When Cats Attack

[Alcibiades]

http://www.kidk.com/news/local/92136594.html

REXBURG - A domestic cat attack sends two people to the hospital. The family says their cat was completely normal until 3 days after it gave birth to kittens. But then the cat got defensive, and the family says it tried to kill them.

It began Tuesday at 5:30am. The Ostermiller's were asleep in their bed when they heard a sound.

"All I heard was rrwwwrrrr hisss," said Jackie Ostermiller, who was attacked by her domestic cat.

Jackie woke up and saw her cat, Renesmee, (named after the Twilight character) panicking. Jackie thinks a male cat had wandered by and her cat was protecting her kittens. So she went to grab her cat to prevent her from bolting out a hole in the screen door. That's when her cat jumped at her.

"I was being mauled literally for the kill. She had got ahold of my nose first, my face first, my arms first, I was literally screaming, 'Blaine get off get her off, she's attacking me, get her off. He jumped up in the middle of his sleep, took his c-pap machine just jerked it off, threw it on the floor. He was literally able to pry her off of me,'" said Jackie Ostermiller.

"Confusion. I woke up hearing my wife scream, I didn't know what was going on until I looked over there, until I looked over there seeing (the cat) viciously attacking her," said Blaine Ostermiller, Jackie's husband.

Blaine did get the cat off, but not before 35 bite marks and 15 bruises later. Then, when Jackie was washing the blood off her face, the cat came back.

"Washed the blood of her face and part of her hands, she actually attacked her leg a second time," said Blaine Ostermiller.

The Ostermiller's both saw an unusual stare right before that second attack.

"She came at me with the deadliest eyes," said Jackie Ostermiller.

"I noticed she was looking at my wife with a weird look," said Blaine Ostermiller.

But even after this whole ordeal, the Ostermiller family hasn't turned their back on cats. They even plan on getting a new kitten soon. But they do have a word of caution.

"I want people to know how dangerous cats can be, they can turn on you in a dime. Believe it or not, cats!" said Jackie Ostermiller.

Jackie feels that none of this would have happened either, if they had just spayed their cat.

The Ostermiller's ended up giving up their cat to the Rexburg Shelter. It's likely that it will be put down. But it hasn't been put down yet because it's nursing some kittens.

Hilarious and sad on so many levels.   

[Drakken]

A lot of people undersestimate cats' viciousness when they really want to duke it out, or when they are cornered or feel instinctively threatened. It's definitely a beast I don't want to fend off or have to fight against if needing too, even domesticated or wearing a stupid name from a crappy girl novel.

Yeah, I'll surely win the fight in the end, but after that it'll hurt a lot. Cats' claws are nasty.

[Razgovory]

When my cat bit me the tooth went deep and hit bone.  It also became immediately infected and began to swell up within half an hour.  Had to go to the hospital and get some antibiotics.  Hand was swollen and sore for two weeks afterword.

[HVC]

i remember when i co-oped at a vet clinic specialising in cats you had to wear this thick ass gloves to handle them. they can be vicious, and thanks to their tiny teeth you're pretty much going to get a bad infection from any deep bite.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Cats can kill level 1 commoners. That man is lucky to be alive.

[ulmont]

When my cat bit me the tooth went deep and hit bone.  It also became immediately infected and began to swell up within half an hour.  Had to go to the hospital and get some antibiotics.  Hand was swollen and sore for two weeks afterword.

Yeah, my wife almost lost a finger from a cat bite.

[Grey Fox]

What have I been telling you guys?

They are waiting for the opportunity to kill you.

[Darth Wagtaros]

When my cat bit me the tooth went deep and hit bone.  It also became immediately infected and began to swell up within half an hour.  Had to go to the hospital and get some antibiotics.  Hand was swollen and sore for two weeks afterword.

Cat scratch fever ain't just a song. They are highly septic.

[KRonn]

Nice wittew kitty...   

[merithyn]

Max spent three days in the hospital because our cat bit him. A dog attacked the cat, Max tried to save the cat, the cat attacked Max, and a week later he's in the hospital fighting to keep his hand.

Fun for the whole family!

[Ed Anger]

http://www.catswhothrowupgrass.com/kill.php

[BuddhaRhubarb]

http://www.catswhothrowupgrass.com/kill.php

awesome info-graphic.

[Viking]

I once transported a cat on a bicycle. I stopped at regular intervals to take the cat out and soothe it and comfort it. At no point did it try to kill me or escape, either when I took it out of the box, or put it back in the box.

At that point I concluded that cats were stupid.

Edit: The trip was taken to the vet for the purpose of spaying the cat. When the cat was under and it's back had been shaved the vet made one last check, and put her fingers between the cats legs. The vet found the cats testicles. Law prohibited castrating cats that young so we had to wait a few weeks to have the cat castrated. I refused to take it there on the bike again, that was just cruel.

[viper37]

if they had just spayed their cat.

what is that, 'spaying' a cat?  castration?

[ulmont]

if they had just spayed their cat.

what is that, 'spaying' a cat?  castration?

Neutering a female.  It's an ovariectomy or ovario-hysterectomy according to wiki.