The danger with Allergies is that even the most mild one could someday go overboard without warning, but I’ve seen my symptoms drop considerably just from exposure. Now I just get watery eyes if I don’t wash my hands after a petting session, and touch them. That happens maybe once every few months.
When I first started living with cats I basically had to mainline Benadryl just to stop sneezing. My eyes would get so swollen they’d be nearly closed. It definitely wasn’t pleasant, but at the time the girl was worth it, and now I just love cats too much to live without them.
Fun fact/potential wives tale: Apparently if you raise chickens alongside cats, the chickens will absorb the enzymes in their spit that causes the allergies in humans. Somehow they break them down and the remnants end up in the eggs. Eating those eggs has been known to reduce or even prevent all symptoms of the allergy. Edit: I looked into this further and it’s not eating the eggs yourself that does it, but feeding the eggs to the cats. Apparently the antibodies the chickens create when fed to the cats stop them from making the allergins all together.
I have to ask, how the heck did you end up with a cat in the first place? I, personally, avoid my allergies as hard as I possibly can. Seeing that my friend’s experience is not as unique as I thought it was is really throwing me for a loop
I had never lived with a cat until I was around 20. I met a girl who had 2 cats, and I liked her enough to suffer in the short term. We were together for around 6 years and in that time I fell in love with them. The pros outweigh the cons in my case. You don’t choose what you love.
The danger with Allergies is that even the most mild one could someday go overboard without warning, but I’ve seen my symptoms drop considerably just from exposure. Now I just get watery eyes if I don’t wash my hands after a petting session, and touch them. That happens maybe once every few months.
When I first started living with cats I basically had to mainline Benadryl just to stop sneezing. My eyes would get so swollen they’d be nearly closed. It definitely wasn’t pleasant, but at the time the girl was worth it, and now I just love cats too much to live without them.
Fun fact/potential wives tale: Apparently if you raise chickens alongside cats, the chickens will absorb the enzymes in their spit that causes the allergies in humans. Somehow they break them down and the remnants end up in the eggs.
Eating those eggs has been known to reduce or even prevent all symptoms of the allergy.Edit: I looked into this further and it’s not eating the eggs yourself that does it, but feeding the eggs to the cats. Apparently the antibodies the chickens create when fed to the cats stop them from making the allergins all together.I have to ask, how the heck did you end up with a cat in the first place? I, personally, avoid my allergies as hard as I possibly can. Seeing that my friend’s experience is not as unique as I thought it was is really throwing me for a loop
I had never lived with a cat until I was around 20. I met a girl who had 2 cats, and I liked her enough to suffer in the short term. We were together for around 6 years and in that time I fell in love with them. The pros outweigh the cons in my case. You don’t choose what you love.
Thats twice as cute as what I was expecting, and I was expecting something incredibly cute. You don’t voluntarily suffer through your own body actively trying to kill you for nothing. I wish you and your cats many healthy-ish years together!