- Allergies to Cats
Allergies to Cats and Kittens
Iâm sure that Tigger was often allergic to me. If I was spending money on him, that was fine. If I was feeding him, that was fine, if I was making him comfy and tickling him under his chin, that was fine but if I expected him to show me any affection he had this allergy towards me. Remember, cats donât have owners, cats own humans.
One of the problems is that many humans who are owned by cats have allergies to them. This happened with Tigger and my wife who I originally got Tigger for but he adopted me remember and became my owner.
It wasnât long after we had brought Tigger home that my wife developed a wheeziness when breathing. She went to see the doctor and after a quick examination he asked if we had a cat. That was it, he then explained about the skin of cats and how they shed particles of dead skin constantly, (as do humans), but my wife was breathing this in. It caused her to have to use an inhaler to help her breathing.
So what is it, well cats shed their dead skin and this gets into furniture, carpets and our bedding. When we walk through it, it stirs itself up as tiny dust particles and if a person is allergic to cats it gets breathed in and causes problems for humans. All cats produce this and not only is it found in dead skin but oil producing glands on the cat produce a protein allergen which causes the problem. Its worse in male cats but females and cats which have been neutered are not as bad as an unspeyed male cat.
What can you do about it. Well you could get rid of your cat but I donât hold with that but it may be best for you but make sure you re-home your cat to a good home where it will be well loved. You could just accept you will have to use medication for the rest of your cats life or you could try a simple remedy. You may find that your breathing is worse when you lay down in bed and sleep with your cat. If this is the case try banishing your cat from his bedroom. Take control again. It wont be nice as your cat will keep meowing outside his room and scratching at the door trying to get in but this does work and after a few weeks heâll be happy to sleep elsewhere. Try getting your cat its own bed and put this somewhere away from your bedroom. You have to be tough with this and if you have slept with your cat it is hard but you have to remember your health is important. Your cat wont be bothered about your health but you need to be.
Donât think about this, just do it. Its better that having to re-home your cat as just think of the distress it will go through not seeing you again and having to adapt to a new family.
Your cat is very important but so is your health. Just remember this information should you need to even though it may not be nice to hear. Your cat is important but so are others in the house. How your cat reacts to others in your family is also important.
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