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You And
Your Pet
Years ago, when families
across the country retired for
the evening, lights were put
out, and so was the cat.
Today, with increased ur
banization and the image of
pets as “part of the family,”
more and more cats spend
their entire lives indoors
aided by modern inventions
like kitty litter.
If you are about to receive
anew kitten or cat, make
some advance preparation
a quiet, out-of-the-way spot
for your pet’s bed and a
convenient corner for the
litter box.
To help your pet fit
smoothly into the household,
avoid elimination problems
by taking your cat over to the
litter pan after each feeding
for the first few days. For a
young kitten, it is helpful to
put it in the box and make
digging motions with its front
paws. Most will quickly catch
on.
Cats are fastidious crea
tures, and often will not use a
littler pan or box that is not
regularly emptied and clean
ed. For a one-cat family, the
litter box should be cleaned
about once a day. Since a cat
is a digger, it is wise to
choose a pan with at least
five inch sides, so that the
soil is not pushed over the
edge and onto the floor. A cup
or two of litter, replaced on a
daily basis, usually proves to
be adequate.
Maintaining a sanitary
litter pan is important to the
health of both cat and owner.
If you have several pets, a
clean pan will reduce the
possibility of passing worms
or other parasites from one
to the other. Feces also oc
casionally carry eggs or
larve from parasites that can
be transferred from cats to
human beings. One of these
parasites is called toxoplas
ma gondii.
Toxoplasma gondii were
first discovered in 1908 and
for a while were called the
“beautiful parasites,” since
they seemed capable of
living in almost all species,
with no harm to anyone.
They are transferred by the
consumption of raw or
undercooked meat contain
ing microscopic parasites, or
by exposure to other con
taminated materials.
In animals other than cats,
toxoplasma gondii are either
quickly destroyed by the
body’s natural defenses or
are buried in muscle tissue.
In cats, however, the
organisms do not hibernate
in the muscle tissues, but live
and reproduce in the cat’s
intestinal tract, passing out
with the feces.
Scientists have not yet
discovered how the toxoplas
ma gondii, dormant in tiny,
shelled chambers called
oocysts, get from cat feces
into man and other animals.
They speculate that the
oocysts, smaller than a grain
of pollen, might easily
become airborne and be
inhaled or swallowed when
contaminated soil is disturb
ed.
Most toxoplasmal infec
tions are mild, undiagnosed
and cause no outward
problems. Surveys have
established that up to a third
of the world’s population
carry toxoplasma antibodies
in their bloodstream, indica
ting they had the infection.
Once a man or woman has
disease and develop
ed antibodies against the
organisms, there is little
chance of a second occur
rence.
But toxoplasmosis does
present a danger to pregnant
women who contract the
infection for the first time
during the last six months of
pregnancy. The organisms
cross the placenta and the
infant has a 50-50 chance of
being born with visible or
latent defects, such as
blindness or brain or heart
damage.
If you want to know
whether your cat has
toxoplasmosis, the animal
can be tested by a veterina
rian with the same test
developed for humans.
But more important is this
advice for all who own cats:
Wash your hands after
handling your pet, especially
before eating.
Have the litter box
emptied daily.
Do not permit indoor cats
to go outside.
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