"TypicalGirl" wrote in message
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Wondering if anyone out there has some suggestions for us.
My brother and his wife recently rescued 2 abandoned kittens. My bro is a
real kitty guy and a great pet owner, but he has always had asthma. He had
a fairly severe attack the other night and had to go to the ER. The doctor
was pretty adamant about him getting rid of the kittens. Cautioned him
that
Asthma attacks are *serious* and that he could die from one (which sent
his
new bride into a panic). Of course Tony wants to try to keep the kittens.
I told him about AllerPet, but does anyone have any other suggestions for
him?
I would love to see him be able to keep the kitties, but not if it puts
him
in danger!
Also, he's new to the area (moved to Kansas City from Pheonix, Az) and its
ragweed season now. Could it be the ragweed instead of the kittens? He
only
had a few sniffles here at our place a couple weeks ago, and we have 4
dogs
and (yikes!) 6 kitties.


Unless the doctor tested him and he showed a positive reaction to cats,
there is nothing to say he is actually allergic to them. Bloody doctors get
me raging mad when they blithely tell a pet owner to get rid of their pet
even though the poor animal may not be actually causing the problem.I used
to be severely asthmatic. Even life threatening on occasions, and I have
always had lots of animals around me. My asthma was not animal related
though. I was allergic to dust mite and some pollens. I simply made sure my
home was as dust free as I could make it, and used antihistamies in summer.
Before you get rid of the cats, go to an allergist and get tested first.
Even if he is mildly allergic to cats, he will develop a tolerance to his
own 2 in time as long as he makes sure to get used to them gradually.


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