Cat bite!🐈‍⬛

Had my kitty outside today with his leash.
He was sniffing around like usual and smelled another cat’s pee. He growled and meowed and I picked him up to bring him back inside and he went crazy on me.
I have several scratches and bites.
I have disinfected them and covered them with bandaids.
I decided I would take some abx prophylactally.

I took: mino x100 mg
Ceftin x 500 mg
Rifabutin x 150
And Tinidazole x 1

Will take these again tomorrow morning and evening.

Fingers crossed I don’t get Bart

astroman said...
If I were you, I would bring the cat and a sample of its kitty litter box poop to the vet to get tested for Bartonella.

I don’t know if the vets do that here….
One good thing is he doesn’t have any fleas which is one way cats get Bart.

i like cats but i worry about cat ownership since lyme and bart has impacted me so much

that said - i think the remain issue with bart is that it get so established inside us in biofilms etc

but because it takes time for biofilms to form, and and persisters are pretty well associated with biofilms too - i would think its highly likely that prophylactic antibiotics would be able to prevent that if given soon after the bite / scratch

cleaning/disinfecting the wound right away is a good step also to help prevent inoculation at the site and sterilize as far as possible - aside from bart, cat bites can carry all sorts of unpleasant regular germs and tend to get infected - even in other cats.

i think they are all active for bart - to some degree

your immune system should also be working pretty well now that you are in remission - so - along with your prompt action - i really think its unlikely it will take hold

well done!

MedicalNerd said...
Guessing your a cat lover not a dog lover? It's hard when ppl love cats or dogs and have them as a pet and you probably don't want to here what I'm about to say. The simplest way to avoid contracting bartonella would simply be to not have cat as a pet. Have you ever thought of not having a cat or is that just not an option?! Just curious.I'm highly allergic bt my 6 yr old loves cats! He always wanted 1 but I explained to him my allergies and also educated my kids on bart. Popping some abx is smart and preventive in case you think you have bart again and don't want to wait until symptoms start to appear.

I’m an animal lover. I have had many cats and dogs as well as birds, rabbits, Guinea pigs, gerbils and a horse.

My fave is cats followed by dogs.

No, I’m not going to stop having cats because of this incident.

My neighbors have cats and the cats go outside, catch mice and get fleas and ticks. After a few years, the cats end up slowly getting sick. It is sad to see.

I did have a cat many years ago and the cat did get fleas which I probably got bartonella from, but it was a more urban area and there was not so much disease. That cat was mostly healthy and had a normal lifespan.

Now in the more wooded areas the ticks have gotten real bad and there is so much disease. The cats only live for five to ten years.

The cats get rashes and arthritis and granulomas and their hair falls out. The vets give them steroids and some abx and it kinda helps for a while, but eventually the cats get lethargic and die.

The wound is looking a bit better - no pain.

Still taking abx (Ceftin and Tinidazole) just in case.

i was bitten by a dog again the other day

i don't know what's the matter with people around here - its like they are all walking around in a daze - oblivious to the problems they cause

just walking up a street in my town - some terrier thing came out of a side alley off the lead and went past me - it didn't seem focussed on me so i didn't pay it much attention -

it turned around came back and went form me - biting my legs like a thing possessed !!!
i had to fight it off - eventually landing a fair kick on its snout

it had bitten my calf making a long scratch and my thigh - drawing blood through my shorts - by this point

i had words with the owner - who had been 50 yards away - asking what they are doing with an animal like that off the lead in public - they claimed it as on a lead but had got off and ran off.
they had a lead in their hand - but i could have put my whole leg in the collar of the thing is was so wide!
there should be laws against people keeping animals - if they are not capable or willing to do the basics of ensuring they don't cause harm to others.

i'm not sure what its like where you live - but here any half-wit or miscreant can own a dog - even a big aggressive dog - there are no licences any more or prerequisites to be able to look after the animal or train it - and many people did exactly that over COVID lockdowns - with either no idea how to train them - and no concern for others safety.

Garzie said...
i was bitten by a dog again the other day

i don't know what's the matter with people around here - its like they are all walking around in a daze - oblivious to the problems they cause

just walking up a street in my town - some terrier thing came out of a side alley off the lead and went past me - it didn't seem focussed on me so i didn't pay it much attention -

it turned around came back and went form me - biting my legs like a thing possessed !!!
i had to fight it off - eventually landing a fair kick on its snout

it had bitten my calf making a long scratch and my thigh - drawing blood through my shorts - by this point

i had words with the owner - who had been 50 yards away - asking what they are doing with an animal like that off the lead in public - they claimed it as on a lead but had got off and ran off.
they had a lead in their hand - but i could have put my whole leg in the collar of the thing is was so wide!
there should be laws against people keeping animals - if they are not capable or willing to do the basics of ensuring they don't cause harm to others.

i'm not sure what its like where you live - but here any half-wit or miscreant can own a dog - even a big aggressive dog - there are no licences any more or prerequisites to be able to look after the animal or train it - and many people did exactly that over COVID lockdowns - with either no idea how to train them - and no concern for others safety.

We have a corner lot and for some reason the dog walkers take their dogs to p—s and sh-t on our lot.
Most have bags for the sh-t but not all.
And the piss kills our lawn.

“ maybe you should do the same on their lawns - wave as you do and say - "hi, Just retiring the favour"
“

Sounds fun…. But I only take my cat in the fenced back yard. (With his leash on)
It feels safer - if I lost hold of the leash - and we were in back yard - he’d likely NOT climb the 6 ft fence before I grabbed him.
But outside the yard on the road - I’m hesitant.
We had a couple cats go missing years ago. Someone in the neighbourhood was trapping the cats with a rat trap. Two of ours’ went missing several weeks apart.
Pretty sure they were in those traps.

Garzie said...

Girlie said...

Sounds fun…. But I only take my cat in the fenced back yard. (With his leash on)

i wasn't talking about the cat!

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Lol Garzie!!