In May, hubby brought home an orange male tabby cat. Of course, he had it in the car and just let it loose...I told him you need to bring kitty inside to acclimate him to the new environment....
:arg!
We searched for the kitty and could not find him for months. My neighbor called at the end of August and said she found and orange male tabby that had been hanging out at her house and he needed a home or else he would go to the pound. Hubby said "Sparky is back!"
Of course, I went to get him. A young looking, pretty intact male tabby he was and he was friendly. He was relegated to the basement and was slowly integrated with my female Siamese (neutered). I made the appointment for shots and neutering and in the meantime, Sparky decided to bite the Siamese but I took the brunt of the bite in my hand. The teeth went into my hand joints and I needed to peel Sparky off my hand.
As cat bites do, it was infected in less than 24 hours. I was put on augmentin and in another 24 hours, the infection was worse. I went to the hospital, found out we needed to do a bite report and found out that Sparky was not Sparky - he was an imposter! 10 days of quarantine to rule out Rabies in the cat (and the Rabies shots for me) and more antibiotics. Sparky was neutered, had his shots and is a much nicer, indoor kitty.
Not able to post as often as the computer went to college with Andy but I am fine and Sparky is fine and he gets along with my Siamese.
Denise
We searched for the kitty and could not find him for months. My neighbor called at the end of August and said she found and orange male tabby that had been hanging out at her house and he needed a home or else he would go to the pound. Hubby said "Sparky is back!"
Of course, I went to get him. A young looking, pretty intact male tabby he was and he was friendly. He was relegated to the basement and was slowly integrated with my female Siamese (neutered). I made the appointment for shots and neutering and in the meantime, Sparky decided to bite the Siamese but I took the brunt of the bite in my hand. The teeth went into my hand joints and I needed to peel Sparky off my hand.
As cat bites do, it was infected in less than 24 hours. I was put on augmentin and in another 24 hours, the infection was worse. I went to the hospital, found out we needed to do a bite report and found out that Sparky was not Sparky - he was an imposter! 10 days of quarantine to rule out Rabies in the cat (and the Rabies shots for me) and more antibiotics. Sparky was neutered, had his shots and is a much nicer, indoor kitty.
Not able to post as often as the computer went to college with Andy but I am fine and Sparky is fine and he gets along with my Siamese.
Denise
