this post was submitted on 18 May 2025
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Idk, but my first thought was that this cat looks uncannily like Huey Freeman. I think it's the eyebrows
It actually does, LOL!
Huey face, Riley attitude.
Huey would absolutely bite his "owner"
Clean! Disinfect! Watch for signs of infection!
Any violent cat owner knows it's: Wash with water!*
*If it's convenient
Bro chill
A buddy of mine recently got blood poisoning from a cat bite on their hand, it's rare but it does happen.
Personally I don't worry when my car scratches me, but I still wash it and watch to make sure.
Iirc, you don't have to worry about a cat scratch (beyond the normal) but if they bite you, you need to go to the hospital and get checked out.
I had cat scratch disease last year, and do not recommend it. Very painful and uncomfortable. If a cat bites or scratches you hard enough to break skin, clean and disinfect immediately. If you feel ill after a couple of weeks to a month, test yourself and kitty for Bartonella Henselae. If positive, prepare for three months to a year of misery.
Cat scratch fever, it turns out, is real and not cool
"I will do it again."
I once had to baby sit a new kitten that one of my nieces got. I had to hold on to the little kitty for about two days while the owners had to travel and move around before they got settled and took the kitten back.
At first I thought the kitty was cute and we held and cuddled it and took care of it. It was lonely all the time so we had to make a box and let it sleep with us at night. No big complaints until day two.
I wear jeans most of the time and on day two I noticed scratch marks all over my legs. The kitten kept jumping on me climbing and wanting to sit on my lap. At the time, I thought it was cute ... but later realized this thing is using me as a scratch post!
It made me realize the truth of an old description I heard about cats.
They are furballs with hidden razor blades.
You get drawn in to want to hold and cuddle a cute little plushy soft thing ... only to realize that there are sharp objects hidden underneath.
