Anonymous #1 4w

see this is what i told them and they didn’t listen

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Anonymous OP 4w

They’re listening now 😁

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Anonymous #1 4w

☹︎

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Anonymous #1 4w

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Anonymous #5 4w

Hi as a vet tech, uhhhh YES go to the doctor???? The amount of bacteria your cat’s mouth has is INSANE and can cause really bad infections. When we get but here at the clinic we have gauze pads soaked in surgical scrub for immediate care but we go get it checked out if it penetrates the skin.

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Anonymous #6 4w

Bit* not but. Also to clarify I’m talking about when the bite penetrates the skin, not casual play or love bites

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Anonymous #6 4w

Yeah you’re wrong. You don’t need to go to the doctor for every time your own vaccinated cat bites you. You can clean shallow wounds on non sensitive areas at home with basic first aid. Certainly not every cat bite.

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Anonymous #5 4w

Even if it breaks skin

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Anonymous #5 4w

Like I said, I meant specifically if it breaks skin, especially if it draws blood. I never said for every single time it bites you. And again, I’m a literal vet tech who works with cats daily, I’ve seen people get bit and get infections from not seeing a doc when it breaks skin/draws blood. Yes basic first aid helps but one a lot of people don’t do it, and two even if you do, yes it helps but it doesn’t 100% solve the problem.

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Anonymous #6 4w

And I said even if it breaks skin. I’m sure you’ve seen people get bit and get infections. That’s still doesn’t mean you need to go to the doctor every time you get bit by your own cat, with known vaccines, in a non sensitive spot.

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Anonymous #5 4w

literal vet tech: “you should go get checked out if a bite breaks the skin because the bacteria could be dangerous” online incel: nuh uh it’s not dangerous because I said so

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Anonymous #7 4w

Being a vet tech doesn’t give you license to be wrong

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Anonymous #5 4w

Good thing I’m not wrong then. I’ve literally SEEN it multiple times dude but sure your opinion (which will get someone hurt) is more correct than years of education and experience.

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Anonymous #6 4w

It’s not my opinion. You don’t need to go to the doctor for every cat bite that breaks skin. You being a vet tech gives you biased sampling because you only see the people who get infected and not the plenty of people who get bit and don’t get infected. If the bite isn’t in a sensitive area with a known vaccinated cat and known vaccinated patient you don’t need to go to the doctor. If you start getting signs of infection, that’s a different story.

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Anonymous #2 4w

You don’t need the rabies exposure series if the cat that bites you is known AND you have proof that the cat is up to date on vaccines.

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Anonymous #5 4w

I’ve seen it plenty at home and with others before even going to school for the career. Sure most times you’ll probably be fine, but that’s not a guarantee and it’s still better to at least get it checked out. And often times, most folks will say their cat’s vaccinated and they’re really not, or we don’t have any indication of vaccination history (new patient, stray, etc). Therefore we need to treat every one as if they’re unvaccinated/have an unknown vaccine history.

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Anonymous #6 4w

Yeah I agree in those cases you should get checked out. But that still isn’t every bite, to my point.

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Anonymous #5 4w

*that draws blood

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Anonymous #6 4w

Lol just let them get bitten and find out

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Anonymous #10 4w

I’ve been bitten plenty by cats and never went to the doctor and I never got an infection because I cleaned them out and our cats are vaccinated.

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Anonymous #5 4w

Wisdom is chasing you, but you are far faster

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Anonymous #10 4w

Ok buddy

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Anonymous #5 4w

maybe that’s why you’re so stupid the bacteria got to your brain

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