Oh, my! H1N1 from humans to cats.

Suddenly, without warning, Bruce exclaimed (11/7/2009 12:32 PM):
On Nov 6, 2:39 pm, jmc wrote:
Suddenly, without warning, dgk exclaimed (11/6/2009 9:32 AM):



On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:43:27 -0500, jmc
wrote:
Suddenly, without warning, AZ Nomad exclaimed (11/4/2009 10:08 PM):
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:46:32 -0500, jmc wrote:
Just saw this in a different ng:
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IdphNews...E90B3-4667-496...
This is worrisome - not just that our cats can get it, but that it's
continuing to mutate to be able to infect new species.
And now I have to worry about my 13 year old cat getting sick if I do.
As if there wasn't enough hysteria.
one cat with h1n1 in the entire country.
household got over it just like everybody else does 99.99% of the time.
Your chance of catching it and giving it to your cat are about the same
as a piano falling on your yead. Actually, a lot less.
Watch out!
::looks up:: No piano... yet. Will keep an eye out though.
That's one *documented* case. Doesn't mean there aren't others out
there. We don't really know yet if H1N1 is harder on cats than people -
it's harder on kids than adults, so yes I worry a bit, but with the flus
running rampant through my workplace, I'm already taking precautions.
jmc
It's a flu. I had a flu a few weeks back - sore throat, high fever,
felt crappy for two weeks. Was it H1N1? Who knows? Mostly you get
sick, you get better. The ones who die probably have some other
underlying problem.
I don't worry about me - I'm healthy, and not in the high risk groups.
I worry about me giving it to Meep, who's 13 and not in perfect health.

jmc

H1N1 is killing quite a few humans in MileHigh, some of whom had no
idea
they had any "underrlying problems" and yes, here as well, so far the
vaccine
is being withheld except for certain categories of humans. There is no
vaccine
for cats for this flu, so I suggest you quit worrying and keep your
old lady cat
away from anyone visiting your house who even looks like they have a
runny
nose....or worse. As for the piano......your chances of it landing on
you outweigh
old lady cat's chances by far. If you are not a pregnant female nor a
medical
worker I think you should chill.

ha. Well, maybe it came out like that here, but I'm hardly excited
about the thing. If I get the flu, I get it. I wash my hands before
petting my "old lady cat"(she'd like that description, I think), stay
home, drink hot tea and take Vitamin C. May have already had it in
fact, was fluey for a day, gave it the Treatment and was fine by the
next morning.

jmc

On Nov 7, 2:01*pm, jmc wrote:
Suddenly, without warning, Bruce exclaimed (11/7/2009 12:32 PM):



On Nov 6, 2:39 pm, jmc wrote:
Suddenly, without warning, dgk exclaimed (11/6/2009 9:32 AM):

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:43:27 -0500, jmc
wrote:
Suddenly, without warning, AZ Nomad exclaimed (11/4/2009 10:08 PM):
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:46:32 -0500, jmc wrote:
Just saw this in a different ng:
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IdphNews...E90B3-4667-496...
This is worrisome - not just that our cats can get it, but that it's
continuing to mutate to be able to infect new species.
And now I have to worry about my 13 year old cat getting sick if I do.
As if there wasn't enough hysteria.
one cat with h1n1 in the entire country.
household got over it just like everybody else does 99.99% of the time.
Your chance of catching it and giving it to your cat are about the same
as a piano falling on your yead. *Actually, a lot less.
Watch out!
::looks up:: *No piano... yet. *Will keep an eye out though.
That's one *documented* case. *Doesn't mean there aren't others out
there. *We don't really know yet if H1N1 is harder on cats than people -
it's harder on kids than adults, so yes I worry a bit, but with the flus
running rampant through my workplace, I'm already taking precautions..
jmc
It's a flu. I had a flu a few weeks back - sore throat, high fever,
felt crappy for two weeks. Was it H1N1? Who knows? Mostly you get
sick, you get better. The ones who die probably have some other
underlying problem.
I don't worry about me - I'm healthy, and not in the high risk groups.
I worry about me giving it to Meep, who's 13 and not in perfect health..

jmc

H1N1 is killing quite a few humans in MileHigh, some of whom had no
idea
they had any "underrlying problems" and yes, here as well, so far the
vaccine
is being withheld except for certain categories of humans. There is no
vaccine
for cats for this flu, so I suggest you quit worrying and keep your
old lady cat
away from anyone visiting your house who even looks like they have a
runny
nose....or worse. As for the piano......your chances of it landing on
you outweigh
old lady cat's chances by far. If you are not a pregnant female nor a
medical
worker I think you should chill.

ha. *Well, maybe it came out like that here, but I'm hardly excited
about the thing. *If I get the flu, I get it. *I wash my hands before
petting my "old lady cat"(she'd like that description, I think), stay
home, drink hot tea and take Vitamin C. *May have already had it in
fact, was fluey for a day, gave it the Treatment and was fine by the
next morning.

jmc

Who knows what it was you had. I have relative here same thing had flu
symptoms for a week, I was taking care of his daughter all week while
he didn't work in food service, and neither she nor I caught anything
then.
Give the old lady cat a big love from me...all the strays and
throwaways
I took in through the years were never kittens, always more on the NOT
young side agewise. They left sooner but at least till they did, lived
safe happy lives indoors with me and their peers. I have no dogs.

"Bruce" wrote in message
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Give the old lady cat a big love from me...all the strays and
throwaways
I took in through the years were never kittens, always more on the NOT
young side agewise. They left sooner but at least till they did, lived
safe happy lives indoors with me and their peers. I have no dogs.


That's very nice of you to take in the older cats few people would want to
adopt. I've taken in a few older strays over the years, but given a choice,
I'd rather start out with kittens.