Cat Allergies question

[timmie23]

Hi Everyone,

My girlfriend is allergic to cats.
She really wants to get a little kitten, but it is just too hard on her allergies when she is around one.

Anyone here had any of these injections that I've heard about to help with the allergies?

Thanks in advance

 

[Kornhub]

I heard that you eventually get use to the cat but only your cat? Just sounds like a bad idea man.

 

[timmie23]

I heard that you eventually get use to the cat but only your cat? Just sounds like a bad idea man.

We had cats for about 2 years. Used to live in a town house, but she had to use her inhaler often.
When we moved to a flat, we gave the cats to her parents.
Now when we go visit them, she still has a bit of allergies when around them.
But she'd love to have a kitten now again, so it's why we're trying to get some info from other people who might have used these "vaccines" before.
Don't want to just take a doctor's word for it.

 

[Kornhub]

I have never heard of these vaccines but as a cat allergy sufferer I would be strongly against this. Rather get a puppy

 

[timmie23]

I have never heard of these vaccines but as a cat allergy sufferer I would be strongly against this. Rather get a puppy

We're cat lovers. They have been around for quite a while. You normally go and get a shot every 6 months or so. Hope someone else has

 

[isie]

Hi Everyone,

My girlfriend is allergic to cats.
She really wants to get a little kitten, but it is just too hard on her allergies when she is around one.

Anyone here had any of these injections that I've heard about to help with the allergies?

Thanks in advance

No injection that i know of but I used to be Alergic to cats, and when we got one my alergies flared up badly, but after a while i guess i developed a resistance.

Maybe go to a doctor to get Cylestemine of something like that.

 

[JasonK]

Try a siberian cat, they produce noticely less of the protein that we are actually allergic to in their saliva. I am 'deathly' allergic to cats, so went to the cattery and did the test (locked me in a closed car with some kittens) and got no reaction! siberians are mountain cats, and have dog like tendancies like playing fetch...

The cattery I went to had been breeding siberians for 25 years and said that 95% of their customers were people with allergies, and in that time he could count on one hand the number of people who were actually allergic to them.

 

[timmie23]

Try a siberian cat, they produce noticely less of the protein that we are actually allergic to in their saliva. I am 'deathly' allergic to cats, so went to the cattery and did the test (locked me in a closed car with some kittens) and got no reaction! siberians are mountain cats, and have dog like tendancies like playing fetch...

The cattery I went to had been breeding siberians for 25 years and said that 95% of their customers were people with allergies, and in that time he could count on one hand the number of people who were actually allergic to them.

This sounds like a lead I am willing to follow. Anywhere you can recommend to get a kitten?

 

[Fudzy]

http://www.catster.com/cat-breeds/hypoallergenic-cat-breeds

I'd love to have a Devon Rex, my complex rules say no though

 

[Mila]

It's called celesto and works. Or drink a texa everyday. I have three cats.
Bath the at. It helps.

 

[Mila]

Oh and it's not the hair that makes you sneeze , you will likely be more alergic to hairless cats.

 

[isie]

Oh and it's not the hair that makes you sneeze , you will likely be more alergic to hairless cats.

Its some enzyme in their saliva that we allergic to

 

[rubytox]

Its some enzyme in their saliva that we allergic to

Could the cat's diet contribute to allergies? I've heard some people say that they get hay-fever when their cats eats 'wet' food, as in tins of food.

 

[ChilliGirl]

Why not get a sphynx?

 

[Fudzy]

Could the cat's diet contribute to allergies? I've heard some people say that they get hay-fever when their cats eats 'wet' food, as in tins of food.

It could be linked to masticating.

 

[Kornhub]

I even put a tent up in the lounge when visiting my ex girlfriends mom Still got allergies badly from the cats. Allergex is just a waste.

 

[Seriously]

I even put a tent up in the lounge when visiting my ex girlfriends mom Still got allergies badly from the cats. Allergex is just a waste.

Why are you visiting you ex's mom?

 

[Kornhub]

Why are you visiting you ex's mom?

We went together to visit her mom

 

[Glammy]

Apparently bathing the cat can help. Yes this sounds crazy, but if you start them as kittens they get used to the idea of getting bathed.

Googled and found this, which is what I think OP is looking for:

If you're truly committed to keeping your cat, you may want to consider immunotherapy. Popularly known as "allergy shots," this treatment involves a series of injections with the allergen that's troubling you. The process takes up to five years, though, and early on requires that you visit the allergist every two weeks.

While it doesn't work for everyone, immunotherapy can wipe out some people's allergy symptoms completely.

 

[rubytox]

Is it really worth going through all that just to have a cat? In the end she/you may end up resenting the cat?