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| 465.1 | Do you mean Toxoplasmosis? | PUZZLE::CORDESJA | | Tue Feb 03 1987 19:58 | 18 |
| I think that the disease that you are refering to is called
Toxoplasmosis. There are ways to protect yourself from this.
What I have heard (others might know more), is that you can get
it by eating raw meat that might be infected, or from your cat.
Your cat would get it from eating wildlife that is infected with
it. It would be present in the feces of an infected cat so therefore
litterbox duty should be well thought out.
In the best possible situation, pregnant women could get their husbands
to clean the box for them (I vote for that!!!:-). From what I hear
about Toxo, feces should be scooped out of the litterbox every day.
Toxo is at its most contagious after the droppings have been around
for two days.
If you have to do the box yourself, wear rubber gloves and disinfect
the box as often as possible. Ask your vet for more information
about Toxo.
Jo
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| 465.2 | thanks but I do... | ZENSNI::HOE | | Tue Feb 03 1987 21:04 | 9 |
| Re:465.1
I Do that now!! Being a liberated person that Judy is, she always
had me do the cat box. We have a poop scoop to flip the stuff down
the toilet.
Thanks for your reply.
/cal
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| 465.3 | be careful how you handle the baby's introduction | VAXWRK::SKALTSIS | Deb | Tue Feb 03 1987 21:29 | 17 |
| According to my mother, the introduction was the most important
thing. Immediately upon bringing me home, she introduced me to the
cat, and invited the cat to follow us into my room. She let kitty
sniff, etc., then put me down, picked up the cat and refered to
me in terms of being "Fluffy"'s property. In fact, from what I
understand, whenever she spoke of me to Fluffy, she always refered
to me as "your baby". It seems to work; the cat wasn't depressed,
and whenever there was company to "see the baby", Fluffy would lead
the crowd into my room and purr loudly. I'm also told that when I got
a little older, when I'd drop my rattle out of my crib or playpen,
Fluffy would pick it up in her mouth and attempt to return it to
me.
I don't remember much of Fluffy since she passed away when I was
about 18 months old. She was thot to be about 12 years old.
Deb
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| 465.4 | | XANADU::RAVAN | To light a candle's to cast a shadow... | Wed Feb 04 1987 09:37 | 5 |
| For additional comments on this topic, you might find note 176 in
AIMHI::PARENTING to be of interest - same question, with a number
of cat-and-baby stories in response...
-b
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| 465.5 | Timely article | BLITZN::BITTROLFF | Debbie Bittrolff | Wed Feb 04 1987 10:38 | 4 |
| The March issue of Cat Fancy has an article concerning this
very topic. My issue just arrived yesterday so they should
be out on the newsstands soon.
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| 465.6 | | VIDEO::WHEELER | | Wed Feb 04 1987 13:13 | 24 |
|
I had a baby in October, this was one of my concerns also,
your OB-GYN can do a blood test to see if you have been
exposed to this... My 2 cats are indoor only, and she, my
doctor, said I shouldn't worry about them catching it at
all ( I tested negative)..
My 2 cats totally ignored the baby when I brought him home,
I had set the crib up about a month before and the cats
learned to stay out of the crib (they are allowed free
run (and I do mean free run) of the rest of the apartment...
Now one of them will sit next to us on the couch when I
am holding the baby and occasionally stick out his paw
to touch the baby (its cute!).. My other cat still pretty
much ignores the kid....
They (the cats) always let me know when the baby is
screaming - They will look in the direction of his
crib, then at me, then at the crib, then at me, etc,etc
Its like their saying Hey, do something to make that
kid shut up, will yah!
/robin
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