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[Faraday40]

Cats are an EXTREME NO NO if you EVER want to become pregnant. It's not that cats are jerks, which they can be lol, its because their poopoo in a nasty litter box in your house could cause a severe bacterial infection called Toxoplasmosis, which can cause death to your fetus, and possibly you.


Please do get rid of the cat box to an outside place if you do ever decide on babies

Dogs, no problem for me, except a nice big scar on my eldests' lip from a very bad choice of pulling a tail. I have one too, though lol, its a risk we take. But for the most part, I've had a great big dog that is a great babydog, and chihuahuas that are not so much, but never bit any of the babies, actually seem to like them. Depends on the dog.

I had ferrets while pregnant. Not sure if they were a danger...... but I made hubby clean their litter box anyway.

Oh I also had reptiles......He got to clean those too.
and the prairie dog cage, ...... and can't forget scoop the yard of dog waste.

I was not going to take any chances!

It was nice to get a little break from some of the chores.


As far as dogs, we had a 14 yr old dog when our 1st was born. We were nervous about his reaction, so we made sure to put our baby's onesie (after she wore it) in his bed so he could get used to the scent before we even came home from the hospital. He pretty much stayed away, though. When she started crawling on the floor, he just went to another room. He passed away before she could walk. Months later we got a 6 mo old lab/dane mix when our daughter turned 2. He was fantastic & worked as a baby gate. The dog just knew that she was not allowed on the stairs & always blocked her. He was a jungle gym, playmate, snuggle companion, baby gate, & floor vacuum all in one! Our dog is 9 now & really feeling his age. Poor old guy. Our daughter is still his favorite person.

So yes, it's work having a dog & baby, but having the right dog can be a wonderful experience. The reptiles, ferrets, & prairie dogs were not good pets for young children, but still part of our family. We never let our daughter touch them unless we were holding the animal, and a simple baby lock on the cage kept everyone safe & happy.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I had ferrets while pregnant.  Not sure if they were a danger...... but I made hubby clean their litter box anyway.  

Oh I also had reptiles......He got to clean those too.
and the prairie dog cage, ...... and can't forget scoop the yard of dog waste.

I was not going to take any chances!   It was nice to get a little break from some of the chores.


As far as dogs, we had a 14 yr old dog when our 1st was born.  We were nervous about his reaction, so we made sure to put our baby's onesie (after she wore it) in his bed so he could get used to the scent before we even came home from the hospital.  He pretty much stayed away, though.  When she started crawling on the floor, he just went to another room.  He passed away before she could walk.  Months later we got a 6 mo old lab/dane mix when our daughter turned 2.  He was fantastic & worked as a baby gate.  The dog just knew that she was not allowed on the stairs & always blocked her.  He was a jungle gym, playmate, snuggle companion, baby gate, & floor vacuum all in one!  Our dog is 9 now & really feeling his age.  Poor old guy.  Our daughter is still his favorite person.  

So yes, it's work having a dog & baby, but having the right dog can be a wonderful experience.  The reptiles, ferrets, & prairie dogs were not good pets for young children, but still part of our family.  We never let our daughter touch them unless we were holding the animal, and a simple baby lock on the cage kept everyone safe & happy.

Wow he sounds like a really smart dog!!

 

[shortgrass]

Everyone's heard of Cerberus (3-headed dog of Hades)  Well, here's his rooster from h*ll.

ROFL

Evidently it sings, too! Scary

 

[N F C]

In Montana, you can purchase registered brands. They aren't cheap though! https://billings.craigslist.org/grd/5972704389.html

Not cheap, but it is beautiful! I like the windows and decorations.

 

[N F C]

So eeriily coincidental, because that's exactly how I got bit when I was a toddler. He was also a boxer and he was sleeping and I guess I went to lay down on him and startled him awake. He hid for 3 days under the porch until my mom had cooled off, but I still have the scar on my bottom lip... He was a great dog, Jack the boxer

My family had a boxer when the 3 of us kids were little. Great dog, so good with us kids...she was the perfect pillow to lay on! Loved our Boots.

 

[Kusanar]

When I was little, we had 2 dogs that were some sort of husky and malimute mix blended with wolf. They looked like they had a lot of wolf in there... they were great with me, I was probably around 2 when we got the first one, then we got her brother (same litter) a year or 2 later. I only got bitten once, and I started it... I bit the male first and so naturally he bit back...

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Speaking of antique wagons...
https://billings.craigslist.org/grd/5973956473.html

i could use all of that stuff!!

My goodness, a very pretty shiney coop!
https://billings.craigslist.org/grd/6015260176.html

that will be covered in poop in no time!

When I was little, we had 2 dogs that were some sort of husky and malimute mix blended with wolf. They looked like they had a lot of wolf in there... they were great with me, I was probably around 2 when we got the first one, then we got her brother (same litter) a year or 2 later. I only got bitten once, and I started it... I bit the male first and so naturally he bit back...

lol

 

[ShrekDawg]

We had a Golden Retriever when I was little but I don't really remember him that well, he was my mom's dog and I was probably 2 or 3. We had him in FL, moved here when I was just turning 2, and only had him briefly up here. My brother more remembers him, he's the one who really grew up with him. He was probably 5 when we moved or a little older or younger. Anyway, Higgins was a great dog and loved Ben. He was a little bit on the stupid side and fought with Bailey when we first got him but he was great with us kids.

Plus of course he was getting older and Bailey was a young rival lol

Which leads me to the next dog....

The dog I really remember and grew up with was Bailey. He was a yellow Lab and we got him from a family who didn't want him/couldn't handle him when he was 18 months old. We put him down in 2009 at 13 oh and Higgins was 14 when we put him down.

Bailey was a GREAT dog. I miss him

He was like crazy when we first got him, Dad used to have to hit the tennis ball with the racquet for like an hour just to take the edge off before work. And our yard was huge lol my dad used a racquet cause it was easier on his arm haha he would hit it across the yard and Bailey would go barreling after it and come running back, panting heavy and ready to go again LOL

But he mellowed out eventually. And he was amazing with us kids.

He got himself into some trouble but looking back it was funny. Like when he stole a whole ham off the counter. He was drinking water for days and we had to go out to eat that night

And one time he took my grandma's mink coat. She hated hom after that but it was close to when we first got him and he thought it was an animal lol

The only time he ever growled at me was when I was older, maybe middle school, and tried to force him over a little "agility jump" i made out of a rubbermaid lid lol completely my fault, he was getting older and probably hurt too or at least was stressful.

But he was the best dog ever.

 

[chickendreams24]

Cats are an EXTREME NO NO if you EVER want to become pregnant. It's not that cats are jerks, which they can be lol, its because their poopoo in a nasty litter box in your house could cause a severe bacterial infection called Toxoplasmosis, which can cause death to your fetus, and possibly you.


Please do get rid of the cat box to an outside place if you do ever decide on babies


Dogs, no problem for me, except a nice big scar on my eldests' lip from a very bad choice of pulling a tail. I have one too, though lol, its a risk we take. But for the most part, I've had a great big dog that is a great babydog, and chihuahuas that are not so much, but never bit any of the babies, actually seem to like them. Depends on the dog.

With respect, you can have cats while pregnant, you just can't change the litter. You can be around cats, they won't give you toxoplasmosis, you can only get it from close contact with their poop. And it takes at least a day to five days after they pass the poop for you to be able to contract anything from that poop anyway, so if the litter is cleaned every day there is virtually no risk.

And it's not just cats that have it, anyway. Other animals and some birds carry it too, and you can get it from undercooked meat.

So cats are fine as long as you aren't handling their litter. You don't need to get rid of your cat or cats if you plan to have a baby, you just need someone else to handle litter duty.

Plus, they only shed it for three weeks after they become infected, and they only get it by eating infected animals. So if you have indoor only cats there's pretty much zero chance they will have toxoplasmosis.

https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/gen_info/pregnant.html

Thank you for saying this as I was going to.
Our indoor cats have all been indoors for over a year and a half nearly two(Luna of course is the youngest) and they do not eat any mice they kill the odds of them even having toxoplasmosis is very low.
Plus DH2B would absolutely be the one cleaning the litter box then.
Plus they now have a test to find out if you've ever been exposed to it before and if you have I believe you can't get it again.

I've worked in an animal shelter with over 200 cats if I was going to be exposed I probably was.

We keep our litter boxes in a spare bedroom we call the cat room. We have two very large Maine coon kitties(the feral siblings) because of this normal sized litter boxes were not ideal even the XL ones they sell were too small, so we have two low storage totes like for under a bed. They work great and give the cats all the space they need. Each one is about 6" deep and 3' long by 2' wide give or take.

I will never get rid of my cats. I also think that people who get rid of their animals simply BC they're having a baby or any of a host of other excuses(including bc the animal is old and they've gotten a new one) have no business ever having animals. I'm also iffy on whether or not they should have kids too. To me that shows a huge amount of selfishness and they obviously will not raise the children with the respect and understanding of other animals.

For instance if I got pregnant and got rid of my cats right now 2-3 of them would probably never make it out of the shelter. But really the number is much higher than that.
Luna is young but she's not a kitten and she would act fearful in a shelter setting. She is a brown tabby with spots instead of stripes.
Pepper is turning 16 plus she's a little nuts from when my brother and his wife took her for a year. She's a beautiful cat but at her age and being a dark tortie it would be a death sentence.
Fluff and Cissie would probably have the best chance BC of they're beauty and sweet natures but they're not kittens anymore and shelters are over crowded with cats they're 5 I wanna say but I'd have to look the years go by so fast. Fluff is a medium/long haired orange tabby with white feet and white markings on his face chest and belly. Cissie is a brown tabby with lots of white markings including on her face. Her entire chest and belly are white.
Phantom is all black around 70%(I believe that's the number) of all black cats that go into shelters never come out just because of the stigma. By comparison overseas black cats are thought to bring good luck and I even have a friend in Haiti that has two black cats. When I told him how black cats are thought of in the US he was horrified and thought it was ridiculous. This from a man that lives in one of the poorest nations and that has one of the highest numbers of animals sacrifice and voodoo practicing anywhere.

Also with Phantom's scar tissue on his eye some people would be further turned away by it not knowing his story. Despite him being one of the sweetest cats I've ever known. Plus he is a year or two older than Fluff and Cissie. Cats are considered seniors at 6-7 now even though many live well past that with the appropriate care and love.

I'm sure many of you would agree that when you get an animal it's a commitment to the life of that animal. This is how I feel and this is my promise to each of our cats and dogs. They will be with us for the remainder of their lives.

Now onto lighter things before I read today's CL adds that have been posted.

We had a dog when I was growing up we didn't choose him he was abandoned on our little farm before I can remember. He was a purebred(quite nicely bred too) cocker spaniel and we was black as night except for his big chocolate brown eyes. My brothers named him Pretty even though my mother tried to explain that he was a boy. Lol Pretty was a wonderful dog! Gentle and patient with us children he wasn't perfect though. He was highly protective of us me especially and bit a couple of people because of it but he got better with age. He also had a bad habit of chasing cars and got hit three times when we were little despite our best efforts to stop him. Eventually he had to be tied. I should also mention the reason he was abandoned was BC he had seizures. We gave him the pills and he was fine. I know not every dog responds to meds but he did. My father hated animals in the house back then and Pretty wasn't allowed in the house unless he'd been hit by a car, then only for recovery. The cats were also not allowed in the house either unless they were injured.

My Mom was the opposite and I got my love of animals from her. She is also the one who taught me to care for them, including treating the ill and injured and raising the orphaned. My father was under the impression that any cat would destroy and pee all over the house BC Mom and Dad had had a tom cat that wasn't neutered that peed all over. Duh.

Anyway my Dad did eventually begin to soften to animals but never let them in the house. That's the way he was raised. Although he did build an amazing dog house for Pretty I'm sure Pretty just wanted to be with us.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Not really funny, actually somewhat feel bad for her/he's a sweet BF, but more just..... really unique lol

https://boston.craigslist.org/nos/pet/6015853495.html