Is feline hepatitis contagious to humans or my cat at home?

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I hope you can help me, I'm house sitting at the moment 3 dogs, 2 cats, one of which just got over Feline Hepatitis, the other of which now has it - I have a cat of my own, and I was wondering of the risk of contracting it myself / giving it to my cat at home? I got scratched by the ill cat this morning while giving it medicine. Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 1 year and 7 months old

Dr. B. DVM, DACVIM (Oncology) · Accepted Answer

Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! I will assume when you say feline hepatitis that these cats are being treated for non specific inflammation of the liver (or cholangiohepatitis). As many things can cause this it is a little challenging to know how to completely answer this question. With that being said, most cats with this syndrome have inflammation that may or may not be associated with a bacterial infection. And often there is no infectious agent that has been diagnosed. I am assuming your kitty is not staying in the same home. If so, the risk of you giving anything to your kitty is low, especially if you are washing your hands after handling the affected kittys/litterbox waste. For yourself, i would just either wear gloves when handling the litterbox waste or do not directly handle with bare hands, and then wash your hands after handling waste and the kitties. It is a little challenging to know fully about risk so i think what would make you feel better is to get a little more information from the pet owner about the diagnosis. I hope this helps!

Is feline hepatitis contagious to humans or my cat at home?

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