Just been bitten by a mouse the cat brought in

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I foolishly picked the mouse up just to get it out and it bit my finger. It has draw blood but has stopped hurting. What should I do? Ring 111? Just keep an eye on it? Will I need a tetanus jab? I know I sound thick but I'm in a panic here and the cat couldn't give a shit. Any advice?

Happy birthday! Give the GP a ring in the morning and see how helpful they are - if no help at all then perhaps a minor injuries clinic would be quicker than A&E?

My cat owning tip is to keep a Tupperware handy to put over any love mouse presents and put paper under it for removal like you would with a spider in a glass. Not willing to risk my hand!

That should be “live” mouse presents, but for the cat they probably are love presents too!

Mice as presents are very much a cat thing. They assume we are too stupid to catch our own. Our last cat used to present them in two formats: head only (Anne Boleyn) or back end only (mouse trousers)

Happy birthday, OP.

Second the check-up and tetanus.

Happy birthday OP

Call your GP or 101

I had a bite from a stray cat, it swelled up the day after so I went to the walk in centre. Because of the swelling they gave me antibiotics but not tetanus, apparently some new thinking on that.

If it's any consolation mine (cat) had a pigeon the other day.

@Slub

I was bitten by something (8 legs or 6) on Friday on top of my foot. Swollen up so much I can't wear even a slipper - I'm taking antihistamines and applying suddocream but still bloody swollen,itchy and painful. It's hard to know what to do for the best nowadays (as in bother GP or not)

@Slub - If it’s that swollen, you may be past the GP stage and onto the A&E stage. And it’s definitely worth “bothering” them; 111 would absolutely agree. If the whole foot is so swollen it won’t take a slipper much less a shoe, I would think you may need antibiotics for a likely case of cellulitis (as Beadley said). Get to A&E even more quickly if it’s: warm to the touch, you get a fever, there are any red lines coming from your foot and start up your leg, or any liquid starts coming out of the bite.

OP, I also hope it all works out for you, your indifferent cat, your Dracula mouse (a shoulder bite?!?), and a happy birthday.

If your up to date with tetanus ie had in past 10 years you are probably ok but I would ring your gap in the morning for some prophylaxis antibiotics. Obviously clean throughly.