Karen, I remember you (I think. :) You were Baby C's mom right? The entire C-naming theme? lol. Forgive me if I am incorrect.
I have the whole litter box thing covered. Wink-wink! I had requested an Amniocentesis to rule out Toxoplasmosis back when I was five (5) months (or twenty (20) weeks) pregnant. My OB/GYN ordered a CMV (Cytomegalovirus) IgG & IgM. The results were positive on ME for PAST exposure, but the baby's results were negative. A Toxoplasmosis IgG & IgM. The results were negative for both me and the baby. Finally a Triple Alpha-fetal protein screen which was negative. The Amnio was way cool! It is a darn shame that not every woman has one (1) performed during her pregnancy. It was so easy and completely harmless to the baby! Those statistics are just there to scare women out of getting an Amnio. It was no different than getting your blood drawn in the arm. I had no complications or side effects what-so-ever. The best line of defense to any disease is early detection! The flame warning was included in my post because my last thread "Massive Spraying Issue" got a little out of hand when Sally absolutely insisted that I immediately contact an "animal communicator" regarding my dilemma. I just did not want that result to re-hatch itself on this thread. I think I may have confused the group with my TAR (Trap-Alter-Return) rescue work with my thirteen (13) kitties! lol. I do NOT do foster care, because all of my cats have contracted Feline Herpes from my beloved FeLV positive kitty, Peeper, who passed away back in 2003. LOL. So the number 13 that you all keep reading is the actual number of PERMANENT cats that will forever be in my family. LOL. Sorry if I did not properly clarify that point. But yeah. I just cannot bring myself to do anything more than TAR and vaccinations (which is privately and independently funded out of my own pocket) for fear that I will spread the Feline Herpes. As for the gliders. Well, they have a permanent and forever home with us too. LOL. Yeah, I have quite a zoo, but people tend to participate in glider-mills and I just absolutely CANNOT have it! I won't! So me and my husband rescue colonies from previous owners (who would otherwise separate and sell to the highest bidder) and have the ALL the males neutered. It is a win-win situation for everyone involved. The previous owners get a "adoption fee" FROM me, the gliders NEVER get separated from their bonded family, the males get immediately neutered (thus no more unwanted pregnancies) and I get the satisfaction of knowing that I took one (1) more colony off of the street. Not only did I provided a safe, loving and forever home for these exotics, but they will NEVER know what it is like to be in a breeding mill-farm! I would do the EXACT same thing for purebred cats if we just had the house space. This one and a half story cape cod only has so much living space. It is just SO HARD for me to even CONSIDER the idea of fostering, because even without the Feline Herpes, I still would not be able to do it. I get too attached to my babies and as many foster moms (and dads) can confirm, we always wonder just HOW good of pet-guardians can these applicants be! I am sure that we all know the feeling that no one can be a better cat-mom or cat-dad that us. Right?! lol. Believe me, I can relate. So yeah, I am trying to take it easy. The way I look at it is this. The fur-kids keep me in shape! :) Taking care of them, the litter boxes, aquarium, five (5) foot glider cages, etc. will help me maintain my ideal pregnancy weight and will also aid in losing it when the baby gets here! Nice huh? LOL. Another win-win situation! Thanks for the reply! Lora --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lora, I think I remember you. Wow that's a tough personal choice. Be extra careful with litter boxes toxo is deadly to a growing baby. No flaming why would anyone flame you? If you asked me when I was in my 20's having my kids I would say no sweat, but now my best recommendation is take in a lot fewer pets in case something goes wrong and you have to lets say go on bed rest. I have one foster who does moms with litters. She is in her 6th month and needs to slow down. So she is cutting back to one or two pups instead of large dogs with large litters. If you need to talk been there done that had Belinda make the tee shirt. LOL. Email me we will talk. __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com