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Hi guys! We're here today to talk about pregnancy and cats.
We've received a lot of questions from you about women who get pregnant
or families who decide to have children and what happens then with these animals.
Ok, Antonio so what can women do when get pregnant
because what doctors recommend is to kick the cats out of the house.
And you don't want to get rid of your children?
You don't have to get rid of the cats.
Woman must take certain precautions
because there are several parasitic diseases that cats can transmit to us.
I'm going to explain in a very easy way how to avoid them.
Everyone has heard about toxoplasmosis. It's a very common disease.
There is still a lot of rural environment in Spain
where cats can go and get this parasite.
We can become infected with toxoplasma, which is a protozoan transmitted by the cat.
It's transmitted by the cat's feces
but we can get infected in different ways also by eating raw meat.
But why during a pregnancy it's such a big problem?
But if we can get infected during our whole life
why are we so concerned about pregnancy?
Pregnancy is a critical point because woman has less defenses.
It's logical because woman's organism prepares to have something inside
that is not completely hers.
So to not reject it, lowers defenses but it has consequences.
They have low defenses also against parasites.
That is why some measures must be taken against toxoplasmosis
that can also affect fetuses.
How can we avoid toxoplasmosis?
It's mostly in cat's litter box so it's very important to remove the poop daily.
Poop as it's expelled from the cat's body doesn't have the ability to infect us.
But after 24 - 48 hours this poop is going to sporulate
and that's when it's most contagious.
I also think that it's very important that the pregnant woman
doesn't change cat's litter box.
- If we can put the husband to work... - It's better
It's much better, of course.
If you are pregnant and you have a cat,
it's very important to know if your cat has toxoplasmosis or not.
For that you should go to your veterinarian and take a your cat's stool sample
and take a test called PCR
in which any small indication of toxoplasma in this poop will be detected.
Cat with toxoplasma must be dewormed and treated.
It's very simple test and also we can expect results in three or four days.
What can we do at home? What can we change in our and cat's life
so we don't get infected with toxoplasmosis?
Well, as I have told you before, we have to avoid meat especially raw meat in cat's diet,
our cat must also avoid hunting and going out on the street as much as possible.
And if you want to feed your cat with products of animals origin
it's much better to use fish.
So as I've said before: we should use fish meat and
preferably husband should regularly change the substrate in cat's litter box.
Here we have the substrate that we recommend which is "Naturlitter paper"
that goes very well for cats.
It dries very quickly and also doesn't produce dust.
A very good thing is doesn't leave sand stuck on the legs.
It doesn't leave powder of any kind but square things
therefore it won't be spread all over the house.