I feel the need to mention that dogs and cats have completely different kinds of saliva. Cat saliva is full of toxic germs whereas dog saliva is very clean and is even known for promoting wound healing.
If you ever get bitten by a cat and the puncture wound is deep, get thee to a doctor right away. I was giving my cat Leo a bath (something he abhorred as most cats do) and he got really freaked out and he bit me deeply on the fleshy part of my palm right below the thumb. The pain was instantly so excruciating that I fainted (and, I’m not usually a fainter…ever). I idiotically thought the pain would subside but it got increasingly worse, my hand blew up twice the size and the pain began to shoot up my entire arm until I was writhing in agony. My husband got me to the doctor early the next morning and the doctor told me I was lucky it hadn’t gone systemic yet and gave me a prescription for penicillin and pain-pills.
I’ve had some horrible tooth-aches, whip-lash, broken-bones, giving natural home-birth to my daughter but there is nothing to describe a cat-bite that infects a part of your body. That kind of pain is pretty darned scary and I can definitely understand that someone could die of a cat-bit if left untreated!
