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We have a friend who is allergic to cats and especially our British Domestic Longhair. Within the hour he'd have runny eyes, breathing difficulties etc etc. However, recently his family bought a Ragdoll. It was expensive but it is hypoallergenic and he is fine with it
Has anyone got experience of living with a cat whilst being allergic?
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My mum had been very allergic to cats all her life but decided to get one when my dad was still alive (he'd wanted to have a cat all his life but hadn't - kind of dying wish/companion for his last few months thing). She used petal cleanse for the first few months of the cat living in the house with them but now a few years later she and the cat are living in purrfect harmony without using the stuff and with no allergic issues. She grew out of her allergy in her 60s!
Ours is nearly 17 years old, pretty much an indoor cat and deaf as a post. I suspect there is a bit of dementia in there too.
I used to date a girl who had a cat. I only stayed at her house once and ended up leaving at 4am with breathing difficulties after waking up to find my windpipe had reduced to the size of a minor blood vessel.
Cats 1 Gatsby 0
And so your deep-rooted hatred begins...
See how great they are, if anyone down south wants a set ours come fully ready for civilised living. Brother and sister, Rigsby and Margot, impossible to photograph as they're both black.
We've kind of lost interest in them.., 😕
Cats 1 Gatsby 0And so your deep-rooted hatred begins...
Probably best I keep the current score to myself :p
I used to date a girl who had a cat. I only stayed at her house once and ended up leaving at 4am with breathing difficulties after waking up to find my windpipe had reduced to the size of a minor blood vessel.I couldn't spend more than a few minutes in this girl's company without sneezing uncontrollably, wheezing like a 40-a-day smoker and suffering prickly, burning eyes.
We tried antihistamines (supposedly non-drowsy) and I spent about a month in a vacant haze before I realised that this was probably a common ploy used by this girl to stop men getting bored with her. She was a divorced primary school teacher.
Up to 30% of the population are allergic to cats, so getting a cat is a great way to alienate yourself from a large portion of society. An even bigger chunk of the general populace like to hear occasional sounds of birdsong too, and getting a cat is basically depriving all the children of the sound of baby robins.
So if you want to turn yourself into a lonely, single, friendless person that smells of catpiss and is hated by most of the population, get a cat!
Wow just wow. Allergies can reduce or disappear in time once living with the animal. My mum used to be allergic to dogs but grew out of it once she rescued one!
Has anyone got experience of living with a cat whilst being allergic?
Some breeds are less likely to cause a reaction, Devon Rex etc
[url= http://www.petmd.com/cat/wellness/evr_ct_hypoallergenic_cat_breeds ]http://www.petmd.com/cat/wellness/evr_ct_hypoallergenic_cat_breeds[/url]
Allergies can reduce or disappear in time once living with the animal. My mum used to be allergic to dogs but grew out of it once she rescued one!
Utter codswallop.
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Want!
Utter codswallop.
Not only do you sound like a twunt, you also appear to be a clueless twunt!
Utter codswallop.
Nope. You're wrong.
People can become used to whatever is causing the allergy and adapt.
[url= http://time.com/4096795/dog-asthma-risk-children/ ]High profile 2015 study on how having contact with animals as a child reduces asthma.[/url]
[url= http://www.livescience.com/49638-peanut-allergy-treatment-probiotics.html ]Recent work on peanut allergies where people are cured by giving them small, but increasing, amounts of peanut protein to cure them.[/url]
This is just a couple of studies. Plenty of anecdotal evidence out there showing exactly the above kind of adaption.
I think your ex girlfriend's cat did her a favour!
Cats: The scourge of modern society; latch-key lovers for divorced primary school teachers and other lonely spinsters who purr over their little surrogates on those long and lonesome nights before turfing them out to wreak havoc whilst they're at work
i own a cat and pretty much agree with this. i took pity on it after being forced to live outside for 5 weeks by building work. we returned. its rightful owners returned and it was being quite nice. Now its back to its whingy noisy irritating scratchy basterd ways.
Has anyone got experience of living with a cat whilst being allergic?
My wife is allergic to cats, she builds up a tolerance and isn't cuddly with them and remembers to wash her hands if she has been.
Of course she suffers for a couple of days when she's been away for a week or so.
That primary school teacher must love her cat for saving her from Gatsby.
No Hugo, I'm afraid you're wrong. Very wrong.
You first link is nothing whatsoever to do with adults with cat allergies, it's to do with children growing up with asthma. So let's just park that one shall we?
Your second one is about allergy experts using very accurate microdoses and sensitive monitoring equipment to treat allergies to a protein found in peanuts.
Sadly, you clearly don't understand allergies. Most people with cat allergies suffer from a gE/histamine mediated type 1 hypersensitivity reaction due to cat dander contacting the mucus membranes of the upper respiratory tract.
If you can find a way of controlling (and monitoring) how much dander one can absorb in a room full of cats, you're a far greater scientist than any I've ever come across!
I trust my 7ft boa constrictor more than the cat. It's a devious ginger prick.
breathing difficulties after waking up to find my windpipe had reduced to the size of a minor blood vessel.
asthma
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[i]a respiratory condition marked by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing. It usually results from an allergic reaction or other forms of hypersensitivity.[/i]
Looks about as un-parked as your previous relationship!!!
Has anyone got experience of living with a cat whilst being allergic?
Yes. Mrs_oab was mildly allergic. It was only when cat moved on to another house (long story) that we realised the daily grind of snot, glands and red eyes was due to the cat. I wouldn't go there again personally.
Looks about as un-parked as your previous relationship!!!
Oh, I do apologise! What I'll do is go back in time - to my childhood - come and find you, with your magical mystery dander-dosing techniques, and we'll take it from there shall we? 🙄
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Oh, I do apologise! What I'll do is go back in time - to my childhood - come and find you, with your magical mystery dander-dosing techniques, and we'll take it from there shall we?
You are making it sound like he was hoping to find you a cure. Not sure that was his intension tbh 😉
p.s. My sister is a big cheese clinical scientist with a PHD in immunology. She said you don't know what you are talking about and are typing drivel. And she doesn't even like cats (mildly allergic to them ironically)!!!!
You rang your sister to ask about a post on an internet forum?
You rang your sister to ask about a post on an internet forum?
No, copied and pasted the salient bit into an already open email - the response was ...'wtf - is this GCSE shit again?' I'm taking that as not altogether positive.
I asked my cat to take an expert look at the thread, and he's not impressed by the turn it's taken.
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No, copied and pasted the salient bit into an already open email
That's no better Convert... 🙄
Perhaps, if you've got any more "already open emails" on the go, can you ask her, in her esteemed capacity as a "big cheese clinical whatever", why it takes 3-5 years and 100s of injections for immunotherapy to occasionally work, and yet, as Hugo proudly proclaims, if you pick up a stray from the rescue centre, you'll be cured in minutes!
martinhutch - you sir, are a star.
Perhaps, if you've got any more "already open emails" on the go, can you ask her, in her esteemed capacity as a "big cheese clinical whatever", why it takes 3-5 years and 100s of injections for immunotherapy to occasionally work, and yet, as Hugo proudly proclaims, if you pick up a stray from the rescue centre, you'll be cured in minutes!
Next time I email, I'll be sure to ask - just for you 😉
It could just be cats hate you as much as you hate them....
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It could just be cats hate you as much as you hate them....
So, cats have the ability to inflict allergic reactions on people they don't like? Interesting... Let me know what your sister makes of that little theory... 🙄
24 Hours in A and E,Channel 4 tonight features a lady who has been attacked by her pussy, and got an infection.
The best thing about cats is that when they want feeding, instead of barking and whining like dogs, they just stalk you with a you're-being-shit-owner-sort-your-act-out look....
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They shouldn't be allowed to eat bubble gum