I'm not really sure where this topic should go. It is health related, but in regards to the health of an unborn child rather than a cat.
I'm not pregnant yet, but my husband and I are working on it. I went to my doctor to test for an immunity to toxoplasmosis as I did have indoor/outdoor cats when I was younger although my current cats are indoor only. Well unfortunately I'm not immune
My doctor of course says I should just get rid of the cats (clearly not an animal person). Well that's not much of an option for me, so I'm hoping there may be others that can give some insight on their experience with a pregnancy and having cats.
I know I should have my husband take care of the litter box. I'd rather do it myself, but if gloves and a mask are not sufficient to keep safe I'll have him do it anyways. I have a covered box (booda dome) and use liners. For litter I use Feline Pine. The box is in the laundry room which is a fairly large room between our kitchen and the garage. I do need to go in to this room for doing laundry or taking trash to the garage, but would prefer not to move the box to another room unless it's absolutely necessary.
And last and most important to me is the cats themselves. They both love to cuddle and sleep on our bed with us. Do I need to worry about things they may have walked on in the house being contaminated? They aren't tracking poop around, but is this something that they can leave traces of around the house and in our bed?
When it comes down to it I'd wear a full body protective suit to keep safe for the entire length of a pregnancy rather than get rid of the cats, so any advice is appreciated
I'm not pregnant yet, but my husband and I are working on it. I went to my doctor to test for an immunity to toxoplasmosis as I did have indoor/outdoor cats when I was younger although my current cats are indoor only. Well unfortunately I'm not immune
My doctor of course says I should just get rid of the cats (clearly not an animal person). Well that's not much of an option for me, so I'm hoping there may be others that can give some insight on their experience with a pregnancy and having cats.
I know I should have my husband take care of the litter box. I'd rather do it myself, but if gloves and a mask are not sufficient to keep safe I'll have him do it anyways. I have a covered box (booda dome) and use liners. For litter I use Feline Pine. The box is in the laundry room which is a fairly large room between our kitchen and the garage. I do need to go in to this room for doing laundry or taking trash to the garage, but would prefer not to move the box to another room unless it's absolutely necessary.
And last and most important to me is the cats themselves. They both love to cuddle and sleep on our bed with us. Do I need to worry about things they may have walked on in the house being contaminated? They aren't tracking poop around, but is this something that they can leave traces of around the house and in our bed?
When it comes down to it I'd wear a full body protective suit to keep safe for the entire length of a pregnancy rather than get rid of the cats, so any advice is appreciated