Re: Cat bites and diabetes


"Evelyn Ruut" <mama-lionsox@xxxxxxxxxx> skrev i en meddelelse
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> "Louise" <louise.krarupSNABELAprivat.dk> wrote in message
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>> "Evelyn Ruut" <mama-lionsox@xxxxxxxxxx> skrev i en meddelelse
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>>> "Louise" <louise.krarupSNABELAprivat.dk> wrote in message
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>>>> "sharppointy1" <sharppointy1@xxxxxxxxx> skrev i en meddelelse
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>>>>>I learned today that a simple cat bite can be very dangerous for
>>>>> someone with diabetes. Who knew? My cat bit me last night and by
>> this
>>>>> morning my whole hand was red and puffy. When I went to the
emergency
>>>>> dept (my doc wasn't in today, grrr) they kept sayinig "oh cat bites
>> are
>>>>> very dangerous for diabetics". Followed by them placing an IV in my
>>>>> arm for three days of IV antibiotics. I also get to start swallowing
a
>>>>> pill the size of a suppository twice a day. May this be a warning
to
>>>>> fellow cat lovers.
>>>>> Barbara the grumpy with one arm swathed in a mummy like bandage and
>> the
>>>>> other one all red and swollen - feeling sorry for myself.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ??? I didn´t know that.
>>>>
>>>> I just got a cat 2 weeks ago, my hands are filled with scratches all
>>>> over,
>>>> but no deep bites. The scratches are sore, but not infected:-)
>>>>
>>>> From this I can understand that I have to be more carefull when I
play
>>>> with
>>>> Buster, that´s the neme of the cat, but it is hard to learn him not
to
>>>> scratch, it is an instinct for him to bite and scratch to keep his
>> catch
>>>>
>>>> Hope you get better soon..
>>>>
>>>> Louise, Denmark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Louise the secret of NOT having a cat get vicious later on, is never
>>> playing with the cat directly with your hands. You can play with the
>>> cat, but always use a toy instead.
>>>
>>> If you get the cat used to scratching and playing rough with YOU, it
>>> ultimately has no qualms about doing that, even once it is a bigger
>>> animal, capable of killing small creatures, using its teeth and claws
in
>>> earnest and maybe doing some real damage.
>>>
>>> I have two cats now, but we used to have more. Rule number one has
>>> always been "no playing 'mousie' with ones hands". All my cats have
>>> been sweet and gentle, even the wildest ones, because of this simple
>>> change in play habits when they are kittens.
>>> --
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>
>>
>> Dear Evelyn
>>
>> I do not play rough with him on purpuse, bur sometimes he bites when he
>> think it´s fun or he thinks I should do more than just cuddle etc..
>>
>> Soon he will be allowed outside again, then he will be more calm at
home,
>> I
>> think..
>>
>> Louise
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>
> Mine are going nuts indoors too, because of the snow and bad weather :-)
> We call it the kitty bullfights, when they chase each other all around
the
> house having mock fights. They wrestle with one another then suddenly
are
> licking each others ears and falling asleep.... till next time :-)
>
> Louise, If you keep one of those feather toys on a stick nearby all the
> time, and everytime kitty goes to scratch you, suddenly pull out that
toy
> and tease her a bit with it to re-direct her attention, it might stop
the
> tendency. It works.... I did that when mine were kittens and they
never
> ever try to scratch me anymore, even if they are tantalized.
>
> --
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Evelyn
> (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox')
>
Dear Evelyn

I try many different thinks.
He is indoor both due to thge weather (we have a lot of snbow in Denmark
right now) and becaus he has just moved to me two weeks ago. I wont let
him
out ntil he has been hear for atleast a month or so.

I have a kind of featherlike thing on a stick, that is a succes. But he
gets
bores with his toys quite fast, then he wants something new.
I try to take his toy away and re-introduce it some days later, but it
doesnt work that well..

Louise


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