Cleaning Litter Box Pregnant

Make sure the litter box is cleaned daily and keep your cat indoors.

Cleaning litter box pregnant.

Ask a partner friend or family member to clean the litter box while you are pregnant. And there is a very good reason for that. If a pregnant woman does find it necessary to change a cat litter box she should wear gloves when doing so and wash her hands thoroughly afterward. There you have it you have 48 hours as a pregnant woman to clean out the litter box.

But we can just keep telling our men it s not safe. If you must clean the box yourself wear gloves and then thoroughly wash hands. Toxoplasmosis cysts in the litter box require 48 hours to become infective. Even with a litter scoop it s gross but we love our cats so we do it.

The concern here is toxoplasmosis a parasitic infection that can be transmitted through cat poop such as in kitty litter or outdoor soil where cats have defecated. The likelihood of getting sick after cleaning your cat s litter box is very small. It s a popular myth that pregnant women will contract a disease or harm their baby if they continue to clean their pet s litter box but in reality more people contract toxoplasmosis from mishandling and eating raw meat than cleaning kitty s throne. Pregnant women are often told that they should not clean out a cat s litter box when trying to conceive as well as once the pregnancy has been confirmed.

It is for the health and wellbeing of the mother as well as for her unborn baby.