Meows are cute and adorable, and extremely endearing to the heart. Meows need to keep their nails for survival reasons, and the presence of nails makes it easy for them to scratch their owners or others. What should I do when I am accidentally scratched by a meow? Don’t worry, follow the steps below and you won’t go wrong.

There are two types of situations.

One, how to be scratched by feral cats?

Scratches from feral cats must be disinfected and treated at a hospital, and full vaccination must be given.

1, speed cleaning wound

After being scratched or bitten by a cat, you should immediately rinse the wound with running water and squeeze the wound while rinsing to let the blood flow out, which can take away some of the bacteria and viruses. After ten minutes of this rinsing, immediately rinse again with soapy water, again for ten minutes. Then use iodine to smear the wound all over, then wipe the iodine off the wound with alcohol, then wipe the wound with iodine again, and so on several times, generally not powerful viruses and bacteria will basically be flushed out of the body. In addition, there is no need to bandage the wound after cleaning, and no need to use band-aids, the degree of infection will be more serious after bandaging.

2, Vaccination

Scratched by feral cats even if you clean yourself, you still have to go to the vaccination, of course, you can choose not to inject if you have been vaccinated within six months. Feral cats, themselves carrying viruses and bacteria you can not estimate, once scratched, you will soon be infected. So the vaccine can not be ignored.

3, Injection of antiviral serum

Scratched by feral cats and positioned for easy infection and inflammation, you will need to inject anti-viral serum in addition to a timely full immunization vaccine.

After the vaccination, it is recommended to go to the hospital after 15 days for a blood test to check whether the injection was successful and whether antibodies were produced.

Second, how to be scratched by domestic cats?

Your own cat will often be scratched without notice. If your meow is fully vaccinated and clean and basically doesn’t go outside, then you don’t have to be too nervous after being scratched by it, just rinse the wound with water and disinfect it with iodine and alcohol. Don’t rush to stop the bleeding, just rinse off the blood and disinfect again.

The meow is cute and impossible to ignore. It is also recommended that you pay attention when playing with your cat, it is best not to let it give a scratch oh. The gentle action when bathing the meow can also prevent being scratched oh.