It doesn't sound like it acted strangely at all from your description, plus rabies doesn't spread as easily via scratches I think (please correct me if I'm wrong).please make sure you've signed up for organ donation Treat with an iodine tincture and/or an antibiotic salve. Non bite exposures are very rare.If the hospital said you're alright then it should be fine, right?
Getting scratched by a cat can be more than just painful—the wounds can bleed, sting, swell, become infected, and, in some cases, make us sick. From your description of its behavior, it sounds like it was a lost or roaming house cat, not a feral cat, so the odds of being infected with anything are even less. It is a rare disease —especially given how many times cats scratch, but about 22,000 cases are reported in the US each year.
Cat scratches can lead to nasty infection in RARE case. please make sure you've signed up for organ donation My SO and myself have got scratched plenty as part of our rescue shenanigans, and have never even considered going to a hospital. JavaScript is disabled. If the latter is the case, what counts as noticeably worse?I'm not really sure what vaccinations my cat has gotten. Why does my cat scratch me when I pet him?
I feel tainted just reading this thread. So I was laying in my bed, feet out of the covers and my cat just attacked my foot.
And the second round of shots is a good idea.Out of curiosity, would much have happened if I didn't wash my hands? Cat-scratch disease is, not surprisingly, caused by cat scratches. Cleaning the wound right after it happens prevents this.You're not getting rabies from a cat that approached you to play and didn't even bite youI heard the only way to cure cat scratch is to get a cat to lick the wound. Since then, I've done the same once more. And no symptoms outside of those of a normal scratch have appeared so far.Have had cats for roughly 20 years & have numerous play bites that have drawn blood. Y’all are so weird sometimes. At worst, you'll get a fungus infection, which is bothersome (especially if you have pets) but nothing serious. My new cat cuddles with me and wouldn’t hurt a fly; meanwhile my old one is wrecking everything in his path and constantly reminds me of the abuse we both went through, so I get intense anxiety and start crying.
I was worried about cat scratch fever but then i encountered rabies and i havent been able to stop freaking out about it since. This has NEVER happened to me before & I don't know what to do. What You Should Do for a Cat Bite or Scratch.
No you shouldn’t worry at all. If the hospital said you are fine I'm 99.99% sure are fine That aside, I had to get rabies shots for a scratch to the face when I was about 5 or so. At first, everything is great. You're fine.You are 100% overthinking. OP, you can trust me.If the hospital said you’re good, then it’s probably pretty safe to say you’re good. !i dont know what to do. I now have a scratch about a centimeter long that was bleeding when I first noticed it roughly three hours ago. Young Cat. Its have been 6 days and its still hurts. My cat has scratched me with its teeth before, leaving red marks but no bleeding, and my health has been fine. I'm not from a region where the medical care is the best.Frankly unless the cat was walking on absolute filth, disinfecting it thoroughtly is enough; a tetanus shot is kind of overkill already. Almost no one gets rabies from cats. She used to be a stray and my sister adopted her but she still goes out from time to time. Just make sure you wash it out and put antibiotic ointment on it with a bandaidNew comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castPress J to jump to the feed. Rabies is a SALIVA disease. All flaired medical professionals on this subreddit are verified by the mods.Press J to jump to the feed. Identify the cat.
My dog was scratched by a cat on leg My boxer dog was scratched by a cat today on his leg that is pretty deep.
If it becomes infected, go to the Urgent Care to have it looked at.BTW, if you're weird about catching things from your cat, you should take him in for his booster shots. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.Y’all are so weird sometimes. I feel like I’m going crazy. You are 100% overthinking. (she is definitely already looking into getting the cat all the shots because now she is freaked out)I was playing with the cat and i picked her up (dumb of me) and she didnt like that, so she scratched me, not a lot but she definitely drew some blood.I was worried about cat scratch fever but then i encountered rabies and i havent been able to stop freaking out about it since.I got my period yesterday and today i have a headache and nausea and i feel bad, which is normal for me during this time. If you aren't comfortable keeping it, then take it to a shelter and explain that it needs monitoring for 7-10 days. Okay, first of all, if this sort of question belongs in a different subreddit, kindly redirect me to a more suitable one and I will remove this post. Usually kittens get two rounds of rabies shots, then they're good for awhile if they're indoor-only (at least this is what my vet did last time I had a kitten- which was some time ago now). My cat scratched me..should i be worried?