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When I first came down with cat skin allergies, it was a major drag. You see, most people who are allergic to cats simply do their best to avoid felines from then on, but I did not have the option. We had a senior cat and we were very much attached to her, so adopting her out was just not a possibility. Even if we had wanted to, it would have been cruel to do. She had been a good pet and member of the family for all of her life. I had to figure out a different way to treat my cat skin allergies.

The ironic thing about it was that she was actually a cat with skin allergies. Although many people don’t realize it, allergies are almost as common among pets as they are among humans. Pets, of course, can’t complain when they are allergic, so they often go undetected. Nonetheless, they can be a major source of discomfort for your average animal companion. When she had had her own cat skin allergies years before, it had been an expensive ordeal. We had to take her to several different veterinarians before we were finally able to unravel the problem. The problem was that she couldn’t complain. We had to watch her carefully for the excessive scratching she had been doing. When she finally stopped scratching her skin bare, we knew that the cat skin allergy treatment had had an effect.

In my case, it was a little bit easier to treat my allergic problem. Although some allergy treatments can take up to a month to get started, there is always a definite timeframe. You can tell whether they are working or not and, if they don’t work, try something else. I would say that within two to six weeks, my cat skin allergies started to make a little bit of improvement. It took about a whole month, however, before I really started to feel better. It was a full two months before the cat skin allergies were gone altogether.

There are many different cat skin allergy treatments. In my case, I used a combination of different resources. I started off with antihistamines to take the edge off the allergic reaction in the short term, and confined the cat to one room for the first few weeks while keeping the rest of the house dander free. Meanwhile, I was taking allergy shots which can take a while to build up. Once they started to work, I was able to gradually ease off the antihistamines and let Pepper (my cat) roam more freely. It really took awhile, but it was definitely worth the wait. Nowadays, I’m cat skin allergy free, and enjoying the company of my Pepper as much as ever.

Till next time …