Help!

[velvetpage]

My sister's boss decided to surprise her two young kids with a kitten. Within twenty-four hours everyone except the person who brought it home was swelling, sneezing, and showing other signs of serious allergies. Alanna started calling around, and can't find anyone to take this kitten. It's at her house right now, but she had discussed it with her husband and he didn't want a cat yet, so it can't stay there.

Anyone in the Hamilton area need a cute female tabby, six weeks old (I think) with all the usual shots for her age?

I'll talk to my sister and then post on thesteeldonut to see what we can drum up. I do not want to leave him with my dad, who neglects his own cats quite badly, but if we can't find anyone else she may end up there.

Comments

[purplkat.livejournal.com]

I guess there's no chance you could take her? ;)

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Nope. My husband is allergic, and I'm not that good at cleaning up after myself. I don't want to clean up after a pet, and I shouldn't be cleaning kitty litter at the moment anyway, so our house is a no-go.

I'm one of those people who likes other people's cats. :)

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

What's worse is that, from what I've read, a cat's allergy-making-ness gets worse when they are fully matured. Often people who didn't react to a kitten will find they are reacting when the kitten becomes a cat.

On the other hand, spaying/neutering decreases the amount of allergens, so that's something. In the meantime, I hear this stuff called "allerclean" or "allerpet" or something like that works WONDERS.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Well, from what I heard, the little girl was so allergic her eyes were almost swollen shut, and the cat was in the house a little more than twelve hours, so they can't keep it.

Are you interested?

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

Poor little pusscat.

'Tis a problem I hope for all your sakes you find a solution for....

My main problem isn't the cat but the little jumpin', bitin' varmints that live on them.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Well, that and the fact that there's an ocean between you and the kitten. . . :)

If you keep the cat indoors, it rarely gets fleas, and there are medications you can give it to prevent it getting them from any other unwanted guests in your home. So far, of course, she's been an indoor cat, and she seems absolutely perfectly healthy.

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

Ol' Mottley (who occupies the Chair of applied idleness and any other chair he takes a shine to)is an indoor cat...but we suspect a neighbour whose cat isn't an indoor cat sometimes brings a few freeloaders over.
Sure cure for fleas...SELLOTAPE! you feel that itchy sensation and see HisNibs gorging himself on one of your limbs, a quick application of SELLOTAPE stops him jumping away...fold over and watch them waste away at your leisure! Or squeeze for.....

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

I think in Canada it's called Scotch Tape. But I get the idea. :)