Are dogs and cats carriers? Other pets? What about domestic animals and wild animals? (Page 2): I read that they can't pass it to us. I hope not because I have one that's constantly in...

Tug484

Lt. Rob Polans ret. wrote:

My cats never go outside and we don't open the windows. I've thought about it, but there's no way possible. Well there is a way, when we take the garbage out, but we always use hand sanitizer. So we're good. I do know what you mean though. There are a few outside cats we've stopped feeding for now.

I read that they can't pass it to us.
I hope not because I have one that's constantly in my face.

Lt. Rob Polans ret.

woodguru wrote:

Right there...wrong, people who get that this is serious are not doing fist bumps, or letting someone pet their dogs either...this is the difference between people, the divide.

Fist bumps will also spread it if you are infected. Foot or elbow bumps I just tell whoever to say "I'm not shaking hands these days."

Lt. Rob Polans ret.

Tug484 wrote:

I read that they can't pass it to us.
I hope not because I have one that's constantly in my face.

Me too, my black and white, Squirrely.

Tug484

Lt. Rob Polans ret. wrote:

Me too, my black and white, Squirrely.

I looked at this dog as a puppy and thought that's going to be a goofy dog, so I gave the name Calhoun after a poor boy I went to school with for 12 years. The poor guy could not read.
Very nice boy and grew up handsome, but I felt sorry for him when he had to read.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Tug484 wrote:

I looked at this dog as a puppy and thought that's going to be a goofy dog, so I gave the name Calhoun after a poor boy I went to school with for 12 years. The poor guy could not read.
Very nice boy and grew up handsome, but I felt sorry for him when he had to read.

John C.?

Tug484

dtucker300 wrote:

John C.?

No Carl.
Everybody liked him and I was surprised he didn't become a boxer.
Once the weather was bad in 6th grade, so they let us in an empty room to box and he was good.
I decided I wanted to try it so me and a couple more girls boxed, too.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Tug484 wrote:

No Carl.
Everybody liked him and I was surprised he didn't become a boxer.
Once the weather was bad in 6th grade, so they let us in an empty room to box and he was good.
I decided I wanted to try it so me and a couple more girls boxed, too.

Good for you! Girls should learn self-defense at a young age.

Tug484

dtucker300 wrote:

Good for you! Girls should learn self-defense at a young age.

I was the first one to step up and two more followed.
It was fun.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Tug484 wrote:

I was the first one to step up and two more followed.
It was fun.

I sure hope they gave you protective sparring gear. Helmet and all.

Tug484

dtucker300 wrote:

I sure hope they gave you protective sparring gear. Helmet and all.

No. We just duked it out.
My son rode bulls. Then all of a sudden, it's protective vests and helmets.
I wore his gear to a Halloween party one night and those vests are annoying.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Tug484 wrote:

No. We just duked it out.
My son rode bulls. Then all of a sudden, it's protective vests and helmets.
I wore his gear to a Halloween party one night and those vests are annoying.

With gloves, naturally? Could you see anyone doing this today? It was common, from teachers, coaches, scout leaders, when I was growing up. Today, not a chance with all the snowflakes who give awards for participation in everything but won't let children out on the playground for fear they might hurt themselves or someone else and don't want the liability. The are no more park merry-go-rounds, monkey bars, etc to play on.
No more dodgeball. Sheesh!

Tug484

dtucker300 wrote:

With gloves, naturally? Could you see anyone doing this today? It was common, from teachers, coaches, scout leaders, when I was growing up. Today, not a chance with all the snowflakes who give awards for participation in everything but won't let children out on the playground for fear they might hurt themselves or someone else and don't want the liability. The are no more park merry-go-rounds, monkey bars, etc to play on.
No more dodgeball. Sheesh!

Yes, we had gloves.
Today we'd be taken to the office for a paddling and don't you dare be eating a candy cigarette.
I h**e that everybody gets a trophy.
That doesn't prepare them for the real world.
In third grade, we weren't allowed to play on the playground because there were too many kids in school.
We all brought our roller skates and skated on the sidewalk.
We couldn't do that now.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Tug484 wrote:

Yes, we had gloves.
Today we'd be taken to the office for a paddling and don't you dare be eating a candy cigarette.
I h**e that everybody gets a trophy.
That doesn't prepare them for the real world.
In third grade, we weren't allowed to play on the playground because there were too many kids in school.
We all brought our roller skates and skated on the sidewalk.
We couldn't do that now.

They have taken away from the kids anything that used to be fun. One group responsible is the liberal helicopter soccer moms who want to over-protect their precious snowflakes, and they've convinced everyone else to do the same.

Tug484

dtucker300 wrote:

They have taken away from the kids anything that used to be fun. One group responsible is the liberal helicopter soccer moms who want to over-protect their precious snowflakes, and they've convinced everyone else to do the same.

Very true.

GmanTerry

LogicallyRight wrote:

I don't have the answers, It is just something I am looking at in a logical manner.

From what I've read, dogs can't get the Kung Flu. But the Carona V***s can settle on various types of services for various lengths of time. You walk your dog. You meet another dog walker. Fist bumps. Then pet each others dogs. Is it in the fur from the last person that pet it. What about the i***ts that let dogs lick them everywhere, hands, faces, etc. It doesn't die immediately after touching the dogs fur, or saliva. In normal situations I find that d********g. People allow their dogs, cats too, to just climb up on their chairs, couches, beds, etc. They sleep with them. Then they go there, and maybe their guests too, if they actually allow anyone into their home now. All t***smission points. And cats walking on tables were food is served, and kitchen counters. D********g. Food is prepared there and their cats could be carrying the v***s there after sitting in another carriers lap or licking them. People are stuck at home and they, many, treat their pets as their own babies or little children with them in their lap all day, licking them constantly. Beware, they could be carriers. I always wash my hands after touching someone else's animal, and I wouldn't even allow it now.

I think my birds are a lot safer, and contact is less. Just feeding and cleaning and then washing my hands. Always do it anyway.

Reptiles? It won't die on their skin right away. Might last for hours.

Live stock on the farm. Probably a lot safer. We don't pet them and let them lick us anywhere near as much as cats and dogs. And then. maybe once a day at feeding time or such.

I've read where it might be a real problem with the lowland gorilla in the wilds in Africa. They can get infected like humans. One infection could lead to 500 gorillas dying in pain in the wild. There are only 1000 left now. And that goes for those in Zoos. I'm sure they are doing their best to isolate them and treat them as humanly, that is like a vulnerable human, as possible.

Just some thoughts. Where are you on this? What do you think now? Any ideas?

I don't have the answers, It is just something I a... (show quote)

Here is a story from Belgium. A cat has it. https://nypost.com/2020/03/27/first-known-cat-infected-with-c****av***s-reported-in-belgium/

A cat in Belgian has tested positive for the c****av***s after catching the potentially deadly bug from an infected owner, officials said Friday.

The sick pet in Liège tested positive after showing classic symptoms of C****-** — including difficulty breathing — a week after its owner first fell sick, health officials told a press conference, the Brussels Times reports.

While it is the first known infection of a cat, two dogs in Hong Kong have previously tested positive — with the first, a 17-year-old Pomeranian, dying after returning home from quarantine.

“The cat had diarrhea, kept vomiting and had breathing difficulties. The researchers found the v***s in the cat’s feces,” professor Steven Van Gucht said Friday, according to the outlet.

No information was given on the conditions of either the cat or its owner, the Brussels Times said.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization insists that there is “no evidence that a dog, cat or any pet can t***smit C****-**” to humans.

Van Gucht also stressed that the Liège case appeared to be the owner getting her pet sick.

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“We want to stress that this is an isolated case,” he said, according to the Belgian newspaper. “The risk of animal-to-human t***smission is very small.”

Belgium’s National Council for Animal Protection (CNPA) also told the paper that there is no known threat from pets.

“Animals are not vectors of the epidemic, so there is no reason to abandon your animal,” the agency said — while advising owners to “not rub their nose against their pets.”

As well as the cat, 7,284 people have been confirmed infected with c****av***s in Belgium, with almost 300 deaths, officials also said at the press conference.

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