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Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
Specmaster:
Nope, I just made the assumption that if an animal is infected that it would be present in anything to do with that animal.
tggzzz:
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--- Quote from: Specmaster on June 07, 2018, 11:21:08 am ---Your far more likely to get Toxoplasma gondii through eating undercooked meat then from a cat,
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Reference, please.
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Try this link, all cats from domestic right through to big game cats could carry Toxoplasma gondii http://www.parasitesinhumans.org/toxoplasma-gondii.html. With that in mind, whats the answer, exterminate all cats? Everything in life is a risk, you could cross the road tomorrow and get run over and killed by a bus, where do you draw the line?
--- Quote from: Specmaster on June 07, 2018, 11:21:08 am ---and a cat that is basically an indoor cat and fed only cooked meat is highly unlikely to be carrying Toxoplasma gondii either. A cat has to be eating raw uncooked meat to get it so your at greater risk with wild or stray cats as they will have no option but to hunt their prey in order to survive. My cats while not being strict indoor ones which i think is cruel, are allowed to go out if they wish but when they do, they stay within our garden. They don't need to catch anything to eat as they are well fed anyway and birds and squirrels are quite happy to share the garden with them as they have come to understand that they pose no threat to them.
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--- Quote from: tggzzz on June 07, 2018, 02:58:46 pm ---Maybe if you live in a tower block and/or have an obese cat. All the cats I've seen and played with are owned, wander, and take great pleasure in catching Things That Move. And, if you are unlucky, vomiting up the remains on the sofa.
There is too much concern about T. plasmosis (playing fields and playgrounds excepted), and too little concern about T. Gondii. Perhaps that's because it is easy to catch and fine dog owners, but not cat owners.
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I have had cats all of my life and so has my family and not a single person in 70 years has become ill as a result of the cats and none of the cats have ever wanted to wander, they are perfectly happy to be companions to us humans, they are family and get lots of love and affection daily, seldom get left on their own and get games played with them to give them exercise. We're responsible owners, have them neutered and microchipped, unlike the vast majority of other owners around us who seldom allow their cats in the house once they get past the kitten stage. They have beds (if their lucky) left outside in the porch and food left outside if they can remember that they actually own a cat. So these cats remain attached to the house because of their homing instincts but are almost wide cats, left to fend for themselves and generally make a pest of themselves breeding indiscriminately and screeching to attract a mate.
I don't live in a block of flats either, I have a 4 bed house, cats are not obese in the slightest, they are just happy and contented cats who know only too well that they are loved and wanted and are very well cared for, can come and go as they please but its their personal preference to stay in the house with us. If we go out in the garden to do some gardening, or clearing out the garage etc, then its not unusual to find the cats tagging along to be with us. They have a litter tray that they use, infact if they are in the garden then they will go indoors and use the litter tray rather then use the garden. The litter tray gets cleaned daily and once a week is disinfected and replenished with new litter.
What is the point of having a pet if you don't intend to love it and make it part of your family once it ceases to be a kitten/puppy?
As I said we are all fit and healthy nobody in our family has ever caught anything from the cats and we are perfectly normal, if having 3 eyes is normal :-DD
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For the avoidance of doubt, I didn't write that.
specmasters quoting is up the creek - again.
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Mr. Scram:
I'm sure Specmaster didn't write that either. :-DD
tggzzz:
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--- Quote from: Specmaster on June 07, 2018, 08:29:22 pm ---I think all anyone can do to minimise the risk be a total Vegan, eating or using anything that comes from an animal, meat, milk, fat, leather carries a risk and sometimes that is even glue as some glues are made from animal bones, so its almost impossible to avoid.
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Only a select few animal products pose a risk, but most don't. Vegetables can pose a risk themselves, so that's not a viable strategy to avoid Toxoplasma Gondii either. If a cat shat on your veggie patch you could be done. Sounds like a children's book to boot.
Are you maybe thinking of prions?
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Just so. Specmaster is up the creek without a paddle on this topic.
Fortunately it has nothing to do with TEA, so the topic should be dropped, as should anything to do with cats.
Mr. Scram:
Having a rough day, eh? Have a cold pint on me. Sometimes it beats TEA hands down.
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