One week, three cat bites

I’m not kidding.  On top of the three urinary tract infections and two dental cleanings we dealt with this week, we still managed to squeeze in three totally unexpected cat bites.  One was an infected “cat bites dog” sort of thing, which I was able to treat on my own (thank you to all the people who’ve donated leftover/unused medications to me).  The second cat bite was found on Missy Mae, yesterday, in the extremely delicate area right beside her butt hole.  The ruptured abscess was so deep and sore that we wondered if it was an infected anal gland, but nope, it was a cat bite.  We’re treating it with ChlorhexiDerm Flush, betadine scrub pads, hot compresses, pain meds, and another one of those wonderful Convenia antibiotic injections.  Today, as I was just about to settle down for the evening and enjoy a nice night of sleep, I went into the guest bedroom and found that Skyler had been bleeding up a storm all over the room… there was smeared blood on every surface, and one wall had a huge splatter pattern suitable for analysis by CSi.  I cleaned up most of the blood and examined Skyler as best I could (he has long hair), but I honestly found nothing except a tiny nick on his chin.  One of his paw pads has quite a bit of dried blood on it, but the foot doesn’t have any broken nails.  In short, I’m mystified.  I guess I’ll end up taking photos of Skyler in his present, gorgeous condition, and then shave him down to try to find a wound.  If he did receive a bite, he’s lucky that it bled so much (to clean it out).

Speaking of cat bites, I suffered a small one of my own while working with Missy Mae.  I enjoyed these couple of YouTube videos about cats in crates, even though one of them is an ad (and ad for a pretty good product):

On an unrelated note (sort of), I’m working on a Facebook page for my vet clinic, and although it’s a work-in-progress (and will be for a long time), I think it looks great.  Soon, I shall provide a link (not until it’s perfect :)

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 02/03 at 09:38 AM

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  1. I used to ride horses and one day, a horse broke his jaw playing with his door. There was blood all over the door, but he was happily munching his breakfast. We thought the stable dogs had caught and killed something. I suggest you check Skyler’s mouth before removing his gorgeous fur.

    Posted by Victor Tabbycat's Mom  on  02/03  at  11:36 AM

  2. I think he might have been bitten or scratched in one of his paw pads.  The only blood I could find on his was on his rear right foot, and all the blood around the room was in the form of footprints (or smeared footprints).  There was a ghastly splash of blood on the wall, but if he shook his foot, that would account for it.  I know paw pads bleed like there’s no tomorrow, and I’m hoping that’s all it was.  He’s not limping, and there’s no new blood today, so I’m going to keep an eye on it.  I will look inside his mouth, though… he did have a tiny nick on his lip.

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  02/03  at  07:51 PM
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