Here are some links about treatment of Toxo in cats. Some sources say there is no "approved" treatment for it, but most agree that there are measures to treat the condition that has been used successfully. (In other words... either a treatment exists that works, it just hasn't been studied enough to gain wide-spread "approval", or nothing actually CURES the cat [as in killing the toxo immediately on contact], but it does treat it and eliminate the shedding process)
Also have other interesting facts about toxo, and it's spread... such as the fact that it takes a day for the things to "activate" and become transmissible... so if you change the litter daily, it's never contagious. An interesting fact I wasn't aware of until today. http://www.fabcats.org/toxoplasmosis.html http://www.antechdiagnostics.com/clients/antechNews/2000/4-00.htm http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/resources/brochure/toxo.html http://www.capcvet.org/?p=Guidelines_Toxoplasma&h=0&s=0 Yeah, I know you've heard way too much advice on baby raising by this point, and are sick of it, I thought about not mentioning the baby on side sleeping thing at all (cause I'm sure you've heard it and many others by now), but when it comes to baby sleeping WITH a cat... you really don't want the baby on it's back where the cat could lay across her entire face (kinda makes sense that way). Most people don't consider the cat in the bed fact when they advise you to keep baby on back or belly. Jenn http://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from UCAT rescue: http://ucat.us/adopt.html Adopt a FIV+ cat: http://ucat.us/AWrescue/FIV/ http://ucat.us/FIVadopt.html Adopt a FELV+ cat: http://ucat.us/FELVadopt.html "Saving one animal won't make a difference in the world, but it will make a world of difference for that one animal." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat who must live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life. Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up until she earns a free can of formula! PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! If you use KMR, even just one can, please ask me for the mailing address you can send them to, to help feed Bazil! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.7/160 - Release Date: 11/3/2005
