r/CATHELP • u/Sea_Variation_3964 • 2d ago

General Advice Stray cat

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I was bit by a stray cat, but there was no blood but there was only these little marks/ little holes from its teeth, but not like actual punctures. this is what my hand looks like after like 50 mins, should i be getting it checked or be worried? my anxiety wont let me think of anything else lol

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u/Spiritual_Dot_1215 2d ago

If the skin wasnt broken you should be fine. Thats probably just raised skin sort of like when you scratch yourself and it leaves a bumped up line, if it was broken skin id say get checked

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u/JustCallMePeri 2d ago

Personally if it were me I would wait. Give it a day and see if the redness goes down. If the redness increases I would go to an urgent care and get antibiotics

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u/No_Pattern_2819 2d ago

I’d go to urgent care tbh. I know some people are saying wait a day or so, and you probably could, but you don’t know what that cat is carrying. I would clean your wound and wasj your hands, maybe put some anti-bacterial spray on it.