Bad allergy news

[J's crew]

Have you tried everything else, first? (Weekly baths, or every two weeks.. removing carpets.. getting a GOOD vacuum/ionic breeze/anything else that will reduce the dust, dander, and hair.. locking them out of the bedrooms... etc?)

Please don't give up hope immediately.. it's very hard to rehome older cats.

Agreed. Rehoming an animal should be the LAST thing you do. Animals are not disposable, sometimes when you have a pet you need to make sacrifices. If your hubby has had allergies for awhile and just got around to getting an allergy test it must not be too terribly bad????

 

[Dizzy]

I have been allergic to my parents cats for years, and i just have to make do!!!

When I 1st moved back here it would cause me to wheeze, be breathless - asthmatic reaction - I was on antihistamines and a salbutumol inhalor.

It was a nightmare - but the cats going wasn't even a thought in anyone's head.

I have to say - 18 months down the line and these symptoms are no longer there.

Obviously if I have been touching their cats, I wash my hands - if I touched my face my eyes would swell up.

But I agree - if the allergies are BEYOND liveable, then rehoming may be the only option, but if they are liveable - just make sure you hoover regularly, don't let them in the bedroom and make sure hubby has little contact.

I wouldn't rehome a pet unless I had some kind of SERIOUS allergy which was making life a misery.

Obviously - it is YOUR choice and YOUR cats though - so do what you have to do, and do it well!

 

[Gempress]

Hubby doesn't want to get rid of the cats any more than I do. We're going to try allergy shots and see if that helps. But if we can't manage it, we'll rehome the cats. Here's hoping that works.

 

[Renee750il]

Gem, years ago when I was 16 an allergist told me I was allergic to mold, certain pollens, ad nauseum, you know the drill . . . and dogs. Yah. Right. We'd just moved to Tennessee and suddenly I was allergic to dogs - having slept with a dog on my bed since before I turned 4 with never so much as a sniffle or an itch.

You see how that turned out