This second point really surprised me. I’ve had 5 indoor cats over the course of more than 20 years and cleaned all of their litter boxes. All were adopted as

This second point really surprised me. I’ve had 5 indoor cats over the course of more than 20 years and cleaned all of their litter boxes. All were adopted as stray kittens, so presumably they spent some time outdoors. And yet I tested negative for toxoplasmosis. As I understand it, you basically have to ingest the stool of a cat who recently hunted a rodent with the disease. If your cat stays indoors and you wash your hands after cleaning the litter box, that’s unlikely. In fact, you’re more likely to get it from gardening because cats will pee in the soil and you’re probably more likely to touch your face if you have touched soil than if you’ve just cleaned a litter box.