diff --git a/code/datums/wounds/slash.dm b/code/datums/wounds/slash.dm
index 20a3220e42e..6854ae3000b 100644
--- a/code/datums/wounds/slash.dm
+++ b/code/datums/wounds/slash.dm
@@ -161,8 +161,11 @@
 /// if a felinid is licking this cut to reduce bleeding
 /datum/wound/slash/proc/lick_wounds(mob/living/carbon/human/user)
 	// transmission is one way patient -> felinid since google said cat saliva is antiseptic or whatever, and also because felinids are already risking getting beaten for this even without people suspecting they're spreading a deathvirus
-	for(var/datum/disease/D in victim.diseases)
-		user.ForceContractDisease(D)
+	for(var/i in victim.diseases)
+		var/datum/disease/iter_disease = i
+		if(iter_disease.spread_flags & (DISEASE_SPREAD_SPECIAL | DISEASE_SPREAD_NON_CONTAGIOUS))
+			continue
+		user.ForceContractDisease(iter_disease)
 
 	user.visible_message("<span class='notice'>[user] begins licking the wounds on [victim]'s [limb.name].</span>", "<span class='notice'>You begin licking the wounds on [victim]'s [limb.name]...</span>", ignored_mobs=victim)
 	to_chat(victim, "<span class='notice'>[user] begins to lick the wounds on your [limb.name].</span")