Bitten by lion - GP?

[BittenByLion]

Long story short, I’ve just got back from abroad and while I was there I got bitten by a lion. It’s not a serious bite but it did break the skin. The bite was on Monday, it’s healing nicely and there’s no sign of infection but do I need to do anything? Tetanus jab etc.? I gave it a wash at the time but haven’t had any medical attention.

NC’ed cos this is pretty identifying but I’ve been here yonks. Poo on the pouffe, garlic thread worms, pan pipe elf mum, minge etc.

Ok, I’ve spoken to 111. The call handler was... taken aback and a bit but thinks I’ll probably need a tetanus booster and has referred me to the OOH GP. They’ll call me back some time in the next 6 hours. I did apologise for such a silly call!

The lion is fine. It’s at a sanctuary where they rescue the cubs rejected by their mothers and hand-rear them. The grown-ups have nice big bits of veld to run around in with their foster families. It was adorable but TBH I should have stuck with my principles and not given a wild animal a tummy rub. I thought it would be quite controlled and I’d maybe just stand next to it while a keeper took a pic but they had a whole family in there who were posing for pictures with their baby’s head right next to the cubs A bit too much for the cubs IMO but I stroked them so can’t claim any moral high ground here.

I would be concerned qbout rqbies too. Someone I know lost their young child after it was licked by a puppy on holiday.

I work for 111. They don't distinguish between any animal bites at our service. It's snake, human or animal. Usual advice is miu or A&E for an animal bite that punctures the skin.

So did you pay to pet a lion cub ? Or were you volunteering/working there

Oh good, ooh gp is much more civilised. Nobody wants to be hanging around in A&E unnecessarily. My weirdest bite call was someone who bit their own hand when pissed....

I got bitten by a rat once. A young one, I thought it was a mouse! The cat brought it in and let it go.

*For the love of God. Pleass records the conversation with 111

"Hello 111 your talking to Trudy how may I help you?"

"Hello yes, I've been bitten by a lion. What's your protocol?"*

Just snorted here! Sorry OP and good luck and

I was slapped in the face by a chimp once but a lion bite is way cooler

This has to be the biggest stealth boasts has I've read on MN

A lion is essentially a big cat.
If you want to experience the fun that's being caught by a giant clam, rub its belly.
Btw, when my thumb got hurt by a reusable mouse trap, I went to the GP straightaway for a tetanus injection. If I were bitten by my cat, I'd be going to my GP straight away because there's a danger of a serious infection. With animals abroad, it could also be rabies.

Sorry to bring the tone of the thread down but the majority of these lion /tiger sanctuaries are unethical. They need a constant supply of cubs to draw customers which they can’t accommodate as adults but also can’t be released into the wild. The cubs are often bred specifically for the purpose of stocking the sanctuary. Please, if you’re thinking of visiting, do some googling first and make an informed choice not simply believing what the “sanctuary” says in its marketing.

that lion was cute id definitely phone 111 for advice

For people concerned about the lion, this is where it lives: www.lionandsafaripark.com If it had been a horrible place with tiny pens or drugged adults I wouldn’t have gone. In any case, I know it’s a bad idea to stroke a lion (or any other wild animal). I won’t be doing it again.

LS I also NC’d cos I knew I’d get a pasting for the lion-stroking. No stealth boasts here! Just laziness over going to any sort of healthcare facility at this time of day after sitting around for hours on a flight.

I love all the slapped by chimp/bitten by [insert animal] stories Funnily enough, DP got bitten by our hamster last night. I think he felt left out!

Surely The most practical solution is to fly to Santa Barbara and get the giraffes to lick the wound?

Same prob here

Maybe ring London zoo? It must happen to the staff sometimes.

I read the thread title and thought you must be lion

Was it a cowardly lion?

Student Nurse here. We have a session on A and E skills tomorrow. I shall put my hand up and ask the procedure for dealing with lion bites because I'm not convinced it's an area that has been covered yet.

Bitten by a lion, slapped by a chimp, sneezed on by an elephant.
😂

I was sneezed on by a camel once. It was like having a finely-dropleted shower.

Question for any medics: what’s the point in a rabies/tetanus booster post-injury? You won’t have time to mount an immune response to the vaccine that would give protection. If you already have rabies/tetanus the jab won’t help will it??

OP, 2 minutes of googling got me to this: www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/lion-park-back-to-cub-petting-2061628

The park stopped cub petting experiences for ethical reasons a few years ago but returned for purely financial reasons in 2016.

Yes I found that this evening too :(