I mean my cats come to keep the dogs in line via slap when they get into trouble, it’s kind of a problem tbh.
My cat does not attack me. Mere minutes ago she walked up, brushed her side on my shin and meowed for pets. Because she’s mentally healthy. Someone living here should be, might as well be the cat.
My cats never attack me. Probably cause they’re never bored. Big wild yard with lots of plants and trees. Lots to do. Lots of neighborhood cats visiting. They live a life of privilege. Now city cats on the other hand… you wanna keep one in an apartment, you better be working full-time entertaining that thing.
My cats who stay inside don’t attack me either. I do try to play with them daily but that’s about it, they mostly keep each other entertained, or the younger, more playful one comes to yell at me (or even starts tossing his favorite “fetch plushie” at me sometimes) when I haven’t played with him enough
Should not the last read: I attack my servants?
One day I was in the kitchen and my cat jumped on the heating radiator because she wanted to get pet. When I finished petting her, she turned around on the radiator and her toe got stuck in the grill on top of it. She immediately started screaming and I tried to free her. She was in so much panic she bit and scratched me. My other cat was upstairs but he came down and jumped in my back to defend her because he heard her scream as if she was being murdered.
I managed to shake him of my back and to pull her toe free. I was worried she was injured, but luckily she had no wound and walked fine afterwards. There was blood on her, but it was all mine from when she bit me.
That was the only time she bit or scratched me and she is 14 years old now. The other cat is now 16 years old and I do occasionally get scratched by him. Most of the times it’s because he’s a bit clumsy. One time when I was trying to sleep, he decided the best way to cross the bed was by walking over my face. He slipped and scratched my nose. Last week he scratched my neck when he tried to get on my shoulder but misjudged the jump.
Cat Owner essentials checklist:
- Litterbox
- litter
- food
- water bowl
- carrier
- hydrogen peroxide
Hydroperoxide actually worsens the healing process of cuts. Use plain water & soap, and some rubbing alcohol of you feel you need it.
My personal experience tells otherwise 🤷
Hopefully it’s better than the Mercurochrome that we grew up with
(got a scratch/wound) Parent: “Go get the Iodine”, Me: NOOOOOOOOOOO
Ha I’ve never actually looked into it, thanks. Never used H2O2 growing up but my partner did from my father in law.
Never used H2O2 growing up but my partner did from my father in law.
Send quickly cause we needed to leave 😳
My partner’s father always used hydrogen peroxide to treat fresh cuts, so when I met my partner we always used it too. Never did that before meeting them.
Yeah nah if I’m ever bit by a cat (so that it draws blood, not just friendly nibbles) it’s straight to the hospital. Not fucking around with that shit.
If it’s your own cat and you do regular vet visits, it’s fine as long as you clean the cuts properly.
Not sure what use vet visits are here? Why would I risk anything if my hand has been bit deep enough to draw blood, even if it’s my own cat?
Main threat is rabies, which your pet should not have. Unless you need stitches, a good rinse with something sterile and a bandage are all you need. That’s all a hospital is going to give you. Maybe some antibiotics if it didn’t get cleaned quickly enough.
I got scratched by a feral. Had to get a tetanus shot and five rabies shots
Better safe than sorry.
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I have never been scratched by a cat where blood was drawn. I can’t remember even less than that.
Other than this trailer park, I went in, lady says don’t worry about the dog, watch the cat. I was like yeah ha ha. Cat fucking ninja jumped me from on high somewhere, was trying to scratch me, just got my clothes.
I attack
I am also a snack.
I have only been mean bitten (excluding play bites,) by Chihuahuas. 4x. All in the same year. They were all like bonafied mexican patronized dogs too, (I don’t like to use the word own,) but I still love chihuahuas.
I do wonder if in Mexico, if you knock on some rich dickheads door trying to sell him on Jesus or some shit, if he releases the chihuahuas on you rather than the hounds. ‘Run essay!’
Also the police should use them, but like, an entire pack of the little bastards.
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I attack things that aren’t there.
When he’s barking at an empty corner of the room at 3AM, it’s creepy AF.
The infographic is wrong: the cat has no owners: it owns the humans (and attacks them).
“I own and attack the creature that thinks it owns me.”
Like a cat would claim you’re it’s owner.
“You mean that tall bald cat that walks funny? Yeah, weird fella. Good scavanger though, always has food around”
Well no, the cat’s describe us as their bitches.
Cat bites are no joke, I was recently bitten by one and my arm hurt for almost two weeks. Not sure if putting on a tourniquet was the best idea, but tbf I did think I was gonna bleed to death without it, so that seemed more important than disinfection. Fortunately took only ~15min to have it seen by a doctor and get prescribed anti-biotics.
Years ago, a friend of mine adopted the cat that was mistreated by its previous owners and was still very defensive around strangers. He invited a couple of friends over, and one of them insisted on petting the cat despite clear signs that it wanted to be left alone and got bitten as a result. She didn’t think it was a big deal and decided to let it heal on its own, until it became clear that it wasn’t going to so she went to see a doctor a couple days later. That doctor detected early signs of necrosis and told her that, if she had waited a few more days, she would have probably lost her arm to gangrene.
So yeah, cat bites are no joke at all
I’ve been scratched by cats but never bitten. And I’ve been around a lot of cats. How’d that happen in your case?
Two cats were fighting, I tried to pick up the older/bigger cat and it then bit my arm
Yeah that makes sense. I commend your valiant effort for cat-kind.
Hope you did manage to break that fight at least.
You probably had cat scratch fever
Nah, it was really quite serious actually, the area around the bite started yellowing under my skin, the whole area got swollen and the pain was numbing. I was prescribed 7 days of anti-biotics but I probably should have had it extended for a few days as the pain hadn’t gone away and the skin was still yellow. Its all good now, fortunately
I’m confused as to why you don’t think you had an infectious disease based on that.
No, I knew then later that I had an infection. That appeared maybe 3 hours after the bite. What I tried to say initially was that my immediate reaction to the bite wasn’t disinfection, instead I put on a tourniquet and applied pressure on the dirty bleeding wound
“Scratch all the Masters”
*i attack if my owner is threatened and sometimes also when isn’t
