what if you were dating someone allergic to cats?
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Cat peed in Pygmy Date Palm pot
Comments (2)I know the feeling.My cat did the same thing to one of my 15gal.Pindo palm.The fronds started turning brown all of a sudden,I didn't know what was happening to it.I smelled a strong odor of cat pea coming from the pot.Within two weeks it killed two fronds on it.Two more fronds started turning the next week.I took it out of the pot and threw away the potting soil and washed the roots off of all soil.I re potted it with new potting soil and now its doing fine.I put mine in a room where my cat cant get to it.Cat or dog urine will kill a potted plant real quick.You might could sprinkle some cayenne pepper in the top of the pot.It wouldn't take but one time for him or her to jump in it and smell the pepper.If you think that's to harsh you could always try black pepper.You could always try a wire mesh,cats don't like to walk on it.Hope this helps. Randy...See MoreCat allergic to 'normal' cat food!
Comments (4)"...... tumours or growths in his mouth that have to be treated with expensive medicine....." Are these "tumours" resolved with the medicine? Are they eosinophillic plaques? That could be an auto-immune thing and not necessarily food related. Maybe best to get another veterinarian's opinion about this cat's health. Someone who does Internal Medicine or a Dermatologist who would do specifics for allergy testing....See MoreMy cat is highly allergic, help!!
Comments (8)What flea control product are your cats on, and how often do you apply it? You almost NEVER see fleas on a cat, even if they are infested, because they scratch them off or chew them off so quickly. But it's still enough to cause severe allergies. The cheapest and easiest way to rule out flea allergies is to do maintain absolute flea control. You could also manage the cat with cyclosporin instead of steroids. Much less long term side effects, such as making your cat diabetic. Allergy testing is available, but the cat must be off steroids for several weeks. It is expensive at $120, then if you start immunotherapy shots the medication is $120 for about 6 months worth. Not all cats respond to the immunotherapy, but you have to keep it up for a year before deciding that your pet didn't respond. If you aren't going to do immunotherapy there is really no reason to do allergy testing. Allergy testing does not test for food allergies, and you can't control environmental allergens, so there really isn't a point if you aren't going to use the immunotherapy. The only way to test for food allergies to do a strict limited ingredient trial. Your cat cannot have eaten ANY ingredients in the new food ever before, or the diet trial will not work. It doesn't have to be a prescription diet, but if there is any possibility that your cat could eat another non-food-trial food, then the food trial won't work. Either have to feed all the cats the same diet, or somehow restrict the allergic cat from getting to any other food. I would also consider that your cat has something else besides allergies, or in addition to allergies, causing him not to respond well to the cortisone. Until you find a vet willing to put in the time and effort to properly diagnose your cat, it is going to be impossible to get him treated. Good luck....See MoreCats left in house after showing while we were on vacation...
Comments (24)A number of years ago, something similar happened in an office I worked in. The people left town without letting the agency know (this was before scheduling companies). They had 2 indoor cats & they had had a big dog, but it had...something. died, kid took it to his new place, something. In-house agent shows the house one day & there's the cutest little dust mop of a dog inside, friendly as all get out, bouncing off the walls, wagging, etc. Cats are under the bed. Agent notices the water bowl is empty, so she fills it & writes owners a note, something like: "Congratulations on your new dog! showed house, filled water bowl, picked up pillows off floor." Homeowner returns, flies into a rage, demands agency pay for the damage caused by... somebody else's dog. That's right. The dog was a "neighborhood" dog, & of course after this nobody was claiming it. Broker declined, said homeowner hadn't even told her they were going out of town, & agent did not let the dog in. There was no way to find out who had let the dog in. Homeowner said her insurance company told her "they're gonna make you pay for it", especially since agent had written a note "admitting" that the dog was in the house. Broker contacts liability carrier who says: no dice. Brokerage had no way of knowing that a dog inside the house was not the homeowner's dog. Adjuster said it would have been worse had the dog belonged there & the agent had let it out. What you have to do, I think, is communicate *everything*, even if it seems like you're overcommunicating. Tell agent you're going out of town, post placards on doors ("Dog in backyard is friendly but jumps on people" etc). & realize that sometimes stuff just happens, & nobody's going to pay you for it. The cats walked in like they lived there. The dog walked in (probably) like it lived there. Everybody lived over it. & we did sell that house....See MoreUser
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