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- From: valjorge@leapyear.EBay.Sun.COM (Valerie Jorge)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: Question
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 21:54:45 GMT
- References: <1992Dec19.185444.60485@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> <--q2tjg@rpi.edu>
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- In article <--q2tjg@rpi.edu> petitc@vccsouth04.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit) writes:
- >lb04@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Laura Bassi) writes:
- >
- >>Hi folks,
- >> I recently caught a bit of a news piece that was saying something about
- >> pregnant women and cat litter. Apparently, contact w/ cat litter (used, I
- >> assume :), is dangerous to the developing fetus. Anyone hear of anything
- >> about this? Thanks.
- >
- > I think it's because of a certain disease that cats can catch, not the used
- >litter itself. I forget what the disease was called, but it tended to really
- >screw with unborns. So, get your hubby to change the kitty litter, or, better
- >yet, get the kitty to change its litter, itself. :&)
- >
- >
-
-
- It's called toxoplasmosis. They do a blood test to see if you
- "have it". I had my husband clean the catbox while I was
- pregnant. You get it from the feces. Be careful gardening
- too, because there could have been some cat poop outside.
- Suggest you wear gloves while you garden. Don't know too
- much about the effects on the fetus - since I didn't
- already have it in my bloodstream and was staying away
- from cleaning the catbox, I didn't do research on it.
-
- Tell your OB/GYN you have cats and they can screen you for it.
-
- Valerie (mom to Mimi)
-