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K can folks like just post stuff so we don't need to "read the article" aha.
Isn't that limited to outdoor cats usually? If cats don't start out with toxo how do they actually "get" it?
The article talks about it in some detail. Cats are apparently part of the parasite’s multi-organism life cycle. It does start in rodents, wherein it manipulates their brains to make them less fearful of cats, making them more likely to come into contact with them. So, I guess indoor cats would be less likely to contract the parasite, but I’m not sure if that’s the only vector.
Ya like Ive never had a mouse and its def not on their account aha. Thats a pretty big contingency
Yeah this article is complete bullshit. We have known about Toxiiplasmasios for a long time and know that it’s from rodents that carry the parasite. If your cat is indoors then the chance of it catching a mouse with this parasite is super slim, and then for the human to catch it is even slimmer. Complete FUD.
That's kinda what I was thinking. If I'm totally candid, it seems like there was some unsaid kind of implication that rich people have larger houses maybe where theres more rodents to worry about or something...?
Like, they didn't seem to come out and say that directly but I feel like its sort of inescapable lol
You are more likely to get toxoplasmosis from eating undercooked meat than from your indoor cat unless you have a bad rodent problem in your house.