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I have a mat called bed of nails which are plastic nails that do not penetrate the skin but feel like nails. my cats were all over the plastic nails and mat and im having anxiety where i feel the cats will have tetanus and i will get it from the mat?
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Cannot anticipate a case of tetanus from your mat, infecting your cats, as tetanus is an outside infection, associated with puncture wounds. Classical: the rusty nail in a pasture for cows, or horses.
Answered 4/15/2022
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