Do Hex Armour puncture resistant gloves likely defend against a animal bite from something like a cat? What about other animals? This video shows they stop hypodermic needles HexArmor - HexArmor Gloves - YouTube I need something that will stop animal bites.
How big and fierce a cat? For a friend’s cat I’d recommend nothing less than a full plate armour gauntlet; you might get away with chainmail…
Don’t pick up cats with your hands. Scoop them into a box.
Also, why are you harvesting cats? And where??
It really depends on what application you’re planning with them. If I’ve used gloves with cats, they’ve tended to be thick leather welding gloves, and even with those you may not get punctured with the teeth themselves, but the pressure of the teeth onto thin enough material can still cause abrasions and dents into the skin.
Two large, thick towels, folded in half to make four layers, is quite effective. And cheap.
If you explain what you’re trying to do, there are lots of suggestions you may get that you may find easier and safer than using gloves or possibly the wrong kind of gloves. You may find more appropriate equipment by perusing animal handling sites that sell stuff for animal control.
My mom has a dog who freaks out when he’s touched, especially around his neck. Every couple of months I have to put my dad’s welding gloves on to grab him to put his tick collar on him. As an aside, for the longest I thought the welding gloves were fireplace gloves. They seem to be pretty much the same although fireplace gloves are quite a bit more expensive and somewhat more stylish.
Can anyone tell me if they think the hex Armour gloves will work?
Read my post again. I doubt it.
why wouldent they work but leather gloves will?
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gloves for handling mice are inheritently different than those you would use to handle a grizzly or a great white shark - each animal (primarily based on size) may require a different ‘type’ of glove.
So, are you after mice, cats, bats, bears, lions, mice, puppies, kittens, dogs (what kind?) etc and so on?
While a metal mesh glove may (or may not) protect you against the ‘teeth’, the same glove may not protect you against the crushing forces.
Why haven’t you detailed what you are attempting to control or do? does it deal with mayan or aztec crocodiles?
Will your hands be clean? will you be able to clean them while gloved using only bottled water ?
Probably, but he might have trouble getting all of the soap off.
The style of the gloves will make a lot of difference here. HexArmor has a lot of different glove styles, and some of their gloves don’t have the SuperFabric armor or only have it on the palm-side surface, which would obviously be a problem since an animal bite is going to introduce pointy bits from both sides at once.
I don’t think a cat or dog will be able to puncture the SuperFabric gloves, but a large enough biting animal could still injure you like SeaDragonTattoo described, even if the teeth don’t actually puncture the fabric.
Like this sort of thing.
There’s a guy named Troy Hurtubise you might try to get in contact with. He’s made a suit that can protect you from just about any animal.
On a more serious note, the type of gloves in the OP are good if you have to deal with sharp things like needles or a sharp knife (i.e. someone who has to cut shellfish open for a living). They aren’t the right type of glove for animal bites.
See here, for examples of proper animal handling types of gloves:
(note - I have no affiliation with the above site and don’t know if their products are any good or not - I’m just posting it as an example of the type of gloves normally worn for protection against animals)
ETA: If you want an actual product recommendation, your local vet or animal control office might be a good place to start.
I’m not concerned about the “crushing force” just the puncture from the teeth. Will it defend against a cat?
Jeebus, dude. I’ve said no, so sorry I didn’t spell it out for you. EN - OH, NO. The material is too thin and there’s no gauntlet to protect your arms. I would never use these.
Are cat bites on the hand even really all that much to worry about? Just thump the damn thing on the head if it starts to bite you. I’ve been bitten really hard on my hands by very angry cats a time or two, and I never thought to myself “damn I wish I had some cat-bite proof gloves!”
Cat bites to the hand, punctures especially by the canine teeth, can send you to the hospital and keep you there for a few weeks on IV antibiotics and a drain in your hand. Bites from ferals also put you at risk for rabies. A bite through a too-thin glove may not result in a tooth puncture and exposure to oral viruses or bacteria, but it hurts worse and can still cause ligament damage. Cat bites happen fast, and to the hand, the injury can be worse than it looks, and ultimately just the cat’s teeth are not the only concern. There are safety issues for both parties. Since the OP is incapable of explaining what function he’s trying to perform with inadequate equipment, he cannot be advised properly.
YES. I suspect that you do not know what it means to be bitten "really hard’ by “very angry cats” - very angry cats tend to leave multiple deep holes in you, requiring at least one visit to the ER for wound care and antibiotics. A truly angry or scared cat does not calm down if you bop it on the head - it goes into survival ninja mode.
Cats tend to carry nasty bacteria in their mouth, such as Pasteurella multocida, and their teeth tend to create deep puncture wounds in which these bacteria thrive. When I tangled with a very angry cat, I went to urgent care and got started on antibiotics within a few hours, and still developed cellulitis (soft tissue infection spreading away from the bites) about 24 hours later and had to go back for a different antibiotic. A friend nearly lost a finger from a joint infection after a cat bite and was on antibiotics for months. I am loosely acquainted with vets who were unable to perform surgery or other fine motor tasks for months while they healed from cat attacks.
Secondly, the hand is a particularly bad place to get bitten. Hands tend to be more prone to developing infections from bite wounds than places with more flesh and better blood supply, and there are also a lot of sensitive structures that don’t function very well when punctured, torn, or infected. Joints and tendon sheaths are prone to infection and have nooks and crannies with little blood supply where bacteria can hide; in turn, they rely on NOT being infected and NOT having scar tissue in order to keep moving smoothly. There are a multitude of tendons and such that hold your hands and fingers together and allow them to function, and they don’t heal very quickly or smoothly after being munched.
To back up SDT, NO, something that thin is not going to help much; even though it protects against relatively flimsy needles, it will not protect against tooth enamel. Needles are brittle and easy to bend or even break if you grasp them from the side or even use a needle that is too skinny for the job; carnivore teeth are extremely hard, resilient, and meant to stand up to crunching the bones of prey.