Finally caved to the inevitable and asked Melbourne Animal Rescue to find a new foster carer for Tammy kitten after having her here for 15 months. I'll be heartbroken to see her go but my not-technically-allergies mast cell condition is getting worse and worse and worse and I can feel myself reacting to her every time she comes close :(
I was doing pretty well at pretending the cat hair wasn't affecting me until yesterday when I brushed her a bit of cat hair got on my doona cover and then later on when I lay down I got very reactive straight away ... and when I turned the doona upside down so the cat hair wasn't right near me it cleared up. I knew I was reacting always *when* I brushed her but that's only once per day ... this was really clearly a reaction just to having the cat hair near me!
Taking this many drugs for it and not actually removing her from my house is not working anyway, even if it *was* sensible to be doing it.
Here's hoping that somebody miraculously wants to adopt her in the nekt week or so ... http://www.petrescue.com.au/listings/148771 please share her listing around if you know people who live in Melbourne, Australia!
I'll keep my other cat Anekin as he is a short haired Burmese and does not shed neaaaarly as much as darling Tammy. Hopefully that'll be enough to settle things down for now.. Fingers crossed!
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I was doing pretty well at pretending the cat hair wasn't affecting me until yesterday when I brushed her a bit of cat hair got on my doona cover and then later on when I lay down I got very reactive straight away ... and when I turned the doona upside down so the cat hair wasn't right near me it cleared up. I knew I was reacting always *when* I brushed her but that's only once per day ... this was really clearly a reaction just to having the cat hair near me!
Taking this many drugs for it and not actually removing her from my house is not working anyway, even if it *was* sensible to be doing it.
Here's hoping that somebody miraculously wants to adopt her in the nekt week or so ... http://www.petrescue.com.au/listings/148771 please share her listing around if you know people who live in Melbourne, Australia!
I'll keep my other cat Anekin as he is a short haired Burmese and does not shed neaaaarly as much as darling Tammy. Hopefully that'll be enough to settle things down for now.. Fingers crossed!
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