Thanks everyone.

My hand looks fine today. The whelps have gone down and the one scratch that broke the skin looks good and healing well.

Ripley is acting like his normal self as if nothing happened but that is how it always was in the past.

Carla - I got Ripley at 7 weeks of age so I don't think he was taught anything from anyone else but my husband was bad about wrestling with him which didn't help. Ripley was so wild as a kitten and young cat that the vet wanted to put him on female hormones to calm him. I wouldn't do that. He got a big red sticker on his chart at the vet's office because he slashed someone badly when he was in to be neutered at 5 months old. The worse part is he's a big boy so can could always inflict a lot of pain.