Cat almost kills her owner
Headlines are the blood and milk of newspapers. Ever since the story about man who bited the dog, we’ve had every kind of animal story. Now this is the ultimate cat story because the headline misses out the vital reference to squirrels. Yes this was the double strike. The cat and the killer squirrels would have been more accurate. But we don’t do sensationalism for its own sake here. We kept it as simple as we could. So you have to travel over to Smith Valley in Nevada. Richie Simmons’ cat was sick a little. 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. Five days later she was in terribly fever. It took a month for the lab to identify the problem. She had tularemia. 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. Did the cat travel back in time or just visit with some squirrel cousins in California? It died before we could ask. The good news Doxy was an almost instant cure. Once you know which bacteria or virus are making you sick, you get the right antibiotic or vaccine and get better fast.