edgy and worried. I

am having trouble spelling just like before with the tick bite. I hope

this brain fog is the doxy killing stuff, my arm is no longer in pain.

The claw makes are less red as is the bite.

Please write. I welcome your responses.

Lymeover and out

[Guest guest]

I would think contemplating this cat could also cause a rabie risk that some

city, county health department would get involve. They need to do something

contemplating the risk of rabies which only has a short window of opportunity

for treatment. Call them. Hope this helps. Tessa