Working with wildlife when pregnant?

Re: Working with wildlife when pregnant?

James Colver Cert. Ed, RVN — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:18:46 GMT

oops, read the post too quickly :)

Re: Working with wildlife when pregnant?

Katy — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:30:40 GMT

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Toxoplasma is not a virus..

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errrrrrrrrrrrm no one said it was

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I was thinking that - lol

Re: Working with wildlife when pregnant?

Steph Worsley — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:38:31 GMT

[quote user="james colver"]

Toxoplasma is not a virus..

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errrrrrrrrrrrm no one said it was

Re: Working with wildlife when pregnant?

James Colver Cert. Ed, RVN — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:13:41 GMT

Toxoplasma is not a virus..

Re: Working with wildlife when pregnant?

Katy — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:35:37 GMT

We have dogs too so he has no issue with poop - lol!

Ah i'll have him well trained by then - ha ha!!!

Re: Working with wildlife when pregnant?

Fuzzyduck — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:14:41 GMT

Just double glove and you'll be fine, my other half wont go near my cats trays and there is noooo getting out of it in work so double gloving is the only option in my practice.

So long as you wash your hands after handling the risk is minimal

Re: Working with wildlife when pregnant?

Katy — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:10:16 GMT

Cat litter trays will be left to husband to clear out! (lol - lucky him)

I am just super paranoid after what happened to my friend.

Re: Working with wildlife when pregnant?

Fuzzyduck — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:50:14 GMT

Youd be better off having toxo before you get pregnant, its only a risk if you catch it while pregnant, if you are already toxo positive then its not a problem as far as im aware, and you can afford to be less careful with cats.

Saying that i have never met anyone who has been toxo positive before pregnancy so it must be so rare.

Re: Working with wildlife when pregnant?

Katy — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:10:01 GMT

Thanks for that Tracy.

Ooh that virus sounds nasty. Pleased to hear that you didn't have toxoplasmosis after all that potential exposure. I was planning on asking for the blood test. I still might as one of my friends has gone blind because of it.

Not too worried about getting bitten by a hog, it's the spikes I am worried about lol! (though wearing gloves helps!)

Re: Working with wildlife when pregnant?

Tracy Windler RVN — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:11:19 GMT

Nothing more than any other animals, I think. Cats and sheep are the ones they worry about and to be honest, toxoplasmosis must be fairly rare, as I tested negative for exposure (and at the time I had a house full of stinking, poorly house trained ex-farm/feral kittens!) and a vet I worked with tested negative after dealing with vast quantities of sheep caesars in her earlier days as a vet (when gloves weren't so frequently used!). Not to say you shouldn't be cautious

If you're already careful, I would say that would be fine. Just bites that I would be slightly concerned about. I know reptiles have a reputation for carrying salmonella, not sure about hedghogs??? But I should imagine you're just as likely to get nasties from them as you do from cat bites. I had a nasty systemic allergic reaction to a virus I was exposed to in my 1st trimester and it was pretty horrific!