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Old 01-21-2009, 07:31 PM
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Alamak, I wouldn't hv thought of that! So from your experience, how to know when I would need medical treatment? I'm thinking its subjective judgements? go if I think the bite is bad and really bengkak?

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Originally Posted by FurKids View Post
To prevent potential serious cellulitis, much pain and even possible death due to blood poisoning if not properly addressed should the toxin enters the blood stream.

A cat bite is potentially very dangerous because of the way the cat bites (the cat sinks its teeth and releases as opposed to a dog which sinks its teeth, then shakes causing tearing of wound allowing blood to ooze out, draining much of the wound of bacteria).

After a cat bite, the surface of the wound closes very rapidly, trapping much of the bacteria from the cat's mouth inside the wound unless you are able to press out as much blood as possible to drain the wound and later disinfect it.

The trapped bacteria will cause a painful abscess. If the wound is located near or on a joint, frequent movement will squeeze the infection into your blood system. You can see the angry red streaks entering your blood vessel. This can later cause blood poisoning leading to death.

Due to the varied spectrum of bacteria in the cat's mouth, certain antibiotics are not sufficient treat a cat bite like Erythromycin (which is pretty much useless these days due to resistance). Amoxyllin is ok, but save the expensive Augmentin as your silver bullet.
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Originally Posted by June View Post
itu kucing bite and scratch.bengkak so very dangerous and poisnous.not worrylah.this is normal klu kita kejar strays.heheheh!!

for male very easy to know if they arlready neuter.lift their tail,klu no balls mean dah kena neuterlah.tp klu female susah sikit mo tau.

FK,klu 4 bln tp blm 2kg seems durang tak mau neuterlah bro.
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