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My family is very sad about this, but we must find new homes for our
cats. My wife has developed allergies, that over the lastg three
years have become so severe she is now on asthma medication.

We can't bear the thought of our 'children' being euthanised at a
local shelter. We found a no-kill shelter (The Northeast Tennessee
Animal League), but it is beyond full, and the people who run it have
no suggestions as to where else we might turn.

Our cats are all adults - two males and a female - all spayed and
neutered. They are six, nine and ten years old and free of disease.
The female cat spends most of her time outside and is a first rate
hunter of rodents and birds. The two males lead a more leisurely
life, mostly indoors.

We live in Southwest Virginia, not far from the Tennessee border. If
you can provide a good, loving home or have advice, please let us
know.

Thanks.


Before you do that, please consider an electrostatic air conditioner filter
(assuming you have central air). My parents had one built into their
furnace/AC unit. It was permanent and was washed "in place" by simply
having a bottle of soap attached to the unit and then pressing a button once
a month to start the wash cycle. It was expensive but *very* effective. My
brother-in-law was very allergic to cats. He loved them but would start
wheezing within minutes of entering our house. Then my parents had the
filter installed (but without telling him). The next time he visited, he
had been there for nearly an hour when he suddenly said, "Hey, I haven't
coughed even once." I don't remember the name of the company, but I did a
search and came up with this system:
http://www.garbes.com/filter/filter1.html

As I said, their built-in permanent filter was expensive. When I bought my
first house, I opted for a much less expensive arrangement. I bought the
type of electrostatic filter that needs to be replaced, taken outside once a
month and spray with water. When dry, reinstall it. I don't think it was
quite as effective, but it was very good -- and for a fraction of the cost.
Here are some examples:
http://www.airfactor.com/
http://www.allergystore.com/acfilter.htm

MaryL