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Originally Posted by kai
you should post a picture of your bite  I'm curious to see what it looks like. Is that too morbid? I don't know that I've ever seen a real cat bite is all. My house cats gnaw on my wrist bones...which is wierd. but they've never broken skin. |
I thought about posting a photo right after the bite occurred -- when it looked angriest (and hurt like something awful!) -- but I thought everyone would run me out of town for being too weird.
There's not much to show, now, although the bite's still bothering me a bit. I still have two noticable puncture marks but they're closed wounds now. The part that's bothering me is I have two hard lumps under the skin, one extending out from each puncture. I'm guessing it's the last of the infection being attacked, since it's now in the "Man, I want to ITCH this so badly!" phase of healing.
Right after the bite, within 4 hours time, I had a large red welt from about two inches below the bites (towards my elbow) extending all the way to about one inch from where my wrist meets my palm; the entire area was extremely sore to the touch, like a very bad bruise. It took about 3 days of frequent hydrogen peroxide cleanings (just dabbing it on with a Q-tip, nothing invasive), to get the puncture holes to close up on their own. About a day and a half into my antibiotic doses, the red welt stuff dissipated to where it was just red, but not raised or painful, just sensitive to pressure.
Weird stuff... it still sort of looks like I had a run in with a small vampire or something. I'm glad the cat couldn't get both of its top incisors in me, since I can't imagine doubling the pain of the two puncture holes I wound up with (one from the top jaw incisor, one from the corresponding bottom incisor).
The cat's been back but is back to being extremely skittish (I must've made an impression on it, hissing and running after it after it bit me. <grin>) Animal Control visited, wanted to put a trap in my yard, and I declined. I feed birds in my yard, the neighbor's dog frequently gets out and runs loose in my yard (and other neighbors' yards...sigh), etc. I should still try to capture the cat and take it in to the Animal Defense League or similar, but right now I've been letting it fend for itself. Not the best option, but better than it being captured in my backyard by Animal Control and put down.
I tell you what, though, it gives me a whole new appreciation for pet cats and how much they "hold back" when they're playing with us -- their jaws/teeth/claws can do some good damage, if they want them to, yet they resist their instincts and live (more or less) peacefully with us. Pretty cool, I think. :yes: