06-06-2013, 05:41 AM
Dude - you sure made a bloody mess out of that cat, or- er - maybe that's the other way around. Like your handling tips. I find the cats usually adopt a "prone" stance once netted, and hold their spikes firm out, but I've dabbled with a bunch of smaller ones that seemed to have a tendency to clamp down those spikes - especially on a toss-release.
And I'd concur, those young cats do have sandpapery sharp spines. A simple graze of the thumb can leave you with a cat-scratch like infection persisting much longer than the would might suggest. Noticed on fiddling with some minner-sized catlings - swarms of mudders - that even when barely an inch - they sting like a bee.
Might be analogous to young rattlesnakes, sharing more toxins than the adults.
One thing that can enhance them grilled kitties - BACON! I mean what doesn't go better with bacon!
Hope you give those wounds a good soak in some peroxide.
And I'd concur, those young cats do have sandpapery sharp spines. A simple graze of the thumb can leave you with a cat-scratch like infection persisting much longer than the would might suggest. Noticed on fiddling with some minner-sized catlings - swarms of mudders - that even when barely an inch - they sting like a bee.
Might be analogous to young rattlesnakes, sharing more toxins than the adults.
One thing that can enhance them grilled kitties - BACON! I mean what doesn't go better with bacon!
Hope you give those wounds a good soak in some peroxide.