I live in Location: Montgomery County PA and last week I was bitten by a feral kitten that has been hanging around off and on since it was born. The bite was my fault as I was trying to remove him from my shed and he cornered himself. When I went to pick him up to get him out he was scared and bit.
Now knowing cat bites have a high likelihood of infection I went to urgent care for antibiotics. While there they had to fill out a bite report form. They also recommended the rabies vaccine since I’m not 100% certain of the cats history and he hasn’t been under veterinary care. Makes sense and I am getting the rabies protocol.
Fast forward to today and I get a call from the Montgomery County health department requesting I call them back and finish filling out the report. Do I have any obligation to call them back and/or what additional information are they looking for? My kids want to potentially keep this kitten who is super sweet besides this (if so it will be seen by a vet) and I don’t want this little guy to have a needless bite record.
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You were bitten by a scared little kitty. The health department is not going to make an issue of that. They just need to finish their paperwork for statistical purposes.