Comments on Profile Post by Lyander

Blood flow staunched, all wounds sanitised and wrapped up, mum refuses doctor visit because scared of needles. Cat in figurative doghouse.

@purr1n Siamese are assholes. Still love him but I'm making a case to have him neutered.

Scratch my mom again and I will cut your balls off.

Basically that, quite literally. Also, was more full-force bite on hand which is what nicked a vein, plus claws digging into arm.

Take care of your mum. Hopefully doesn't blow out into a serious systemic infection.

Thanks, @Stride. That's the plan. We're all planning on keeping an eye on her for that same reason; cat paws seldom clean.

Yes, have him neutered.

Have had cat teeth in my leg twice. Clean punctures, no problems.

I did go for rabies jabs, as not our cat. Although he spent quite a few years being not our cat.

@Kunlun I've been for it for ages but parents were firmly against the last few years. Hoping this might change mind.

@Thad E Ginathom crap, still sucks (or rather, still bites) that that'd happened. Good call on the needlework, loads of horror stories about cat claws I've heard.

Worse than an angry cat is a cat that you are holding that thinks it is falling: claws go into emergency grip mode.

Cat's skin is tough, so they think ours is too. The result can hurt!

People think they can safely play with big cats. Scaled up, what my cats do to me in affection would have killed me many times over if they were lions or tigers.

Cat that thinks it's falling... yup, my thighs are dotted with loads of scratched because my cat likes climbing onto my lap without warning. Sigh.

Didn't know about cat skin! Learned something, thanks! That'd certainly explain lots. I just looked it up and while cat skin is thinner, it hangs more loosely on muscle and is more flexible so injuries are less felt, ergo they're not as easily bothered.

Yeah, if you look at one of those weird hairless cats, their skin looks like it is barely attached.

"Didn't know about cat skin!"

I learnt it the practical way, by getting my hand in the way of a cat scratching it's head. I understood how much tough /it's/ skin must be!

Basically don't mess with the cats, when playtime turns serious, gotcha XD

If a cat is biting or digging its claws in too hard, then make a "That hurts" noise like a kitten. They will let go.

Unless they are really annoyed, in which case they just bite harder.

This real. I had a patient to tried to hug her angry cat and the cat ripped her nose in 2 pieces. We should let them calm down in their time

separating fighting felines is basically a bad idea unless properly attired with things like welding gloves, leather chaps, etc.

OK, so who are the leather chaps here? Not me!

Proper attire for dealing with fighting felines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welder#/media/File:AlfredPalmerwelder1.jpg

I used to rescue one cat from a huge intruder tom with murder on its mind. I used a large broom. Intruder cat would just take to attacking the broom instead!