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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2006Does Cat Parasite Affect What We Feel and Do?
http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/does-cat-parasite-affect-what-we-feel/20060 809102309990002  SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/does-cat-parasite-affect-what-we-feel/20060 809102309990002 I'm not so sure if I have toxoplasma gondii, but I definitely know that I've been suffering from a fungal growth on my lap and chest region. Strangely, the growth only manifests itself in the evenings when I am lying on the couch. But it is definitely affecting my behaviour. When the fungus is present, I cannot get up to get drinks or snacks from the fridge. This is resulting in weight loss, not altogether unwanted :-) SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > I'm not so sure if I have toxoplasma gondii, but I definitely know that > I've been suffering from a fungal growth on my lap and chest region. > Strangely, the growth only manifests itself in the evenings when I am > lying on the couch. But it is definitely affecting my behaviour. When > the fungus is present, I cannot get up to get drinks or snacks from the > fridge. This is resulting in weight loss, not altogether unwanted :-) HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! On a serious note, the only thing about toxoplasmosis that is really dangerous is to pregnant women. They need to stay away from the litter box and should get someone else to clean it or wash their hands thoroughly if they do. I have furry fungal growths on my bed and pillows. They really aren't that bad unless i put a hand or foot over it. Then there's the possibilty of tiny, but sharp spikes of pain. :0) Kristi >> http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/does-cat-parasite-affect-what-we-feel/20060 809102309990002 > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the fungus is present, I cannot get up to get drinks or snacks from the > fridge. This is resulting in weight loss, not altogether unwanted :-) LOL! My fungal growth affects me when I watch TV and sometimes during the night, when it suddenly appears on my chest and nearly suffocates me. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > LOL! My fungal growth affects me when I watch TV and sometimes during > the night, when it suddenly appears on my chest and nearly suffocates me. Hey! We suffer from multiple fungal growths, particulary in the winter time. They seem to go somewhat dormant in the summer. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> LOL! My fungal growth affects me when I watch TV and sometimes during >> the night, when it suddenly appears on my chest and nearly suffocates me. > > Hey! We suffer from multiple fungal growths, particulary in the winter > time. They seem to go somewhat dormant in the summer. Mine, unfortunately, does not. Or, umm, it goes dormant on top of me. :oP SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/does-cat-parasite-affect-what-we-feel/20060 809102309990002 > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the fungus is present, I cannot get up to get drinks or snacks from the > fridge. This is resulting in weight loss, not altogether unwanted :-) One of my fungal growths fell off the front of the Highboy today. I think he's been affected by the blondness of his fur. Either that or he's trying to feel superior by making me wet myself. Sonya keeps giving him that "I'm so Sorry" look. I suspect that she thinks he's blonde too. Pam S. Hi guys! I had to join a group for my computer class and I picked this one because you guys seem to see the humor in cats and who couldn't love cats?! I have four parasites in total, two of whom are completely mine. One sleeps on my pillow at night and the other on my feet or chest every night. I may be completely engrossed in fungus and not even know it! And my allergist wonders why I can't breathe! So I was wondering what kind of cats do you guys have? I have two Tonkinese (my two), and two siamese all of whom are very sweet, very dumb, and VERY chatty! > Hi guys! I had to join a group for my computer class and I picked this > one because you guys seem to see the humor in cats and who couldn't [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > two), and two siamese all of whom are very sweet, very dumb, and VERY > chatty! Welcome to the group! I've got an elderly female torbie (brown tabby with patches of other colours), Mandy, who is rather put out right now because a young black male cat is in the first stages of being introduced to the household. SignatureCheryl > Welcome to the group! > > I've got an elderly female torbie (brown tabby with patches of other > colours), Mandy, who is rather put out right now because a young black > male cat is in the first stages of being introduced to the household. I'm sorry, Cheryl, I've obviously missed something while I was away on my holiday. Didn't you use to have two female cats? I'm very sorry if you've lost a cat recently. Purrs coming over for the integration. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I'm sorry, Cheryl, I've obviously missed something while I was away on > my holiday. Didn't you use to have two female cats? I'm very sorry if > you've lost a cat recently. Yes, Betsy developed a swelling in the jaw last spring which turned out to be cancer. She was euthanized in June, by which time she was very sick. http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~cperkins/Betsy.html As you can imagine, I was following Betty's story with a lot of interest. > Purrs coming over for the integration. Thanks. I still miss Betsy - well, you know how it is! But this was the second 'needs a home' notice to really catch my attention, so I thought, well, why not try a new adoption? Mandy adjusted to Betsy, all those years ago, maybe she can adjust to another cat. This particular cat was the subject of a work email. He showed up in a neighbourhood not all that far from mine, mooching food from three neighbours. He was obviously a pet, but over a period of several weeks - it must be a month or so now - had not been reported missing to the SPCA, Humane Division, or a local vet clinic. He was said to be neutered, or at least, not to spray, and had built himself up a bit from a scrawny start with the three feeding stations, but was rapidly wearing out his welcome due to one of the three neighbours having allergies and the others having resident cats who didn't welcome him - in fact, he has a healing scratch over part of his nose very near one eye. One of the neighbours called him 'Moses', but I think I like 'Sam' in honour of a long-deceased cat-from-up-the-road named Satan that I nicknamed 'Sam'. He's totally black with big golden yellow eyes - a very handsome fellow! - and very friendly and vocal. I keep thinking someone must have lost him, and that he will be reunited with them through the SPCA sometime soon. But people do abandon the nicest cats - Betsy was simply left in the street when her first humans moved out of the province - so maybe he really needs a home. The people who advertised him on the email system certainly thought so. This is a very small place in some ways - naturally, one of the women involved in this works with my employer, although we've never met (it's a big employer). One of the others was a former university roommate of mine I hadn't heard from in more years than I care to think about! SignatureCheryl Thank you Cheryl! I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your kitty, it's always so sad. My two are 12 and I've had them since I was 10 and my parents keep reminding me that their years are numbered but it's just too depressing to think about the two angels who have slept on my bed every night for 12 years and went on hunger strikes when I went to college not in my life anymore, so I just don't. I realized I never told you the names of my zoo. It was entirely my parents who named them. My two are Gollum and Gandolf. Note they are 12, which doesn't make us trendy, just weird. Gandolf is my BEAUTIFUL seal-point tonkinese and Gollum is my very handsome blue-mink tonkinese. My brother has a very very handsome, VERY dumb, seal-point siamese named Grendel (we got him the year the frist Lord of the Rings movie came out and mom didn't want anyone to think we were trendy so we went with a Bayawolf reference instead) who is almost 5 now and just in love with my brother and it's really cute. My parents, well more my dad seeing as how he's her favorite, have an adorable little seal-point siamese (my mom doesn't have a thing for the seal-points or anything) named Hobbit. She is three years old and weighs 4 pounds. She will be kitten size forever so is just ADORABLE and thus gets away with EVERYTHING. But I love all of my children even though my two have taken over my room and I am completely content with the notion that it is their room and I'm allowed in it most often, and my brother is NEVER allowed in there. I love my brother we get along amazingly well, but Gandolf HATES him. I'm so excited to find other "crazy cat people" who belong to their cats, cats don't belong to you, it's not their nature. jenny > Hi guys! I had to join a group for my computer class and I picked this > one because you guys seem to see the humor in cats and who couldn't [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > two), and two siamese all of whom are very sweet, very dumb, and VERY > chatty! Welcome to the group, Jenny! I share my life with one Russian Blue called Miranda and one brown tabby moggie called Caliban. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Hi Marina! Thank you so much for the welcome! Russian blues are BEAUTIFUL cats. I saw one at the vet once and really wanted to take him home... :) jenny > Hi guys! I had to join a group for my computer class and I picked this > one because you guys seem to see the humor in cats and who couldn't [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > two), and two siamese all of whom are very sweet, very dumb, and VERY > chatty! I'd say that you found the right group, though I'm wondering how you got four stupid talkers. We are owned by seven cats and a d*g, known as Speedy the d-thing. Tanada, our 14 year old black and white tuxedo girl is a grouchy old woman, QC is a gentle giant brown/charcoal tabby Maine Coon mix, Merlin is a gray tabby and white gentlecat. Huey is a white and red tabby beach ball, Pine Cone is a white and tabby moggy with a lot of moxy, Sonya is a gray and white tuxedo and Qui Gun Kit is my son's black and white tuxedo wild child with a catnip habit that should put him into re-hab. They are a constant source of entertainment, laughter, and sometimes tears. We wouldn't have it any other way. Pam S. Thank you Pam! Yea, well, you get four stupid talkers when you let mom pick them all out. At least they're all really sweet. I'm impressed with 7 cats, that's a lot of love and a lot of litterboxes! Though it's not like you can ever give any of them away and your life would seem empty minus one anyway. That's how my aunt ended up with an even dozen. Now that's a LOT of cats!! jenny >Hi guys! I had to join a group for my computer class and I picked this >one because you guys seem to see the humor in cats and who couldn't [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >two), and two siamese all of whom are very sweet, very dumb, and VERY >chatty! Welcome. I have three here, at least for now. Little Bit showed up here, very skinny and VERY pregnant. I let her inside out of a ice storm, and a week or so later she had her kittens in the bedroom closet. As soon as Sammy (the one kitten I didn't find a home for) is old enough, I'll have to find them both homes. That may take a while, though, since Sammy is only 4 years old and doesn't seem to be growing up very fast. Then there's Spotty. Spotty was also very skinny when she showed up last year. At least she wasn't pregnant - nope she showed up complete with four weaned kittens. Lucky thing for me, too, as I was able to find homes for her kittens before any manged to worm their way into my heart. I'm still looking for a home for Spot, why I guess it was just the other day, well may six or nine months. I asked someone if they wanted a spoiled cat who was always scratching the furniture, tearing up the newspaper hunting for greeblings. and generally making a pest of herself testing gravity by knocking things off tables. For some reason the person I was asking didn't want Spotty. I'm sure you can tell I'm joking about giving any of my girls away. I suspect that it's more likely I'll add to the number - though I already had to go through a battle royal with the land lord to keep Little Bit and Sammy, and haven't found the right time to mention I have had a third cat for over a year. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Hi Steve! Wow, you must have a knack for finding presnant cats. It's written on your door or something! That is actually how my anut with 12 cats ended up with half of the 12. Little Caroline had 6 kittens and my anut just had to keep them ALL. I'm glad you don't find that completely necessary since cats do like to multiply! :) jenny > Hi guys! I had to join a group for my computer class and I picked this > one because you guys seem to see the humor in cats and who couldn't [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > two), and two siamese all of whom are very sweet, very dumb, and VERY > chatty! Welcome to the group, Jenny! I'm Jane and I live in the Washington DC area with my fungus, AKA Rita. She's a little tortie that I picked out of the local shelter after my last fungus left for the Rainbow Bridge. Rita LOVES people, especially men, and hates all other cats, so she's an only cat for now. She talks to me all the time and considers it her job to clog up my entire bronchial passage with her dander. So, had your doctor read you the riot act about owning cats when you're allergic? Mine has. I will never get rid of my baby! Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita Thank you Jane!! Rita sounds very fun and really sounds a lot like my princess Gandolf who is SUCH a princess. She runs the house and only likes her brother (her actual littermate) Gollum. She fights with Hobbit and beats the living daylights out of my brother's idiot cat Grendel who is a lot bigger than her. I love princess cats. You tell them they're wonderful and beautiful and you're theirs forever. I'll die when I loose her. I feel so privledged to be her ONLY human in the house. jenny > http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/does-cat-parasite-affect-what-we-feel/20060 809102309990002 That's the most bizarre article I've ever read. It doesn't know whether it wants to be serious or a joke. Well, *I* don't know whether it's trying to be serious or a joke, let's put it that way. :) I have read that animal parasites do develop in many stages, which may involve going through one animal's system and then being excreted, and later being eaten by another animal, where it completes its development. So that part is true anyway. The rest of the article makes no sense whatsoever. What are they talking about, "national personalities"? This has to do with cats how? And the author first says that half the population of the world already has the parasite, but he doesn't think cat slaves should worry because there's very little chance your cat could transmit it to you. Hello? Plus - being a cat person makes a man less intelligent and boring?? I think not!! :) Joyce That was an interesting article. I watched a documentary on parasites last year and they mentioned this about toxoplasmosis. It was a very good documentary, wish I could remember its name (produced by the BBC I think). It had lots of creepy yet very interesting information about worms and other parasites. Such as treating people suffering from allergies and auto-immune diseases by infecting them with whipworm. Oddly enough, I was just think about toxoplamosis today and its effect on rat behaviour. Largely because my rats freak out when I forget to wash my hand after petting the cats. I was thinking that my rats must not have the parasite. Dewi. > http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/does-cat-parasite-affect-what-we-feel/20060 809102309990002 > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov > Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com |
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