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I try to make this short. My friend has a 6 month old kitten and about a month or two ago they got a 13 year old cat. Things were fine normal intro, they played, slept together etc.
My friend call me this morning and told me that the 13yo bite her daughter in the face yesterday while doing homework. She reached for her backpack and then was attacked!
Then this morning my friend woke up to the kitten screaming, the older cat attacked him and he was bleeding. I don't know what to say on this one.

I obviously told her to take her daughter to the doctor. She is afriad to give the cat back to her old home for fear it will do this there.
Any help you can give me would be great! Thank you all!!!!
 
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I think first things first that she takes the cat to the vet to get checked over to make sure he/she's ok?!.

Theres something wrong not right if its went for her daughter, then the kitten
 
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Originally Posted by rosiemac

I think first things first that she takes the cat to the vet to get checked over to make sure he/she's ok?!.

Theres something wrong not right if its went for her daughter, then the kitten
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That is what I think, of course the cat hasn't been to the vet in years!
 
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Two severe attacks in 24 hours? There is something smelly going on with the cat!
Especielly the attack on the human - your daughter is peculiar.

A cat not well = suffering - gets often a bad temper and attacks even at smallest provocation.
Lets hope it is something remedable, and not cat-alzheimer...

Go to a competent vet.
 
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Thanks for the help!
 
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Originally Posted by emb_78

That is what I think, of course the cat hasn't been to the vet in years!
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I recently had an experience getting bitten by a cat I took in. Since the cat has not been checked in years and isn't up to date on it's vaccinations, you might want to suggest to your friend that she have the cat put under a rabies quarantine for 10 days. The vet may be able to do it (mine did), if she can pay to have it boarded. My vet told me (although she wasn't sure and I didn't confirm it), that if I took her to a shelter they might not take her without it, and if they took her in knowing she bit someone then they would not be as sympathetic to her as the vet and I were and might very likely put her down. For her daughter's sake I would consider it, especially if the cat broke the skin.

Luckily my cat didn't have rabies, and also has not repeated the biting (she had given birth to kittens a few days before and had gotten startled, so we chalked it up to rampaging hormones)
 
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Originally Posted by spetryk

I recently had an experience getting bitten by a cat I took in. Since the cat has not been checked in years and isn't up to date on it's vaccinations, you might want to suggest to your friend that she have the cat put under a rabies quarantine for 10 days. The vet may be able to do it (mine did), if she can pay to have it boarded. My vet told me (although she wasn't sure and I didn't confirm it), that if I took her to a shelter they might not take her without it, and if they took her in knowing she bit someone then they would not be as sympathetic to her as the vet and I were and might very likely put her down. For her daughter's sake I would consider it, especially if the cat broke the skin.

Luckily my cat didn't have rabies, and also has not repeated the biting (she had given birth to kittens a few days before and had gotten startled, so we chalked it up to rampaging hormones)
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Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Her daughter is at the doctor right now. Her mother 'n' law is picking up the cat to get her into a vet and get her updated on vax and have a geriatric blood panel done etc.( It was her mother n laws cat) I just wish people understand the importance of yearly exams even if they aren't doing vax!
 
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