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[–] kadu 74 points 1 year ago (22 children)

A house with cats can smell amazing, but it does require an extra effort into cleaning and extra cash for better litter.

What's physically completely impossible is to have a house without fur. Just learn to live with the fact that there will be fur between your ass cheeks, sandwich, computer, eye balls.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That's the reason I can't have a kitty. Allergic to cat fur for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Its actually a misconception, its not the fur thats causing the allergic reaction, its actually a protein the cats produce that can be found in their saliva. So when they groom themselves, the protein gets onto their fur.

Interesting fact, intact males produce more of this protein compared to female and neutered males.

Also, you can buy certain cat food that will help manage the protein (it doesn't eliminate or stop it being produced, it just deactivates the protein). So thats one possible solution for people with allergies. Though if you're super sensitive, it mightn't help much.

EDIT: here's the source

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Interesting. Why did I become allergic though? I used to not be.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I think most doctors and researchers would love an answer to that question as well - allergies are weird

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That I'm not really sure. I do know however that early exposure (from childhood) to allergens helps prevent allergies from developing later in life.

So people who had a cat when they were a child are much less likely to develop cat allergies when adults, and similarly children who eat nuts are less likely to develop nut allergies

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