Jenn, I have seen you around especially on the "Angel Wings Sanctuary" thread back in June, but I believe this is the first time we have actually spoke.
I agree wholeheartedly on human parents becoming paranoid about their pets when there is a human baby involved. Thankfully, I am NOT one of them. I am sorry, but I never could relate to people like that. My fur-kids are just that...kids and they are equally a member of our family the way ANY human child would be. Unfortunately, there are those few incompetent and uneducated irresponsible pet-guardians who end up choosing their human child over their fur-kids and relinquishing their "pets" into the custody of the local animal control or humane society. Sad. Just plain sad. Yep, I have heard from just about everyone now on the DO's and DON'Ts when it comes to infants and sleeping. LOL. That is alright though. Comes with the territory right? Everyone is just trying to help. Speaking of "No-Baby Zones", that reminds me. I need to purchase some Baby Gates to close off the litter boxes. (The fur-kids can easily scale over the tops of them) but it will definitely keep the child out. Yes, my rescue work has slowed down for obvious reasons. I can barely walk anymore! LOL. It takes me FOREVER to get anything done, but it all DOES get done. Therefore, I have temporarily discontinued my TAR for the time being. Since I am the sole individual who runs the process (I do not receive any physical assistance) and with the ferals WAY too quick for me at this point in time; I figured what is the use? LOL. That is okay. My condition is only temporary and those ferals have their days numbered! Eventually, they will ALL be altered. Thank God I was not too far into my pregnancy during "kitten season"! I was still able to half-ass properly function! LOL! All of my kitties have been tested for Toxo. It is one (1) of the tests that is automatically ran with the Chemistry Feline Health Panel (a blood-work panel that consists of seven (7) separate tests.) I have that and an IFA ran on ALL of my kids annually. Only two (2) of my kids are positive for toxo. My oldest two, Felix age 6 years (male) and Temper age 9 years (female.) Despite the possible risks involved, I have decided NOT to break up our happy home via relocating my Felix and Temper. According to many Humane Societies and Animal Control standards, these two (2) are are WAY beyond their "Generic" years and would be (without a doubt) euthanized on the spot. Therefore, no. My kids are mine and they will forever stay with me...at any cost. Beside an Animo was performed and the test results were normal. Me and the baby are negative for Toxo. So, I am definitely NOT worried. To the best of my knowledge there is neither a treatment nor a cure for Feline Toxoplasmosis. Lora --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I was pregnant, one of my cats used to sleep on my big belly and in the baby cradle. After my baby was born, my cat carefully would sleep curled up beside her in the cradle. I never once had any issues between any of my cats and the baby, they all got along wonderfully. I think most people are scared the cats will hurt the baby, so they stress out, and shoo the cats away from the baby, because the HUMAN parents are paranoid. I did nothing and everything went great. The cats loved the baby and the baby didn't care one way or another about the cat sharing her bed. Babies should be laid on their sides bolstered between two rolled up towels to sleep. In this position, it is impossible for them to choke on their own spit up OR for a cat to lay on their face enough to hinder their breathing. As babies mature, they begin to pull fur on the cat if the cat tries to curl up too close. Cats learn to avoid the baby on their own, no human discouragement is required. It's really amazing what nature works out on it's own if you just leave it to be, and let it run it's own course. Litter pans do need to be put in a non-baby accessible place one baby begins to crawl or walk (obviously). As far as rescue work goes, I would avoid doing anything that would lead to you being bitten by an unknown animal, as I doubt they would be able to do the rabies treatment on a pregnant woman without harming the fetus. You should also have all the cats (and other animals) you care for tested for Toxoplasmosis and parasites, and if they have any of those things, have them treated so that handling them and their litter, bowls, and bodies is not endangering your pregnancy. Jenn http://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from UCAT rescue: http://ucat.us/adopt.html Adopt a FIV+ cat: http://ucat.us/AWrescue/FIV/ http://ucat.us/FIVadopt.html Adopt a FELV+ cat: http://ucat.us/FELVadopt.html "Saving one animal won't make a difference in the world, but it will make a world of difference for that one animal." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat who must live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life. Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up until she earns a free can of formula! PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! If you use KMR, even just one can, please ask me for the mailing address you can send them to, to help feed Bazil! __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
