Hello new here and have questions (LCMV)

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Hi all,
Glad to join you all :)
I own 5 piggies and have been a g.pig owner for 29 years!
I have recently been hearing about how on the rare occasion, that guinea pigs and other pet rodents can catch a virus called LCMV or Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus. It is more common in wild mice.
Anyway, apparently if a pregnant woman catches this virus, it can cause serious damage in her developing fetus.
I am hoping to become pregnant but don't want to re-home my piggies unless absolutely necessary. :-\
Does anyone know anything about this?
I have owned them for over a year now.
Would it be o k if my husband cleaned the pigs, so that I avoid their poop and urine.
Thanks for any help,
GiGi
 
Firstly let me welcome you to the forum from us in OZ :) (Australia)

Gosh i've no idea, have you tried googling it and doing some research??
Unfortunately Mary who's our medical whiz has gone to bed by now, but she'll be back on tomorrow. Hopefully somebody else might be able to help you O0

Hope you enjoy being on here and we hope to hear more about you and your piggies :smitten: :smitten:
 
Hi Gigi,
Blimey I've never heard of piggies being a problem for pregnant ladies.. :o

Maybe its something we should look into!
In themeantime yeah, ask your OH to clean them out! ;)
 
Welcome to the forum :) We have a couple of pregnant ladies on here looking after piggies at the moment but i suppose its best to somehow find out if the piggies have the virus before tending to them :-\ would they show symptoms? x
 
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