Tiger Conjunctivitis: Are cats allergic to humans?

In what has arisen as a supreme irony, it turns out that Tiger may be
allergic to my son's visiting girlfriend, who in turn is allergic to
Louis.

The vet asked what had changed in Tiger's environment before the
outbreak of conjunctivitis. All I could offer at the time is that the
weather had finally turned pleasant in Minnesota, and we'd opened the
windows.

After that, it dawned on me that the other major change was that my
son's girlfriend was visiting from LA (they met on the internet.. very
cool story all on its own.. and she's actually a pretty great person).

When this realization hit, I asked her to refrain from petting Tiger.
Within a day his eye had returned to normal, and the redness had
disappeared.

As a test, today we asked her to cuddle him (not difficult, since he's
a really loving cat). Sure enough, his eye started squinting late this
evening - though we held back from applying the steroid goo.

Maybe it's her shampoo, or pollen carried from southern california,
but it sure seems like there's some correlation between her contact
and Tiger's outbreaks.

How incredibly and sadly ironic.

BLink

Brian Link wrote:
In what has arisen as a supreme irony, it turns out that Tiger may be
allergic to my son's visiting girlfriend, who in turn is allergic to
Louis.

The vet asked what had changed in Tiger's environment before the
outbreak of conjunctivitis. All I could offer at the time is that the
weather had finally turned pleasant in Minnesota, and we'd opened the
windows.

After that, it dawned on me that the other major change was that my
son's girlfriend was visiting from LA (they met on the internet..
very
cool story all on its own.. and she's actually a pretty great
person).

I met DH on the Internet. He searched for "Klingon" and found me.


When this realization hit, I asked her to refrain from petting Tiger.
Within a day his eye had returned to normal, and the redness had
disappeared.

As a test, today we asked her to cuddle him (not difficult, since
he's
a really loving cat). Sure enough, his eye started squinting late
this
evening - though we held back from applying the steroid goo.

Maybe it's her shampoo, or pollen carried from southern california,
but it sure seems like there's some correlation between her contact
and Tiger's outbreaks.

How incredibly and sadly ironic.

BLink

Probably a lotion, shampoo, soap or some other scented product she
uses.

-L.

"Brian Link" wrote in message
...
In what has arisen as a supreme irony, it turns out that Tiger may be
allergic to my son's visiting girlfriend, who in turn is allergic to
Louis.

The vet asked what had changed in Tiger's environment before the
outbreak of conjunctivitis. All I could offer at the time is that the
weather had finally turned pleasant in Minnesota, and we'd opened the
windows.

After that, it dawned on me that the other major change was that my
son's girlfriend was visiting from LA (they met on the internet.. very
cool story all on its own.. and she's actually a pretty great person).

When this realization hit, I asked her to refrain from petting Tiger.
Within a day his eye had returned to normal, and the redness had
disappeared.

As a test, today we asked her to cuddle him (not difficult, since he's
a really loving cat). Sure enough, his eye started squinting late this
evening - though we held back from applying the steroid goo.

Maybe it's her shampoo, or pollen carried from southern california,
but it sure seems like there's some correlation between her contact
and Tiger's outbreaks.

How incredibly and sadly ironic.

BLink

Please try not to unload your Expensive Bengal because he is
inconvenient.

"Brian Link" wrote in message
...
In what has arisen as a supreme irony, it turns out that Tiger may be
allergic to my son's visiting girlfriend, who in turn is allergic to
Louis.

The vet asked what had changed in Tiger's environment before the
outbreak of conjunctivitis. All I could offer at the time is that the
weather had finally turned pleasant in Minnesota, and we'd opened the
windows.

After that, it dawned on me that the other major change was that my
son's girlfriend was visiting from LA (they met on the internet.. very
cool story all on its own.. and she's actually a pretty great person).

When this realization hit, I asked her to refrain from petting Tiger.
Within a day his eye had returned to normal, and the redness had
disappeared.

As a test, today we asked her to cuddle him (not difficult, since he's
a really loving cat). Sure enough, his eye started squinting late this
evening - though we held back from applying the steroid goo.

Maybe it's her shampoo, or pollen carried from southern california,
but it sure seems like there's some correlation between her contact
and Tiger's outbreaks.

How incredibly and sadly ironic.

BLink


Ask the girlfriend to think about *any* products she may be using,
especially scented products -- shampoo, deodorant, perfume, dishsoap, even
laundry detergent (and "drying sheets" such as Bounce). Then she may need
to eliminate them one-by-one to see if any of them cause the allergic
reaction you described. Above all, does she smoke? That is a major
allergen in both cats and humans.

MaryL

in article , Brian Link at
wrote on 3/31/05 12:50AM:

In what has arisen as a supreme irony, it turns out that Tiger may be
allergic to my son's visiting girlfriend, who in turn is allergic to
Louis.

The vet asked what had changed in Tiger's environment before the
outbreak of conjunctivitis. All I could offer at the time is that the
weather had finally turned pleasant in Minnesota, and we'd opened the
windows.

After that, it dawned on me that the other major change was that my
son's girlfriend was visiting from LA (they met on the internet.. very
cool story all on its own.. and she's actually a pretty great person).

When this realization hit, I asked her to refrain from petting Tiger.
Within a day his eye had returned to normal, and the redness had
disappeared.

As a test, today we asked her to cuddle him (not difficult, since he's
a really loving cat). Sure enough, his eye started squinting late this
evening - though we held back from applying the steroid goo.

Maybe it's her shampoo, or pollen carried from southern california,
but it sure seems like there's some correlation between her contact
and Tiger's outbreaks.

How incredibly and sadly ironic.

BLink

Does she wear cologne?

"-L." wrote in message
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Brian Link wrote:
In what has arisen as a supreme irony, it turns out that Tiger may be
allergic to my son's visiting girlfriend, who in turn is allergic to
Louis.

The vet asked what had changed in Tiger's environment before the
outbreak of conjunctivitis. All I could offer at the time is that the
weather had finally turned pleasant in Minnesota, and we'd opened the
windows.

After that, it dawned on me that the other major change was that my
son's girlfriend was visiting from LA (they met on the internet..
very
cool story all on its own.. and she's actually a pretty great
person).

I met DH on the Internet. He searched for "Klingon" and found me.


When this realization hit, I asked her to refrain from petting Tiger.
Within a day his eye had returned to normal, and the redness had
disappeared.

As a test, today we asked her to cuddle him (not difficult, since
he's
a really loving cat). Sure enough, his eye started squinting late
this
evening - though we held back from applying the steroid goo.

Maybe it's her shampoo, or pollen carried from southern california,
but it sure seems like there's some correlation between her contact
and Tiger's outbreaks.

How incredibly and sadly ironic.

BLink

Probably a lotion, shampoo, soap or some other scented product she
uses.

-L.


Laundry detergent maybe?

"Karen" wrote in message
...
in article , Brian Link at
wrote on 3/31/05 12:50AM:

In what has arisen as a supreme irony, it turns out that Tiger may be
allergic to my son's visiting girlfriend, who in turn is allergic to
Louis.

The vet asked what had changed in Tiger's environment before the
outbreak of conjunctivitis. All I could offer at the time is that the
weather had finally turned pleasant in Minnesota, and we'd opened the
windows.

After that, it dawned on me that the other major change was that my
son's girlfriend was visiting from LA (they met on the internet.. very
cool story all on its own.. and she's actually a pretty great person).

When this realization hit, I asked her to refrain from petting Tiger.
Within a day his eye had returned to normal, and the redness had
disappeared.

As a test, today we asked her to cuddle him (not difficult, since he's
a really loving cat). Sure enough, his eye started squinting late this
evening - though we held back from applying the steroid goo.

Maybe it's her shampoo, or pollen carried from southern california,
but it sure seems like there's some correlation between her contact
and Tiger's outbreaks.

How incredibly and sadly ironic.

BLink

Does she wear cologne?

I was thinking along the lines of a scented nail polish or hand cream

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 03:41:58 -0500, "Mary" wrote:


"Brian Link" wrote in message
.. .
In what has arisen as a supreme irony, it turns out that Tiger may be
allergic to my son's visiting girlfriend, who in turn is allergic to
Louis.

The vet asked what had changed in Tiger's environment before the
outbreak of conjunctivitis. All I could offer at the time is that the
weather had finally turned pleasant in Minnesota, and we'd opened the
windows.

After that, it dawned on me that the other major change was that my
son's girlfriend was visiting from LA (they met on the internet.. very
cool story all on its own.. and she's actually a pretty great person).

When this realization hit, I asked her to refrain from petting Tiger.
Within a day his eye had returned to normal, and the redness had
disappeared.

As a test, today we asked her to cuddle him (not difficult, since he's
a really loving cat). Sure enough, his eye started squinting late this
evening - though we held back from applying the steroid goo.

Maybe it's her shampoo, or pollen carried from southern california,
but it sure seems like there's some correlation between her contact
and Tiger's outbreaks.

How incredibly and sadly ironic.

BLink

Please try not to unload your Expensive Bengal because he is
inconvenient.


No chance. He was bought as a companion for Tiger, and has filled that
role beautifully.

Not that you actually care about cats.

Perhaps if I wrote "despite my best efforts to make them enemies,
Louis and Tiger are friends" you would come to my original conclusion.

Sad girl. Do you have health insurance? You know that modern
psychology is quite capable? You just have to ask.

Best of luck in your recovery.

BLink