jessica
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The last time I was pregnant my mother in law drove me nuts because of my chinchilla. Telling me I shouldn't have one or handle it because they are like filthy city sewer rats full of diseases and that it could harm the baby. Well now that we are expecting again she's getting all worked up again. :hair: I've explained over and over that a single chinchilla that has been living in my house with no exposure to any other animals and doesn't have any health problems is not going to make me or anyone sick. I have told her over and over that my chinchilla does NOT have anything that is going to make me sick. She even mentioned handling the poops and pee saturated shavings during cage cleanings and how it could give me Salmonella. Marble doesn't have Salmonella to give me and if he did he'd be very sick. Plus I don't even touch the dirty shavings or poop it's all vacuumed with a shopvac and I use gloves and a mask to keep from inhaling the dust because that does irritate my sinuses and throat. Ugh talking to her is a waste. My son was fine and so will my new baby.