I was at work tonight and was transferring a 12" Lima Cat into a tank from a bucket. I did not want to use a net and he was too big for a specimen container so I get the bright Idea to just scoop him with my hand....
Holy hell those spines leave one nasty poke. I have been spined by a lot of cats and it hurts for a bit but this one got me right in the end of my middle finger. I managed to get him into the tank and then noticed it was bleeding pretty good. I start to go clean it up when a lady started asking me a lot of questions about some fish. I am standing there with my hand throbbing and tucked behind my back so she will not see the blood. When I answered all her questions I turn and look down and my hand it covered in blood and it is dripping onto the floor. I go clean it off and wash it with Anti-bacteria soap. I then procede to go get the first aid kit to clean it a little better since it is swelling up and there is some discoloration. First aid kit is nowhere to be found so I just put a band aid on it. I go back to working for about 10 mins and my arm started throbbing all the way past my elbow. I tell everyone I am going to the drugstore for some stuff and drove the longest 3 miles on earth....... If I had a way I think I might have cut my damn finger off as it was hurting like hell. I finally get there and grab some antibiotic ointment, quick acting extra strenght pain relivers, hydrogen peroxide, first aid kit, finger cots, and liquid bandage (amazing all the stuff you grab when you cannot think straight due to pain. I get to my car eat 6 of the pain pills. Wash out the wound with peroxide (note trying to press out the wound while it is covered in peroxide takes you to the next level of pain) get the antibiotic cream on and drive back to work in a much less erattic way.....
Not sure if it was the depth of the puncture or my reaction to this fish's slime but that was very very painful....... It took about 45 mins after the pain pills and the ointment for it to stop throbbing so watch yourselves...
Lima Catfish 1 Tony 0 I got my butt kicked by a catfish......
So what do you do with an animal like that..... I brought him home but I poured him into his new tank.....
Holy hell those spines leave one nasty poke. I have been spined by a lot of cats and it hurts for a bit but this one got me right in the end of my middle finger. I managed to get him into the tank and then noticed it was bleeding pretty good. I start to go clean it up when a lady started asking me a lot of questions about some fish. I am standing there with my hand throbbing and tucked behind my back so she will not see the blood. When I answered all her questions I turn and look down and my hand it covered in blood and it is dripping onto the floor. I go clean it off and wash it with Anti-bacteria soap. I then procede to go get the first aid kit to clean it a little better since it is swelling up and there is some discoloration. First aid kit is nowhere to be found so I just put a band aid on it. I go back to working for about 10 mins and my arm started throbbing all the way past my elbow. I tell everyone I am going to the drugstore for some stuff and drove the longest 3 miles on earth....... If I had a way I think I might have cut my damn finger off as it was hurting like hell. I finally get there and grab some antibiotic ointment, quick acting extra strenght pain relivers, hydrogen peroxide, first aid kit, finger cots, and liquid bandage (amazing all the stuff you grab when you cannot think straight due to pain. I get to my car eat 6 of the pain pills. Wash out the wound with peroxide (note trying to press out the wound while it is covered in peroxide takes you to the next level of pain) get the antibiotic cream on and drive back to work in a much less erattic way.....
Not sure if it was the depth of the puncture or my reaction to this fish's slime but that was very very painful....... It took about 45 mins after the pain pills and the ointment for it to stop throbbing so watch yourselves...
Lima Catfish 1 Tony 0 I got my butt kicked by a catfish......
So what do you do with an animal like that..... I brought him home but I poured him into his new tank.....
