You are too wrong. The information you give is incorrect. Cats only get tox. if they eat infected meat. There is a very low risk for a house cat to have tox. Also its a parasite. If you get it, it does NOT attach to your DNA. I hope you're not serious. There is more chance of getting tox from an undercooked meat. You can avoid catching tox by cooking meat properly, let someone else clean the litter box, keep hood hygiene of yourself and your house. And I think any animal shouldn't be left alone with a baby. And please do your research before you write comments about something that needs good research. Because of people like you shelters are filled with cats that are waiting to be killed.
You are too wrong. The information you give is incorrect. Cats only get tox. if they eat infected meat. There is a very low risk for a house cat to have tox. Also its a parasite. If you get it, it does NOT attach to your DNA. I hope you're not serious. There is more chance of getting tox from an undercooked meat. You can avoid catching tox by cooking meat properly, let someone else clean the litter box, keep hood hygiene of yourself and your house. And I think any animal shouldn't be left alone with a baby. And please do your research before you write comments about something that needs good research. Because of people like you shelters are filled with cats that are waiting to be killed.
you can Google it up if you want to so you can see it with your own eyes.....
i copied and pasted this for you my sister had cats and her son suffers from this now!!!!!!!!!!
The infectious agent that currently stands the best chance of being indicted as a cause of schizophrenia is Toxoplasma gondii , a protozoan parasite. Its definitive host is the cat, which is unaffected by the parasite. Humans become infected by inhaling or ingesting the cysts from cat feces from a litter box, garden, sandbox or children's play area. You can also get infected by drinking contaminated water or by eating undercooked meat from a lamb, pig or other animal that has become infected. In the U.S. 10% to 25% of people are infected. Transmission of T. gondii to the fetus of pregnant women is known to produce dire consequences for the developing brain such as mental retardation and retinal problems. Transmission to children or adults has been assumed to have no serious consequences, but that is now being reconsidered.
cans use the litter box, then track it threw the house do not think that cats are clean animals that is a tale..... my sisters son was diagnosed with schizophrenia do not allow the cats to even go where your child plays....... if parents like cats hey great (it has also been linked to depression the t.gondi ) but a persons child should not have to grow up with serious illnesses such as schizophrenia and/or depression because their parents liked cats and had them around the children...... i love animals but i will not have cats.... the t gondi that is from cats they get it from eating wild birds and rats and this can be passed down from generations in the feline family no matter if your cat has never been outside, you can never know for sure if the whole feline generation were not strays at one time or other. what it does is it ends up attaching to the felines DNA and then it uses the box (#2) and the dust in the litter box is air born when cleaning it, and when the walk over counters or play by hitting your face with their paws and now it can be past 2 u and attaches to ur DNA then passed 2 ur kid and so forth and it may take 2-3-4 generations but 1day some one in your family will have to deal with mental issues over a freaking cat its sad and cats r great but personally they are better left alone and outside .......
from everything that i have read it is not safe for a cat to be around a newborn at all, especially kittens. They are attracted to the mother milk left on the babys breath and they someitmes will crawl on the babys face and sleep (obviously smoothering the baby). I had rescued a stray cat when my son was 3 months old I kept an eye on the baby ALL the time and at night time I would lock the cat up so I could get some rest without having to worry about the cat smothering my baby. Fleas do pose a risk because they can cause like an mosquito bite on the baby - it will itch and burn. If you want to keep the cats safely dip them in a flea bath - bomb the house with flea bombs, and litter train the cats. keep the cats/kittens locked up when your baby is going to be sleeping and you are not in the room.