Subscriber email: Reducing dander in cats by premium cat food and new cat litter
Contributor: Tara P.
Just read your email, and have to concur on the premium natural cat foods. I have nine cats, 2 of [...]
Better cat food, less cat dander?
Contributor: Roberta Newman
Dear Mercia,
Thanks for your article on cat allergies. I have 3 cats of my own and fortunately, am not (very) allergic to them. But plenty of my friends [...]
Hypoallergenic Cats
Contributor: Kit
Dear Mercia,
I’d like to put up a link from website about Siberian cats to your page about living with cats at allergy buyers club. May I?
I am trying to keep as [...]
Cat Odors
From: Sherri
Mercia, I have a small apartment – very open – and have just "adopted" a second cat. The odor of the litter itself is overwhelming to me (even the clean litter and [...]
Q & A. How to visit relatives when they have cats and you have allergies.
Q. Mercia — I am allergic to cats. I do not own a cat, but my sister and several of my [...]
Cat Allergies Study
Contributors: Dennis R. Ownby, M.D.; Christine Cole Johnson, Ph.D; Edward L. Peterson Ph.D.
Exposure to Dogs and Cats in the First Year of Life and Risk of Allergic Sensitization at 6 to 7 Years [...]
Cat Allergies – Tips and Advice
1. Use a HEPA Air Purifier
To have an allergic reaction, the cat dander needs to be airborne and you need to breathe it in. Since cat allergen is [...]
Cat Allergies and How to Live with Cats Revisited
Naturally, if we were sane and rational about our allergies, we would stay away from anything that makes us sick. Many of us, however, are not sane [...]
Cat Allergies Product Solution Chart, Pollen and Hayfever Product Solution Charts
For those of you who called and asked us for our "best picks" of products for dealing with cat allergies and spring pollen and hayfever [...]
Hypoallergenic Cats on the Way
If you haven’t heard hypoallergenic cats are on the way. There is a company trying to get venture funding to complete its research. The plan is to sell only neutered cats [...]