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Cat Forum / General Topics / April 2004infectious diarea in cats
My entire family mysteriously became ill with infectious diarrhea. This happened after my cat became sick with the same problem. I though humans could not contract diseases from cats. can some one tell me how this happened? > My entire family mysteriously became ill with infectious diarrhea. This > happened after my cat became sick with the same problem. I though humans > could not contract diseases from cats. > > can some one tell me how this happened? Bacteria in the home. You didn't get it from your cat, you all got it from the same source but your cat just exhibited symptoms first. ok that explains that , but I thought that cats where resistant to human bacteria's and pathogens. please advise > > My entire family mysteriously became ill with infectious diarrhea. This > > happened after my cat became sick with the same problem. I though humans [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > got it from the same source but your cat just exhibited symptoms > first. Did you feed the cat any table scraps, something the rest of your family also ate? My bf and his cats (before there was me...) once ate leftover turkey that hadn't been stored properly. All of them got the big D. Rhonda > ok that explains that , but I thought that cats where resistant to human > bacteria's and pathogens. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >>got it from the same source but your cat just exhibited symptoms >>first. Cats are resistant to MOST humane bacteria...however, it's not unlikely for cats dogs, or any animal to aquire the common cold from a sick owner which is more serious in the cat than it is in the owner > Did you feed the cat any table scraps, something the rest of your family > also ate? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >>got it from the same source but your cat just exhibited symptoms > >>first.
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