Can sleeping with your pet kill you?
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Curling up with your dog or cat at the end of a tough day might not feel so warm and fuzzy after reading this: Allowing your pets to sleep in your bed could actually kill you, according to veterinary scientists. A new study shows that those who sleep with their dogs and cats have a higher chance of contracting parasites or any number of illnesses—including the plague, Aol News reports. Also a no-no, if you want to play it safe: kissing your pets or letting them lick you.
Some disturbing examples: a 9-year-old who got the plague from his cat, a couple who got multiple staph infections from their dog, a woman who got meningitis from kissing her pet’s face, and two people who died after their pets, a cat and dog respectively, licked their open wounds. Why the danger? Fleas are a big reason, as does pets’ tendency to not steer clear of feces or to chomp on rodents and birds. Click for more, including ways you can protect yourself.
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What a about Pokemon cartoons in Japan that gave children seizures? Mother Hen, I don’t want any determined cat to stay off my bed. I can’t understand people who don’t allow their pets on the bed.
I see you didn’t mention all the baby deaths from cats sucking the breath out! (I am ashamed to admit that I have met several adults who actually believed this, and that sleeping with a chihuahua would cure asthma.)
People who let their animals lick their wounds get what they deserve.
But I fail to see how one could prevent a determined cat (who can open doors) from sleeping wherever it chooses. As long as they keep their buttholes off my face, I don’t care.
I’m with you MH! That butthole thing can be irritating.