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Family friend had to go to ER from cat attack on her foot. Neighborhood stray she was feeding flipped out and attacked. Is this common? Never heard of a cat attack.
 
Family friend had to go to ER from cat attack on her foot. Neighborhood stray she was feeding flipped out and attacked. Is this common? Never heard of a cat attack.
Yes, my mother’s cat* put her in the hospital twice with sepsis (cat-scratch fever spread through her body.) It usually takes at least 24 hours for it to really get going though.

If the attack just happened, and there hasn’t been time for bacteria to take off, I’d guess that it was more like tendon or nerve or blood vessel damage, so trauma instead of infection (yet.)

Even if not that, I wouldn’t be surprised if they pumped her up with just-in-case fancy antibiotics, etc.

Hope she heals up quickly and fully!

*My mother’s cat is now our cat…
 
Yes, my mother’s cat* put her in the hospital twice with sepsis (cat-scratch fever spread through her body.) It usually takes at least 24 hours for it to really get going though.

If the attack just happened, and there hasn’t been time for bacteria to take off, I’d guess that it was more like tendon or nerve or blood vessel damage, so trauma instead of infection (yet.)

Even if not that, I wouldn’t be surprised if they pumped her up with just-in-case fancy antibiotics, etc.

Hope she heals up quickly and fully!

*My mother’s cat is now our cat…
Just tack on another reason why I despise cats
 
Look out for cat scratch fever.
Had it once from my brother’s cat on a bite to my ankle. I worked at a doctor’s office at the time and didn’t think much about it at the time. I felt like crap the next day at work and asked the PA to look at it. It was red and swollen by then, but the PA cleaned it and said I was good to go. By mid afternoon I started running a fever and went home still feeling like crap and laid down on the couch. I don’t remember much after that. I only remember what my mom told me. Dad and mom came over to check on me when I didn’t answer the phone and found me burning up with fever and out of it. They took me to Park West’s emergency department. They did what they did and thankfully they did. I had the red line running up my full leg length.
 
Yes, my mother’s cat* put her in the hospital twice with sepsis (cat-scratch fever spread through her body.) It usually takes at least 24 hours for it to really get going though.

If the attack just happened, and there hasn’t been time for bacteria to take off, I’d guess that it was more like tendon or nerve or blood vessel damage, so trauma instead of infection (yet.)

Even if not that, I wouldn’t be surprised if they pumped her up with just-in-case fancy antibiotics, etc.

Hope she heals up quickly and fully!

*My mother’s cat is now our cat…
She got some antibiotics and a tetanus shot. I'm not sure if she's on any maintenance meds, but the way she described bleeding either she's on blood thinners or that cat ripped her foot apart. Sounds like she's recovering nicely. I'm definitely not turning my back on any visiting cats.
 
She got some antibiotics and a tetanus shot. I'm not sure if she's on any maintenance meds, but the way she described bleeding either she's on blood thinners or that cat ripped her foot apart. Sounds like she's recovering nicely. I'm definitely not turning my back on any visiting cats.
Feral cats, and others who’ve been abused or had to survive on their own (like my mom’s cat before she was originally surrendered to Shelby County Humane Society), can be really unpredictable. Cats are both predators and prey, so they’re usually believers in ā€œthe best defense is a good offense.ā€

Definitely not true of all. My previous cat, who turned up on our front porch as a pregnant (of course) stray, was never once aggressive toward me or other humans, even in play. She went into labor on my desk as I worked and would have had her kittens right there if I hadn’t moved her to her nest when the first one began to crown.
 
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