Quote Originally Posted by ttaylor508 View Post
I had no idea a cat bite could be that serious.
Cat bites are usually far worse than dog bites. It is the nature of the puncture wound, rather than a ripped open sort of wound. Then the puncture can easily get infected because of the difficulty in cleaning out a puncture.

In the course of a couple weeks, I had a sister, a brother in law, and a brother, all with infected cat bites. My brother was the only one that went to a local ER and they told him that their protocol was to automatically admit anyone in the ER with cat bite, due to the risk of infection. He warned the other two to just go to the doctor unless they wanted to spend the night in the hospital.

It was a tough couple of weeks in the fam last summer.

And Indy - I thought Indyferal was the name of one of your feral cats. Indysteel has her feral cat, Indyferal.