Re: Son bitten by seagull - HELP!

From: NaDeana (nadeana_at_eastlinkGOTTATAKETHISOUT.ca)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 17:32:36 -0300

Albatrosser wrote:
> My son was out playing with his friends today when somehow he managed
> to get close enough to a seagull to grab it by the leg as it tried to
> fly away (silly I know, but he's only 10 and boys will be boys - he
> likes birds and said he just wanted to hold and stroke it).
>
> The gull wasn't amused and bit him several times on his hands as he
> tried to hold it - he ran inside crying with his hands covered in
> blood, with several fairly deep scratches.
>
> I've washed and disinfected the wounds and put plasters on and he
> seems okay in himself (suitably chastised and life lesson learned),
> but I know my wife is going to go absolutely mental that I 'let it
> happen' when she gets home.
>
> I know that gulls are not the cleanest of birds and I'm worried that
> it may have given him a nasty infection. Does anyone know what
> diseases seagulls can carry? It was a 'big grey one', which leads me
> to believe that it was probably a herring gull.
>
> My boy's had his tetanus jab, but I'm beginning to wonder if I should
> take him to the hospital and get him checked over. Can gulls carry
> rabies or hepatitis?

Take him to the doctor.

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