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Hi everyone,
I'm probably freaking myself out over nothing once again.
I've been unwell since Saturday and had some antigenic COVID swabs done, which were all negative. My doc insisted and today I did a PCR Test - and it's positive. He's always right... Anyways.
Now I've been home mostly since Saturday. It's very mild (slight temperature and fatigue, weird feeling throat and sneezing. That's it). Obviously for the last six days I have been around the cats 24/7 almost (I did to to work on Mon and Tues thinking I was negative after tests at the pharmacy). We've basically all three been on the couch or in bed most of the time. It's still cool here so my two cats are enjoying the extended cuddle up time.
Now someone told me cats can get COVID from their owners. I don't have anyone else to take care of them (I live alone) and it's a small one bedroom. I can't really just shut myself or them in one of the two rooms and it would probably be too late after 6 days.
So I really didn't want to but I googled some stuff and they all say be careful, protect your pets, etc but I wouldn't know how to do that at this stage.
Also please could someone chime in and tell me "I had COVID my cats slept on me nothing happened to them?"
Freaked out over nothing I'm sure but I do worry about them. For the record, they are obviously completely fine and normal and are just living their normal life with extra cuddles.
I'm probably freaking myself out over nothing once again.
I've been unwell since Saturday and had some antigenic COVID swabs done, which were all negative. My doc insisted and today I did a PCR Test - and it's positive. He's always right... Anyways.
Now I've been home mostly since Saturday. It's very mild (slight temperature and fatigue, weird feeling throat and sneezing. That's it). Obviously for the last six days I have been around the cats 24/7 almost (I did to to work on Mon and Tues thinking I was negative after tests at the pharmacy). We've basically all three been on the couch or in bed most of the time. It's still cool here so my two cats are enjoying the extended cuddle up time.
Now someone told me cats can get COVID from their owners. I don't have anyone else to take care of them (I live alone) and it's a small one bedroom. I can't really just shut myself or them in one of the two rooms and it would probably be too late after 6 days.
So I really didn't want to but I googled some stuff and they all say be careful, protect your pets, etc but I wouldn't know how to do that at this stage.
Also please could someone chime in and tell me "I had COVID my cats slept on me nothing happened to them?"
Freaked out over nothing I'm sure but I do worry about them. For the record, they are obviously completely fine and normal and are just living their normal life with extra cuddles.