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shayne@cyburban.com - 24 Feb 2004 01:40 GMT

I have a cat lady friend who persists in "rescuing" feral cats,
not nice, healthy kittens but sick older ones with coughs and
pussy eyes. She locks them in a room in her house and drags them back
and forth to the vet in her car. My question is, if a ride with her
in her car even without her cats, am I putting my two indoor cats at risk
of infection. That is, can I pick up enough germs on my clothing that I
can spread them to my cats and make them sick?

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dinkmeister - 24 Feb 2004 04:07 GMT

My cat caught an upper respiratory sickness from my brothers cat,
and all I did was go visit them one day, the cat-germs must
have traveled on my clothes.

:I have a cat lady friend who persists in "rescuing" feral cats,
:not nice, healthy kittens but sick older ones with coughs and
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:of infection. That is, can I pick up enough germs on my clothing that I
:can spread them to my cats and make them sick?

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Becks - 24 Feb 2004 23:08 GMT

<shayne@cyburban.com> wrote in message ...

> I have a cat lady friend who persists in "rescuing" feral cats,
> not nice, healthy kittens but sick older ones with coughs and
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> of infection. That is, can I pick up enough germs on my clothing that I
> can spread them to my cats and make them sick?

A human can unwittingly transfer germs from one cat to another, on their
hands and clothes. Cat flu is a good example - it's very contagious. Are
your own feline companions vaccinated? If they are then you might not have
to worry so much.
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Becks
http://www.toontalents.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Charles Montgomery Burns --
"Oh, meltdown. It's one of those annoying 'buzzwords.'
We prefer to call it an unrequested fission surplus."
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d - 25 Feb 2004 20:22 GMT

I agree - not if yours are vacinated...

tony
www.lucyfatcat.co.uk

> <shayne@cyburban.com> wrote in message ...
> > I have a cat lady friend who persists in "rescuing" feral cats,
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> We prefer to call it an unrequested fission surplus."
> ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~:

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