Hi, I need some advice.
I've just been to the vet with my kitty Jessie, and the vet told me she has feline clahmydia. He diddn't do any tests, but he has given her the threatment. My boarders cat Skittles has the same symptoms as Jessie, and is due at the vet sometime this week, 2 of my other cats are showing signs of it, one of which is pregnant. Luckily my eldest has all her up to date vaccinations and stays away from the other kitties due to being tempermental, so she's got no signs of it, i'm assuming she's fine.
The purpose of this post, is that I'm FREAKING OUT.............. I live in a house with 3 other people, and Jessie and Skittles are indoor cats whereas the other 3 are outdoor cats. The vet told me that humans can catch kitty clahmydia! Skittles sleeps on her owners bed, and Jessie lounges on our couch. We thought it was just conjunctavitis so treated it with tea, like we were advised to do... taking all our cats to the vet can cost $100+ a time, so when you have alternatives you tend to try them. But then Skittles got ill, more so than Jessie and Jessie got worse, that's when we realised something else was going on.
I'm now freaking out, because I'm not sure whether A) us humans have this disease B) If it's just in our upper or C) god forbid, we have it down below! does anyone know how it effects humans? I know that human clahmydia can severely affect human fertility, and that would be absolutely horrible. Not to mention my younger siblings have been around our cats! God I hope they don't have it, the thought of an 8 year old, a 13, 15 and 17 year old catching clahymydia is just horrible.
We're going to clean and sterilise everything. Does anyone know how this will effect my other cat's unborn babies? Does anyone have any advice? Is it as bad as I think it is, in terms of being transmited to humans?
I know I'm ranting, I'm sorry, i'm just freaked and stressed.
ABlue
I've just been to the vet with my kitty Jessie, and the vet told me she has feline clahmydia. He diddn't do any tests, but he has given her the threatment. My boarders cat Skittles has the same symptoms as Jessie, and is due at the vet sometime this week, 2 of my other cats are showing signs of it, one of which is pregnant. Luckily my eldest has all her up to date vaccinations and stays away from the other kitties due to being tempermental, so she's got no signs of it, i'm assuming she's fine.
The purpose of this post, is that I'm FREAKING OUT.............. I live in a house with 3 other people, and Jessie and Skittles are indoor cats whereas the other 3 are outdoor cats. The vet told me that humans can catch kitty clahmydia! Skittles sleeps on her owners bed, and Jessie lounges on our couch. We thought it was just conjunctavitis so treated it with tea, like we were advised to do... taking all our cats to the vet can cost $100+ a time, so when you have alternatives you tend to try them. But then Skittles got ill, more so than Jessie and Jessie got worse, that's when we realised something else was going on.
I'm now freaking out, because I'm not sure whether A) us humans have this disease B) If it's just in our upper or C) god forbid, we have it down below! does anyone know how it effects humans? I know that human clahmydia can severely affect human fertility, and that would be absolutely horrible. Not to mention my younger siblings have been around our cats! God I hope they don't have it, the thought of an 8 year old, a 13, 15 and 17 year old catching clahymydia is just horrible.
We're going to clean and sterilise everything. Does anyone know how this will effect my other cat's unborn babies? Does anyone have any advice? Is it as bad as I think it is, in terms of being transmited to humans?
I know I'm ranting, I'm sorry, i'm just freaked and stressed.
ABlue