My pet squirrel scratched me, and made me bleed, may be infected . . what should!
Question: My pet squirrel scratched me, and made me bleed, may be infected !. !. what should i do about oozing!?
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It is unlikely your squirrel has rabies if it's confined to a cage in your home but, as the first reply stated, you should have taken precautionary steps (immediately)!. You have to be seen by a doctor for an antibiotic injection and must bring your squirrel to a vet!. hospital to be seen by a veterinarian with knowledge of treating a rodent!. I assume, as a rodent, it has pellet droppings instead of the "messy stuff" but don't know whether, or not, it covers what it leaves!? The problem with a scratch is that you can be infected by what the animal may have gotten on a claw-tip - this would be similar to Cat Scratch Fever which must run its' course as there aren't any antibiotics which have proven to relieve/cure the symptoms!. The symptoms usually include swollen lymph glands, a low-grade fever and a boil-type infection where the claw has punctured - I'd forgotten about these until a month ago, when I realized my symptoms "seemed familiar" (from 20 years earlier)!. Someone terrified my cat while I was holding her !. !. !. so, next time, do the peroxide wash as am sure you don't want blood-poisoning!. You do trim your squirrel's claws, don't you (unless you have a large oak tree growing in your room)!?!? Buy a nail-clipper for birds and be careful not to get bitten!Www@Answer-Health@Com
wash the wound well, with peroxide!.
I recommend, you go to a hospital:did the squirrel had a rabies shot in the last 12 months!.If not, you better get a rabies shot!Www@Answer-Health@Com
I recommend, you go to a hospital:did the squirrel had a rabies shot in the last 12 months!.If not, you better get a rabies shot!Www@Answer-Health@Com