While the injury itself might not seem alarming ... One notable condition is Cat Scratch Disease (CSD), caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae, which cats can transmit through bites or ...

Fran Oborski has four cats of her own to take care of as well as Jaffa A scratch from a stray ... ill will against Jaffa, the cat which inflicted the original injury. He now lives in her conservatory.

This gives a cat an appropriate place to scratch right at the center of the room where felines prefer to mark their territory, says Dr. Christine Calder, a board-certified veterinary behaviorist.

A scratch from a stray cat led to a woman ... said she held no ill will against Jaffa, the cat which inflicted the original injury. He now lives in her conservatory. "But we are very, very careful ...