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"cat mouths are nasty and bites typically get very badly infected." What are you basing this on? Are you implying a cat bite is worse than, say, a dog bite?
by BostonFern 6y ago
"cat mouths are nasty and bites typically get very badly infected."
What are you basing this on? Are you implying a cat bite is worse than, say, a dog bite?
- brewdad 6y agohttps://www.amcny.org/blog/2014/05/14/is-a-cat-bite-worse-than-a-dog-bite https://www.amcny.org/blog/2014/05/14/is-a-cat-bite-worse-th... Cat bites are more likely to cause infection. Dog bites usually cause more physical damage.
- BostonFern 6y ago"Cat bites are more likely to introduce bacteria deep into the wound, causing serious infection and damage to tendons and ligaments." They don't cite a statistical source for this. It sounds like it's based on the preceding fact that cat fangs are sharper and can reach deeper. The study they link to cover statistics of patients treated for cat bites, but I wonder what percentage of overall cat bites get infected. Most cases that don't probably never reach an emergency room, I would assume.