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by Catsu
Sun Sep 13, 2020 10:06 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Should I not pet/cuddle my outdoor cats? (worms/parasites human safety question)
Replies: 10
Views: 6040

Re: Should I not pet/cuddle my outdoor cats? (worms/parasites human safety question)

Need your help guys, so I tried giving the mother car medication against worms, it was a pill since I can't touch her the only option I have is through food, the problem is that she sensed the pill instantly even tho I mixed it up with wet food, and she didn't touch any of it I had to throw it away,...
by Catsu
Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:00 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Should I not pet/cuddle my outdoor cats? (worms/parasites human safety question)
Replies: 10
Views: 6040

Re: Should I not pet/cuddle my outdoor cats? (worms/parasites human safety question)

I can't add to this and did laugh at the advice, very good. There is one really interesting thing you can catch from cats though and it's nothing to do with the usual parasites we treat for. Meet Toxoplasma Gondii. This single celled organism alters behaviour, it makes mice less fearful of cats, ma...
by Catsu
Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:58 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Should I not pet/cuddle my outdoor cats? (worms/parasites human safety question)
Replies: 10
Views: 6040

Re: Should I not pet/cuddle my outdoor cats? (worms/parasites human safety question)

The risk is very low, and if you wash your hands after handling them it is vanishingly small. You could reduce it still further by treating them for worms as well as fleas, either with a spot-on or a palatable tablet. If you look at the actual numbers of cases of humans harmed by cat parasites in d...
by Catsu
Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:11 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Should I not pet/cuddle my outdoor cats? (worms/parasites human safety question)
Replies: 10
Views: 6040

Should I not pet/cuddle my outdoor cats? (worms/parasites human safety question)

I wasn't sure if this is the right place to ask but since it's related to healthy I thought it might. I've been taking care of an outdoor cats for about 5 years now, and in recent months also of a mother cat and her 6 months old kitten. they mainly live in my yard. I've been petting and cuddling the...