Husband mauled by a wild animal

[Farmergina]

I need advice asap, my husband was walking the dog earlier when he said he heard a whimpering coming from a hole in the ground as if a small animal was hurt so he shined his torch down the hole and couldn't see anything, he then put his arm down the hole and was viciously attacked. His dog was trying to get at the animal whilst he was being attacked which then made the animal run up my husbands arm and onto his face and head where it further mauled him until he fell and the animal escaped chased by the dog.

My husband doesn't know what the animal was as it was dark and he dropped his torch in the commotion but said it was small, furry with sharp teeth and claws and cat sized.

The nearest hospital's on the mainland 15 miles away and the sea's rough today so we can't take the boatso we'll have to go to the doctor who comes in by boat every morning at 10am so i've cleaned his wounds with soap and water and am about to dress them and want to know whether it would be better to use vinegar or lemon juice or bicarb to disinfect his wounds as that's all we have until we do our months shopping on monday.

Which is the best to use?

[Ann]

Good job it just happens to be this Monday when the monthly shopping is done! Good timing to get something suitable to rub on the wounds haha.

[LoftyLottie]

So presuming there are no neighbours who might have suitable medication, the doctor comes every day just for Farmergina.

The first thing you do when your husband is delirious and in and out of conciousness is register on AB of course.

[wolf63]

I've never been in a helicopter.

Wonder where the lions are - they are usually watching me - sometimes I feel like a weak gazelle in the Serengeti. How badly do I need to be mauled to go up in a chopper?

[Ann]

LOL Lottie :))

[Ann]

Hope he finds his torch in the morning.

[pastafreak]

That's one dedicated doctor...
And who ever heard of a farmers wife not being prepared-there should be antiseptics/disinfectants galore in a well stocked medicine chest...or am I expecting too much?

[Ann]

Very very mauled Wolfie - your eyes pecked out by an owl?

[pastafreak]

@ anne...if he's still with us...

[MASS1961]

Owls can be vicious little bu88ers when provoked, especially if prodded when asleep in their holes!

[Ann]

Poor dog - what has happened to it?

[LoftyLottie]

And of course, owls lurk in holes in the ground - I had forgotten that!!

[momcj]

well if my partner had been mauled by a cat type wild animal, after sticking his arm down a hole to help some whimpering animal and i looked in my cupboard and all i could see was vinegar and lemon juice. First thing i would do is ask which to use on answerbank!!!!? Shame on us all if in the news tomorrow there is a story of a man being mauled to death by a cat type wild animal!!!

[Ann]

That's what I said mom - look on the Daily Mail headline website very very soon ............

[pastafreak]

I think I found the vicious creature....

http://www.funnyjunk....ifs/2398001/Southern/

[momcj]

its actually made my nite! made me chuckle out loud!

[Ann]

Absolutly BRILLIANT pasta hahahaha :))

[LoftyLottie]

Well this has been better than the television. Would make a good drama!!

[momcj]

Tht has got to be it Pasta! We should all be VERY affraid! May be in a town near u soon!!!

[pastafreak]

Will there be a second chapter.....I expect to have a sleepless night-worrying.

[momcj]

So funny, making me laf more and more i think about it- how will i sleep?