How can I take care a cat if i have allergy to a cat?

Question

When I take care a cat my eyes become watery, my nose become congested, my ears itchy. my throat itchy and hoarseness, i have cough and shortness of breath. my skin develop itchy rashes

Answer 1

A shovel and deep hole... that would take care of it

Answer 2

There are some things you can do to reduce the symptoms, but they will never go away completely. The most important thing is to keep the cat out of your bed, even better to keep the cat out of the bedroom all the time. If you don't have outside allergies, it's best to keep the cat outdoors. Leather furniture and floors free of carpets help to reduce symptoms since the dander and saliva can't be ground into the floors and furniture. Never, ever groom a cat! While tending a cat, you need to take a good antihistamine containing a decongestant, like Benadryl or Actifed.

Answer 3

Okay sweetie, here's what I did so I could keep visiting my family and live in a place where there are cats. My allergist prescribed me Claritin (loratidine) to go along with my inhalers and Patanol eye drops to be used once daily, and also an allergy shot. Now I'm fine around cats. But for what it's worth, get a female cat instead, coz they are less on the allergies than a male cat. Male cats have more dander and whatnot.

Answer 4

I am allergic to cats too. My family had a cat when we lived in Calif where I was born and we had no problems but then we moved to Cinti, OH while I was still a kid and I and one of my sisters became allergic to cats. Cinti is a bad area for the respiratory system.
One time I moved in with a roommate that had a cat and I had heard of someone cleaning their cat with a liquid as another poster here suggested, so I asked the roommate to do this who was happy to. I am severely allergic too but I was able to play with the cat and everything. My sister had visited when I lived there and she had no problem with the cat either.
I'm not sure what it's called but your vet or a pet store will probably know.

Answer 5

I have 2 cats. The female sheds a lot and makes my allergies act up. The male is long haired and doesn't shed and doesn't cause me any problems. I think he is one of those cats with different enzymes in his saliva.

I have bad allergies to cats., too, but nothing like yours. It helps if you brush you cat every day and wipe it with a liquid they sell at the pet store. If there is someone else in your home who can do this that would be better.

It is the saliva that is bad for you. Cats lick themselves a lot so the saliva gets on their fur.

With allergies as bad as yours, check with the pet store about the best product to get the saliva off of the cat's fur. Also, don't let your cat lick you.

Check with your doctor about the shortness of breath. It could be asthma. I was told to get rid of my cats, but they are part of the family and I love them, so I take asthma medicine. I won't get another cat when these die, but I also won't get rid of them.

If it is a matter of life and death and you have to part with your cat, there are places like Dream Power that can help find a good home for it. They are a no-kill organization.

Good luck.

Answer 6

Hrmm- With all that, you SHOULDN'T be trying to take care of a cat: Some other family member should.

But if you live alone, or if the kids aren't old enough yet, you'll probably want to see an allergist about shots to lessen the symptoms.

Good luck.

Answer 7

My stepmom is allergic and we have 2 cats, slowly get used to them, it will take a while though, and use like tylenol or other allegy type meds to help with it, it should work.

Answer 8

Use long tongs. Use a broom to stroke it, they like that anyway lol

Answer 9

shave it?