{"id":206,"date":"2018-09-21T07:13:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T07:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/discountpetcare.improvepetcare.com\/?p=206"},"modified":"2018-09-25T05:26:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T05:26:32","slug":"top-7-ways-to-prevent-parasitic-infestations-due-to-cat-poop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/discountpetcare.improvepetcare.com\/top-7-ways-to-prevent-parasitic-infestations-due-to-cat-poop","title":{"rendered":"Top 7 Ways to Prevent Parasitic Infestations due to Cat Poop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Long story short, every pet parent is well aware of the fact that cat\u2019s poop can shed a dangerous parasite toxo scientifically known as Toxoplasma gondii in their feces. But, a fewer ones know greater impact this parasite has on humankind and ways to control it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Furthermore, if any human, especially pregnant woman inhales or accidentally ingest that parasite, she can be infected. Thence, pregnant ladies are advised to avoid cat litter box apart from many things like smoking, alcohol, excess caffeine. Researchers and experts say that handling cat\u2019s poop during pregnancy is highly dangerous and is a serious health risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Recently, new studies have come up related to the dangerous effects caused due to toxo virus. It states that apart from causing toxoplasmosis in humans, which can lead to serious complications in a section of people, <strong>Toxoplasma<\/strong>\u00a0gondii is also responsible for yet another disease &#8211; schizophrenia. Reports state that the parasite may influence a person\u2019s behavior, and at times even leads to the greater risk of schizophrenia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Different Ways you may be infected with Toxo:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Cleaning litter box of your kitty<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Not cleaning infected soil from vegetables before eating them<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Gardening in feces-filled soil<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Your children playing in Sandboxes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Causes of Toxo parasite infection are well-known among the masses but very few know the preventable methods.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Let\u2019s find here the ways to combat this most dangerous cat poop parasite<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> According to experts, toxo parasite is transmitted through cat\u2019s poop. Therefore, when handling cat\u2019s poo cleaning wear gloves and wash hands with soap and water after the cleaning. Though cats excrete the parasite only once in one to two week apart when they are first infected, it is highly dangerous for humans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> Treating kittens in the early stages significantly helps in dealing with this parasitic infestation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> Dismissing the common perception, toxo parasite is not found in your cat\u2019s fur or mouth. They are little to no risk from just being around a cat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>4.<\/strong> Keeping your cat indoors would greatly reduce the risk of this infection as they would not be able to hunt and eat rodents, which are the major cause of this disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>5.<\/strong> Litter hygiene plays a compelling role in controlling the risk of toxo. Everyday cleaning of litter box can help protect you from being easily caught up with the parasites, as these pests need a day to develop through spores and become infectious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>6.<\/strong> Compared to younger kitties, older cats are less likely to get infected by eating rodents, birds, or other small animals that have been infected by the parasites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>7.<\/strong> Feeding your cat well and keeping them satiate can greatly control their urge for eating rodents or others small animals. Dry and wet food lowers the risk of toxo infection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Veterinary Warning:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Pregnant women and people with weak immune system are highly susceptible to toxo virus. If not taken proper care, this parasite may pass to an unborn child, which can even lead to serious health conditions in a newborn baby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><a class=\"maxbutton-6 maxbutton maxbutton-prevent-parasitic-infestations\" title=\"Prevent Parasitic Infestations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discountpetcare.com\/cat-supplies-502.aspx\"><span class='mb-text'>Prevent Parasitic Infestations<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long story short, every pet parent is well aware of the fact that cat\u2019s poop can shed a dangerous parasite toxo scientifically known as Toxoplasma gondii in their feces. But, a fewer ones know greater impact this parasite has on humankind and ways to control it. Furthermore, if any human, especially pregnant woman inhales or accidentally ingest that parasite, she can be infected. Thence, pregnant ladies are advised to avoid cat litter box apart from many things like smoking, alcohol, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[63,61,62],"class_list":["post-206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pet-health","tag-toxoplasmosis-in-cats","tag-toxoplasmosis-symptoms","tag-toxoplasmosis-treatment-cats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/discountpetcare.improvepetcare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/discountpetcare.improvepetcare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/discountpetcare.improvepetcare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/discountpetcare.improvepetcare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/discountpetcare.improvepetcare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/discountpetcare.improvepetcare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"http:\/\/discountpetcare.improvepetcare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/discountpetcare.improvepetcare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/discountpetcare.improvepetcare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/discountpetcare.improvepetcare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/discountpetcare.improvepetcare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}