Cat Bite/Scratch Care. Monitor your wound carefully for proper cat scratch care. Immediately contact your medical provider if: There are additional signs of infection around the wound like redness ...

Cat bites are high-risk wounds . Cat bites are unusually dangerous for a number of reasons. “Cat bites are considered high risk, mainly because their teeth are so small and sharp, that they tend ...

“Although dog bites occur far more commonly than cat bites, they less commonly become infected” due to the dog’s blunt teeth, ...

Reporting of bite wounds is usually legally required. You could consider speaking with your veterinarian about training or medical treatment for aggression, but you need to think about how you ...

A cat may bite their owner's hand and immediately follow it up with kisses, Koski said. Cats become enamored and stimulated by petting, so they need to react. This comes as a soft bite or nibble ...

A raccoon found on June 19 on Stella Road near the intersection of Stella Loop Road in Patrick Springs has tested positive ...

HAILEY, Idaho — A house cat attacked its owner, sending her to the hospital by ambulance with more than 20 bite wounds. The cat, a black and white domestic male, went on the rampage Wednesday ...

A guesthouse owner was on Monday acquitted on a charge of murder after the bite he had given a security guard caused the guard’s death six days later. Just how dangerous are human bites, and how ...

“Cat bites look very benign,” said Jacques H. Hacquebord, chief of the division of hand surgery at NYU Langone Health. “They just look like these little puncture wounds.

Hacquebord said cat bite patients may monitor their wound for the first 24 hours, but they must be prepared to act immediately if they see cause for concern, such as the red line going up my arm ...