^^^ Awwww!! So cute! I just want to snuggle her! What's her name?
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Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ
Getting them in the bath must be a mission!
I'm actually warming to those kitties and they don't weird me out as much anymore.
I'd like to get a cat but everywhere I've moved into over the last 3 or 4 years has had a "No Pets" clause stated in the lease.
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Yeah, bathing them is an ordeal - It's gotten to the point that they've learned that filling the kitchen sink means BATH TIME so they run and hide... Even worse, Leeloo weeps while she's in the water, which makes me feel like I'm torturing her.
We were lucky about the apartment situation - About a year after we moved in, we asked our landlord and he wasn't happy about it, but let us get Ripley... We didn't ask about getting Leeloo; not sure how happy he is about that... heh.
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Originally Posted by cheebacheeba
So, I may be just a tad ahead of myself here guys, but I think I've got the job.
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CONGRATS, Cheebs!!! That's so awesome! What a great first step!!!
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Originally Posted by Scarebaby
Are there any other breeds of cats you can get that are 'anti-allergies'? Or is there only the Sphynx?
A friend of mine is allergic but she has found both dogs and horses that never cause her to break out.
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Like Cheebs said, the Sphynx aren't
exactly non-allergenic... The fact that they do not shed makes it
better for allergy sufferers, but they do still have dander - their skin is oily and their saliva affects people with allergies... When my boyfriend gets licked or scratched by one of them, he swells up a little bit. Fact is, though, since they do require bathing you're washing away the dander, so it makes things a little better. If you bathe them once a week, it would probably not be so bad.
It is said that
Siberian cats and
Abyssinians have dander that is less irritating to allergy-sufferers, but you'd have to spend time with the breed to determine your actual tolerance. So they still have dander, but apparently it bothers people less than that of regular cats.
That being said, do your research - We researched the Sphynx cat breed for quite some time before committing to them. We knew that they weren't completely allergy-free, but they don't bother the boyfriend as much as, say, my mom's cats do (she has two beautiful Maine Coons). Plus, the non-shedding aspect of it is really awesome.