We got our new kitten, Mogley about 5 weeks ago. This Wed. night my partner started breaking out in hives all over her feet. She went to the Dr and got some cream to put on but it's still so itchy and painful she was up in the middle of the night and she's going back to the Dr again today for it. She did some looking online and found similar stories to her from people with cat allergies so has come to her own conclusion that it may be an allergy to Mogley. Does this make sense to anyone else? She wasn't allergic to our previous cat and why would it take over a month for her to start showing a reaction to the new cat? Not to sound insensitive to her discomfort, but that Dr. better find something that helps her cuz Mogley's not going anywhere that's for sure. She also found an article that says:
Researchers studying ways to reduce cat allergenicity found some cats consistently shed lower levels of allergen. Unfortunately, there's no practical way to identify these "hypoallergenic" cats in advance. But an even more important allergy predictor is hormones. It turns out male cats shed substantially greater amounts of allergen than females. A neutered male, on the other hand, sheds significantly less.The reason why people can acquire a new pet and not experience any of these symptoms until much later is due to the time required to produce these antibodies. It can take anywhere from three weeks to three years for the body to build up enough of the exact same antibody so that an allergen can cross-link two identical antigens. This cross-linkage is the signal to mast cells to spill their contents, resulting in typical allergy symptoms. Have your pet spayed or neutered. It has been found that the sebum produced by a cat is highest in unaltered males and lowest in altered males. Having the cat neutered can help reduce this production. Have someone else vacuum the house.
Well Mogley is at his "spa" day today actually and I do the vacuuming so I hope this problem doesn't persist.
Thanks for listening, err, reading.
