Can you call your pediatrician for advice?

They’re going to remind you that UNTREATED RABIES IS FATAL and say that your friends word on the dog’s vaccination stat is worth dogshit. You need to see the vet records. All the crazy chill posters are either nuts or don’t know how dangerous rabies is. Sure, there a completely minuscule chance of the dog being rabid, but since that would lead to DYING

any bite that breaks the skin is a rabies risk and any decent doctor will tell you that you have 48 hours to get the proof of vaccination before they start treatment

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Anonymous wrote:We ended up in the hospital for a cat bite (like 80% end up hospitalized) - and they went to the vet and pulled records and went to the owners house and spoke to them and told them to quarantine the cat for like five days. It was honestly mostly my kids fault for chasing a cat under a bed and trying to bring it out -
In the rooms on either side of us were dog bites - apparently also prone to needing iv antibiotics. I got bit by our puppy and just needed oral antibiotics when it didn’t look good.

No, 80% do not wind up hospitalized for cat bites. I have had several.

My friend's mother was scratched by her cat and almost died of sepsis. She didn't follow up with the doctor right away though when the first antibiotics she was given were not working.

I grew up on a farm in a developing country and had countless dog nips/bites, cat scratches, puncture wounds from a couple of aggressive roosters etc over the years. Never did I get antibiotics or any issues whatsoever. The damage antibiotics do to one's gut flora when taken is often more than the benefit. But to each their own.

Anonymous wrote:I was bitten more times than I can count growing up. It's not the end of the world. If it gets infected, take her in. If not, just keep it clean. It will heal. Did you wash it?

+1. IMO, rabies and tetanus shots for a domestic pet bite are an overkill. And so are antibiotics unless there is redness around the wound (a sign of infection). Don't all kids get like a million DTaP vaccines as toddlers? Americans = overmedicated.

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Anonymous wrote:We ended up in the hospital for a cat bite (like 80% end up hospitalized) - and they went to the vet and pulled records and went to the owners house and spoke to them and told them to quarantine the cat for like five days. It was honestly mostly my kids fault for chasing a cat under a bed and trying to bring it out -
In the rooms on either side of us were dog bites - apparently also prone to needing iv antibiotics. I got bit by our puppy and just needed oral antibiotics when it didn’t look good.

No, 80% do not wind up hospitalized for cat bites. I have had several.

My friend's mother was scratched by her cat and almost died of sepsis. She didn't follow up with the doctor right away though when the first antibiotics she was given were not working.

Anonymous wrote:We ended up in the hospital for a cat bite (like 80% end up hospitalized) - and they went to the vet and pulled records and went to the owners house and spoke to them and told them to quarantine the cat for like five days. It was honestly mostly my kids fault for chasing a cat under a bed and trying to bring it out -
In the rooms on either side of us were dog bites - apparently also prone to needing iv antibiotics. I got bit by our puppy and just needed oral antibiotics when it didn’t look good.

No, 80% do not wind up hospitalized for cat bites. I have had several.

Did it break the skin?

We ended up in the hospital for a cat bite (like 80% end up hospitalized) - and they went to the vet and pulled records and went to the owners house and spoke to them and told them to quarantine the cat for like five days. It was honestly mostly my kids fault for chasing a cat under a bed and trying to bring it out -
In the rooms on either side of us were dog bites - apparently also prone to needing iv antibiotics. I got bit by our puppy and just needed oral antibiotics when it didn’t look good.

You need to get abx right away. Our dog accidentally bit our kid when he was trying to get something out of the dog’s mouth she wasn’t supposed to have.
You don’t have to identify the dog. But they will ask if the dog has been vaxed for rabies.

I honestly wish you would report though. I don't want dogs like this in my neighborhood (or others' neighborhoods!)

Anonymous wrote:So can we just refuse to say whose dog it is? Made an UC appointment.

My dog bit me and the doctor wrote down something like “dog is known to patient” and didn’t report anything.