cat bite

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Christine Chapman — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:32:25 GMT

Sounds like just like plain stupid ignorance ....... I bet he has been regretting that ever since!!

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:49:33 GMT

He actually set the dog on him? Hell if it was me l would have reported him and had the dog removed he is not stupid he is evil.

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Rachel Jayne — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:13:28 GMT

A vet at my last place got bitten really badly by a GSD once.

A guy brought it in for his friend, just for something routine & was chatting to the vet saying;
"Oh yeah, used to be a police dog he did, his command was................get him!!!!"

At which point the dog lunged at the vet ripping into his left shoulder & pulling him to the floor. The vet was taken to hospital & had to have a long time off work, as you can imagine.

Stupid client.....

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Rachel Jayne — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:09:59 GMT

I had my hand chewed by a collie once, munched all five fingers & punctured into my knuckle over my index finger.
He went through to the bone on both sides of my middle finger, and to this day I still haven't regained proper sensation on that bit of finger feels like I have pins & needles if I touch it.

I went to A&E (I'm quite a regular!) had it xrayed & dressed. Had to go back & fore to hospital every 2 days for dressing changes, it got horribly infected & had to go on lots of ABs. They dressed it with wet-dry iodine swabs, which the nurse promptly wripped off dry at one dressing appointment (I think the people in reception probably heard me shout!)I had to wear a sling too.

I had about 3 weeks in total (I think) off work. Still had to stay off once all the dressings were off because of the risk of infection with the new fragile skin. I wasn't really complaining tho!

I got bitten & scrammed by a kennel-guarding cat on friday on the underside of my right arm. It looked awful, bruised in big blue/purple rings around where he bit. Did wonder if it might go gooey, but it's been ok so far.

We do work in such a hazardous proffesion really don't we?!

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Helen Brewster — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:49:20 GMT

OMG! I knew some cat bites could be nasty but had no idea!

I have only been bitten by one cat (3-4times though!) which had a broken back - so fair play (we PTS soon after) Didnt get abs till 36hrs later due to no local doctor would see me - my doctor is 20miles away and didnt fancy waiting in A&E! My hand by swollen and very sore - hot to touch.

Got no sympathy from a large number of staff - who just said these things happen! Should get them to read this thread then they would feel guilty! Luckily abs were enough to patch it up but am definatley more cautious with cats than I used to be!

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Helen Freer — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:20:10 GMT

Worst bite i had was a dog (PJR x Yorkie) and went t A&E as I thought my tetnus ws nearly out of date 5years only to be told now it last 10 years! but we will give you another any way and give antibiotics, bandage it up (keep the bandage on for a week!). Got home an 4 hours later it was throbbling like h**l and I took off the bandage and had to reclean the wound to remove the puss comming out and treated it with Mag sulph twice a day for the next week . I think the hospital was relying on the antibiotics to solve the problem ( no time off work when your self employed )

Dad had a worse bite on his wrist from a cat we were trying to put in a carrying box, as it was hanging on and dangling off his wrist. we got it in its box and phoned the owners to pick it up as Dad could not drive ans had gone by taxi to A&E ( I could not drive at the time). The owners turned up in their Rolls to pick up the cat(they did not relly need to used our C & D service!! and did not even ask how Dad was). They borrowed out carry box and said they would bring it straight back. 6hours later i rang them as they had not brought it back ! they brought the box bck two days later and still no enquiry as to how Dad was, (Owners!!).

Keep the wound clean and I hope you feel better soon .

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hissycat — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:07:06 GMT

I swear most people outside the profession don't believe how much trouble a spitting bundle of domestic shorthair can be! just spoke to doc and they told me to 'take a paracetamol' its been a week! and numerous painkillers later! is it just me or are we more interested in our patients than they are in us?!

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Kerry Spain — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:09:18 GMT

Nick poppitt, I remember you squeezing the green exudate from your bitten hand LOL

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:39:42 GMT

Sorry l know it isnt funny but just keep picturing nick under a turban blood pouring out and someone with a Mr foamy dressing and all the other bites scratches and wounds goings on. And people say we work with cute little animals. FFS CUTE!!!! l would hate to see us have to work with nasty one ........ROFLMAO

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Christine Chapman — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:54:09 GMT

I would hate to think how many bites i've received over the past 42 years!! My boss sends me straight to the doctors, and pays for it. I've never had an infection! I do know of a couple of vets who ended up in hospital following cat bites one was very ill and was there for 3 weeks!!! My advice is to drop what you're doing, well as soon as you're able and go straight to the docs !

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Nick Shackleton — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:32:30 GMT

Kerry do you remember the nasty ginger cat that bit me 15 times???

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Kerry Spain — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:55:36 GMT

I've been bitten on my wrist which was painfull and worrying due to the fact that I had a hole through the top of my wrist, got bitten by a yorkie T and the tip of my thumb sloughed off (thumb print looks funny now) and then my cat scratched the top of my foot 6 months ago which left me with a red line tracking up my ankle and a bloody scar which I atill have to this day.

Anyway... Nicks head wound..

Nick and I used to be house mates and at the time we where working for different practices, I received a call from someone to say that he had been bitten by a dog at work so they rushed him to hosp where they bandaged him up and sent him on his merry way. During the car trip home he started to bleed profusley so he got rushed to another hospital (one which was closer to where we lived) when they received him at A&E they said he needed sutures! Due to the blood loss etc they kept him in for a few days because he was on IVFT and having his blood gasses monitored.

I'm sure Nick will let me know if I've missed any of it out, but he was in quite a mess for some time afterwards and stil has the scars to prove it.

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Fiona Leathers — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:38:13 GMT

If you can't laugh about it then what can you do????

My friend Neil, took hundreds of pictures of me lying on an ice rink with a broken ankle, howling in pain - just so he could show me how purple & swollen it went and how quickly it all happened!! My other friend Zara, got arrested at the sme time for punching the ice rink manager cos her told her I was being over-dramatic and it was probably just a sprain - Neil took pictures of her getting arrested too! How we laughed!!

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Nick Shackleton — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:35:26 GMT

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Have you got picture??? It would definately be worth a look!!!

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No sorry Fi was too busy trying to stop the bleeding!! Was rather serious ended up in hospital on a drip and having bloods crossed matched. glad i can laugh about it now

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Samantha Bell BSc(Hons) DipHE CVN DipAVN RVN VNA M — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:33:26 GMT

That was just the sling to hold it up which was then attached to a drip stand... I had half a cast on my arm, and then bandaged around to keep my fingers straight as possible.... then the foam sling (which i naed Tony the Foamy, and who I drew a face on) then supported it...i looked a state!

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Fiona Leathers — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:33:20 GMT

Have you got a picture??? It would definately be worth a look!!!

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Nick Shackleton — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:32:18 GMT

Well I ended up with a terban when i got bitten by a dog!

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Fiona Leathers — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:30:55 GMT

Ah cool!!! I want a bandage like that one!!! That is a serious bandage!! Did it sound like a ripe watermelon?? Or a dull banana??

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Samantha Bell BSc(Hons) DipHE CVN DipAVN RVN VNA M — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:29:00 GMT

after my doctors changing my antibiotic after a nasty cat bite, I ended up having the tendons in my left hand ring finger flushed as an emergency under general as I had gone toxic and the infection was spreading up my arm. Ended up 5 days in hospital and 3 weeks off work, plus physio to help then nerves regain their function after the surgery disturbed them... luckily they were careful and didn't severe them (was a strong possibility it would happen)... see photo below... post op...

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Saskia Quinn — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:01:34 GMT

oops!! Goes to show how nasty a dog bite can be. Those nasty buggers have a lot to answer for!! I worked with a vet once, while performing a routine clinical examination, she was bitten on the face - the chin to be exact. She has undergone 3 or 4 plastic surgery operations and her scar is still very noticeable. It was/is a very sad story. After the dog had bitten her, the owner said to one of the other vets (as said vet was rushed to hospital) 'I should have said he has bitten before, he has bitten my wife on numerous occassions!!!!' A very beautiful, very young female vet and that had to happen??

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Nick Shackleton — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:59:28 GMT

oh yeah silly me! What a typo lol

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Fiona Leathers — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:58:33 GMT

or your ehad to be precise!!!!

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Nick Shackleton — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:57:10 GMT

I was talking about the dog bite on my head!

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Saskia Quinn — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:53:45 GMT

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I dunno Paula its a long winded story ended up in two casualty dept and spent two days in hosp on a drip

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aw, you know I am only messing Goes to show though how serious a cat bite can be. Those nasty buggers have a lot to answer for.

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Nick Shackleton — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:46:28 GMT

I dunno Paula its a long winded story ended up in two casualty dept and spent two days in hosp on a drip