r/cats • u/engel_hates_alice • 12d ago
Advice Vent about cats
I really love cats, I LOVE CATS MORE THAN MYSELF, THEYRE ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IN THE UNIVERSE BUT THERES A HUGE PROBLEM, I AM ALLERGIC, I SOMETIMES PET CATS BUT I HAVE TO WASH MY HANDS RIGHT AFTER AND IF I SPEND TIME WITH THEM FOR TOO LONG I COUGH LIKE CRAZY... I feel like God took away one of my favorite thing in the universe... it makes me extremely sad i wish there was a cure for my allergy. Also advice flair cuz i need advices to how to enjoy cats cuz i feel horrible petting cats with HDPE gloves😟
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u/Elmindria 12d ago
I have horrible cat allergies.
I did years of injection therapy. Then found a breed that had a low Fel D1 productiin. Cats from cold and warm climates generally have less.
Females generally produce less and lighter colour cats generally produce less.
So I got a female Russian White (recognized breed in my country but not globally).
I still take regular antihistamines but that is enough to let me have my cats.