i wouldn't want to find out the hard way...
Cat feces can contain a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii which, if ingested by a child, can lead to a condition known as toxoplasmosis. Severe cases of toxoplasmosis can cause vision problems or blindness in children. It is important to practice good hygiene, such as washing hands after handling cat litter, to reduce the risk of toxoplasmosis.
ALL cat feces (or any feces of all species) has an odor, but if a cat's feces has an especially putrid odor, along with possibly being loose, it is possible that the cat has coccidiosis. Which is caused by a protozoan parasite. Kittens have died from lack of treatment for coccidia.
Yes, cat feces and urine can harm your grass due to the high nitrogen content in cat urine that can burn the grass. The feces can also contain harmful bacteria that can negatively affect the grass. It's best to clean up after your cat promptly to prevent damage to your lawn.
This is not a usual cat behavior. If it is eating its own feces, there is probably something wrong. Where dogs do this out of curiosity, cats tend to do it out of malnutrition. This could mean their food needs to be replaced with something better, they have parasites, or it could be the sign of a condition called pica. It is best to take the cat to a veterinarian, and see what is going on.
Cat urine can stain clothing and smell bad, some people can actually be allergic to cat urine. Cat urine will not make you blind.
Yes they can get worms
Cat urine is generally considered to be not harmful when children come in causal contact with it.However cat feces can contain the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, which can cause the parasitic disease Toxoplasmosis.Unborn children are particularly at risk for for serious complications from Toxoplasmosis. Therefore pregnant women should avoid exposure to cat feces, and soil that may contain cat feces. (They should also avoid handling raw meat.)
Cat feces can contain a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii which, if ingested by a child, can lead to a condition known as toxoplasmosis. Severe cases of toxoplasmosis can cause vision problems or blindness in children. It is important to practice good hygiene, such as washing hands after handling cat litter, to reduce the risk of toxoplasmosis.
The only thing I know about it Toxoplasmosis - but that has to do with feces. Pregnant women should not clean litter boxes. Ingestion of contaminated cat feces. This can occur through hand-to-mouth contact following gardening, cleaning a cat's litter box, contact with children's sandpits, or touching anything that has come into contact with cat feces.
Yes. Where there is cat feces, there is also cat urine, and urine decomposes into ammonia, which is a poisonous gas. In addition, cat feces contains bacteria, and in a house full of cat feces, the feces become aerosolized, which increases the chance of the bacteria to be inhaled. The decomposition of cat feces releases sulfur-containing gases, some of which might be changed to sulfuric acid when dissolved in water (as they would be in the lungs).
Eating cat hair, while an unusual and unwise choice, has nothing to do with one's future ability to bear children.
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Just by watching the cat you can tell if it is blind. If it is blind, it can't walk, nor eating, unless you put the food in front of it.
Yes, toxoplasmosis, which can be transmitted by careless handling of cat feces, can affect the brain.
Humans generally do not get hookworm from their cat or dog. If the cat vomits or excretes worms and this is cleaned up immediately, it poses no risk to humans. The cat should see a vet for treatment. *If you have young children, it can be possible for the child to ingest a hookworm egg from the cat's feces or vomit. But that would mean the child has touched the vomit or feces and then put the child put their fingers into the child's mouth.
ALL cat feces (or any feces of all species) has an odor, but if a cat's feces has an especially putrid odor, along with possibly being loose, it is possible that the cat has coccidiosis. Which is caused by a protozoan parasite. Kittens have died from lack of treatment for coccidia.