Toxoplasmosis
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Topic: Toxoplasmosis
Posted By: sonnycraig
Subject: Toxoplasmosis
Date Posted: 14 July 2010 at 9:09pm
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Trying to find out whether people have dealt with that before when pregnant. I have a cat who is not far off birthing so there will definately be alot to clean up and I am the only one to do so when/if I get pregnant.
I really don't want to give her away but any personal experiences or facts (I have been reading various web pages) would help. Many thanks 
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Posted By: kelzie_rose
Date Posted: 14 July 2010 at 11:02pm
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When we adopt cats out to pregnant couples or couples who are TTC, we recommend that DP sorts out all litter-tray related events. -------------  Started TTC Apr 2008 With PCOS and a bicornuate uterus Our angel babies Jan 2010 <3 Oct 2010 <3 Apr 2011 <3 |
Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 14 July 2010 at 11:14pm
My friend was living in a flat when she first found out she was pregnant, the carpet smelt like cat piss  she has only been in there 2 weeks & moved out 2 weeks after finding out she was pregnant, and she got it.
I would avoid cleaning after a cat 100% -------------  
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Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 15 July 2010 at 8:07am
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Can you get tested to see if you've had it before and are immune? I'm pretty sure it's something you only get once isn't it? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Flutterby
Date Posted: 15 July 2010 at 8:16am
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yeah you can get tested to see if you have had it before. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: sonnycraig
Date Posted: 15 July 2010 at 10:59am
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Thanks for that guys. Might have to postpone TTC for abit then just to be on the safe side
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 15 July 2010 at 11:06am
| Is there a reason you are the only one who can clean up? DH has to clean up after our cat, I won't go near it. If I absolutely had to I would wear gloves and then use hand sanitiser or something like that. |
Posted By: sonnycraig
Date Posted: 15 July 2010 at 11:10am
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Um yeah my partner works away so he's usually only home two'ish nights a week atm.
We took her in about 4 months ago but we don't have a spca here (just a dog pound where they have to go) so I really don't want to take her there and specially now she's pregnant. Yeah I did think about gloves, sanitiser even those paper face masks?! It's not like ya touch it lol |
Posted By: TwinnyBump
Date Posted: 15 July 2010 at 11:11am
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Hmmmm we have an inside cat and I clean her dirt box...and we are TTC. Maybe I'll make that DH's job from now on... I just thought it would only be a prob when we got UTD! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 15 July 2010 at 11:13am
| Does this apply to dog poo as well? I volunteer at a dog shelter and plan to continue to do so when UTD. |
Posted By: sonnycraig
Date Posted: 15 July 2010 at 11:14am
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I'm just reading up on another site and it says people can become infected from touching the poo of cats, or drinking or eating food that has been contaminated by cat poo that has the cysts. Now that last bit wouldn't happen! lmao
But yeah I'm guessing if it was only contact with it then gloves, sanitiser etc surely should help to prevent contracting it if the cat had it |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 15 July 2010 at 11:18am
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You'll be fine with dogs, its something only associated with cats. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Little_Red wrote:Posted By: sonnycraig
Date Posted: 15 July 2010 at 11:18am
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Hi there Little Red, from reading around it's just cats by the sounds of things, I'd actually gotten a fact sheet from the doc so thought I would search more on here.
Cats only catch toxoplasma once in their lives but they excrete the oocysts for many weeks, and the oocysts can survive in the environment for several months. These oocysts are hard to get rid of. They are often not killed by disinfectants or freezing and drying. They are killed by heating to 70 degrees C (160 degrees F). It says people can also get the toxoplasma cyst from handling or eating raw or undercooked meat, the things ya learn lol! but that shouldn't be a worry anyway |
Posted By: Renee & Lauren
Date Posted: 15 July 2010 at 3:41pm
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maybe it was just my DH who complained off looking after our cats business mess while I was pregnant. He reckoned that some pregnant women made that story up after that disease from cats to make her stop cleaning up the cats business. ------------- http://lilyslim.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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