Cat almost kills her owner
Headlines are the life of newspapers. They are often developing people-animal stories. Now this is the ultimate cat story because the headline misses out the vital reference to squirrels. Yes, it was a double attack. But we don’t do sensationalism for its own sake here. We kept it simple. So you have to travel over to Smith Valley in Nevada. Richie’s cat was sick. She had visited with the local veterinarian to get drugs. One day, Richie cut her finger but thought nothing of it as she tended to the cat. Several days later, she was flat on her back with a high fever. It took a month for the lab to identify the problem. Well, back in 1911 (so long time ago?) there was a disease that almost wiped out the squirrel population in Tulare, California so they called it tularemia. Yes, very creative name. One thing - it was highly contagious between humans and animals. How did the cat come to be infected? It’s going to remain a mystery. Hey, do you want to say cat travelled back to visit squirrel relatives? Who knows. It died before we could ask. The good news Doxycycline was an almost instant cure. Just goes to show. Once you know which bacteria are making you sick, you get the right antibiotic and get better fast.