Wow. I read your experience, If I may tell my story, you will see you are not alone in this incident. I have been around cats when they have been very excited, then caged. The memory of the experience will linger, brain chemicals need a while to stabilize. Take the cat out of the cage too fast, and while holding her she might get some wild notion to clamp down on you. My long dead tomcat I had several years ago left the house by mistake, I left the door open. He went exploring and ran into the neighbors dog. He kicked butt, then came running full steam to the house, where I caught him. I picked him up to hug him, he licked me, then all of a sudden he let out a scream and bit all the way to the bone on my shoulder! I threw him to the floor, where he hissed and bit my leg, then ran and hid in the closet for a day. When he came out, he was his old self again. All I can say is I'm glad he is not the size of the dog that he beat up or I might have been on his menu.Sound like PIF is right, let the cat chill someplace....get a tetnus shot and your arm looked at, sounds like you got a dozy bite there!...........P