Conference misery::feline_v1

    Are you sure its the cat?  Have scratch tests done before you
    give up the cat.  It would be a shame to give up such a beauty
    only to find out that its not the cat - or that the allergies
    are controllable with medication.
      My husband and I are both allergic to cats.  (My alergy is
    very mild).  Jack gets along fine by taking his Seldane and
    Slo-bid every day.  It also seems that after years of living
    with them he's become somewhat immune to the allergy.  The
    allergy did become somewhat worse recently with the addition
    of two more cats - bringing the count up to SIX.
      Nancy DC
    

    Just so everyone gets the right idea...a Red Persian is an Orange
    colored cat, the color of the famous "Morris" only with much more hair
    and slightly lighter orange stripes.
    
    cin...who has a "thing" for Red cats, persian or exotic!
    
    

    Gee, I seem to have a 'thing' for red cats, brown and red cats also.
    Only just Exotic or red classic boys!  There is something about
    red or red/brown!!

    
    I'm currently on the Matthew Thornton / Hitchock Clinic health plan.
    Dr. Vore performed scratch tests and the CAT, DOG, HOUSE DUST (minor)
    were positive 1 yr ago.  Back then I was on the Ventolin inhaler
    for 1 - 2 puffs a day.  Now I'm on proventil tabs 2/day and the
    inhaler 2 puffs/weekday and MAXIMUM(2 puffs/4hrs) on weekends.
    
    I've heard of SELDANE and SLO-BID before, thanks for the suggestions.
    I'll see what my doctor has to say on that.
    
    However he said that he has pleanty of medication that he can put
    me on but no matter what he puts me on I won't loose my allergic
    reaction to the cat.  Unfortunately the reaction is ASTHMA which
    is not something I can just wipe my nose about.  He also said that
    I could take shots but the shots are only good for visits of 1-2hrs
    in length not constant exposure.  
    
    If I don't get rid of the cat or divorce my wife my allergy will
    just get worse and worse.  Then I'll start being allergic to other
    things as well.
    
    Ken
    

    Sounds like you're one of those unfortunate folks who are just
    too allergic to tolerate the cat, even with medication.  Well,,
    I'll keep my ears open and see if I can't send someone your
    way.  Have you put up some ads in your local grocery stores?
    I would suggest that you ask some nominal price, say $25 or $30
    for the cat, rather than offering it free.  That way you'll get
    serious folks who have thought about it and are ready to take
    on the work and responsibility associated with owning a persian.
      Good luck.
       Nancy DC
    

    Also, talk to your vet about a new home.  S/he would be a good 
    judge of someone who would be appropriate.
      Nancy DC
    

    I second Nancy's suggestion of an asking price for your cat. You
    would apt to attract more serious adopters rather than perhaps
    someone who just wants a free purebred. nless of course you get
    a solid referral to a home of serious pet owners.
    
    just my two cents :-))
    
    Fran
    

    
    
    	I hope the basenoter doesn't mind my putting this in.
    
    	Pishi has a home!!  A friend of mine who has two persians
    	(one being black Samantha that I had for a time) has a neighbor
    	that wanted a persian.
    	They're picking him up tomorrow!!
    
    	I feel sooo good helping a kitty find a home....
    
    	JJ 
    

    If anyone else is looking for Persians , let me know.  I know
    a breeder that would like lower her number of cats.  There would
    be little or no cost - pretty kitties looking for homes.
    
    Send me mail or give me a buzz.
    
    E.T.

    I can't believe I'm going to ask this (right Roberta?) is there
    a shaded silver or chinchilla?
    
    Looking for instant cat MAX.
    
    Barbara

    Barbara, that was my first thought when I read this note!
    
    Here we go again!!  I'll get the extra bedroom set up for you......
    
    
    --Roberta (who knows that Tim will boot you out with the cats when
               he finds out!!)
    

    Barbara, my friend breeds shaded, smoke, and cameo persians.
    Blue, red, and I don't remember what all else!  They are
    cuties, though.  If you are interested, I will give you
    her number - send me a quick mail.
    
    E.T.

    Barbara,
    
    I have a Silver Tabby Female...Longhaired Exotic (but looks EXACTLY
    like a persian) that may be available sometime before Christmas.  This
    is a kitten, she's 5 weeks old now.  I'm still trying to decide if I
    should keep her or not!!!  If I decide not to keep her, she will be
    available for sale.
    
    cin
    

    What!!!!!!!!  A silver tabby?????????????
    
    No, no, no I don't want to hear about it!!!!!!! ;-) ;-)
    The Inn is Full, The Inn is Full, The Inn is Full........
    
    Mary-Michael, Niniane, Charm, Dream and the "Tabby crew"
    Boogie, Mips and Belle

    Yup, with a beautiful Classic Tabby pattern!!!  She's one very pretty
    girl, even my hubby likes her, and she makes him sneeze!!!  
    
    I'm leaning towards keeping her myself, but I don't have anything to
    breed her to!!!
    
    cin...

    re: 14
    
    Go, M-M, again again keep saying it - say it again!!! or you know
    what will happen!! YOu will need to get a swimming pool!
    
    Boy Cin, you really hit home with M-M - you can't say the S.T. words
    to her or any where near her!
    
    hee hee

    Wait till you see her this weekend, E.T.   And the little Brown Tabby
    and White in Silly's litter....  I'm going to have to check pockets
    before you leave!!!!!
    
    cin...who has a few cuties now.  

    yup, pockets, purses, sacks, and the empty carrier !!  Wait till
    you see the list of things for Lil when she comes to visit.  We
    can't have her uncomfortable, ya know!  Her toys, her mousies,
    her special bowl, her bed, maybe her scratching post. hmm
    what did I forget??

    Elaine, you might think you were sending her to Kitty Prison!!!!
    
    cin...who knows Lil didn't grow up deprived!
    

    No, I know she will be fine, but I just want her to have everything.
    
    Last night she did probably the funniest thing she has ever done yet.
    
    Shel was doing her usual 'hairdresser' routine, making a serious
    mess of my hair, purring so loud in my ear I couldn't fall asleep,
    when for some silly reason I picked my head up , maybe to turn over,
    (how dare I move and disturb her) well, as I picked my head up
    (I'm laughing so hard I can't type) her front feet were still on
    my head and I raised her up with my head so that she was standing
    upright on her back legs with her front paws holding on to a bunch
    of my hair.  She had decided that she just wasn't quite finshed
    with my do, and no matter which way I was going to turn, she
    would just hang on and wait for me to settle down so she could
    finish!
    
    It was dark and I couldn't see her, but I could imaging her standing
    up on her stumpy back legs with a large bunch of hair between her
    front paws - the higher I lifted my head, she still hung on.  It
    was the middle of the night and I just couldn't stop laughing!
    Good thing all the windows were closed.  
    
    Cindy, this cat is really soft as a grape!
    
    E.T._still_yukking!

    
    
    	Speaking of mussing hair....
    
    	Does anyone have a cat that likes to lick or chew on their hair?
    	Sasha does this to me all the time....the only thing I can think
    	of is she likes the smell of the spritz. (it smells like apples)
    	
    	Weird kitty!
    

    Two of my cats will pin my husband down and groom his beard from
    one side of his face to the other.  It is a funny sight, them with
    there paws on his face, maowing at him whenever he tries to move.
    
    Jo

>>>    	Speaking of mussing hair....
    
	Hannah, my flame lynx point, "grooms" my hair every night.  I
	always figured she was showing some "famliness" by grooming me
	and the only place she can find enough fur to groom is on my
	head....she grooms me for a while and then settles in for
	the nightly nap - curled around the top of my head on the
	pillow.

	Of course, that only lasts until Sam comes in and starts a
	game of tag.....    

    Bailey has been known to groom my hair for me to which is quite
    interesting with the perm that I have and the curls going all over.
    
    The one thing she does do as a ritual almost every night that I
    am setting on the sofa watching tv, is to settle herself down on 
    top of the arm I have resting on the sofa arm then proceed to groom 
    the length of my lower arm so that every arm hair is neatly in place.
                
    Jan

Jan,

That's interesting.  Shamus will frequently lick my arms in the morning
after I've applied moisturizer and I had read somewhere (here, I think)
that many moisturizers have some similarity to kitty hormones, so I
assumed that was behind the behavior.  But he gets on these missions
where he will also lick my legs once I get out of the shower and give
me little love bites along the way.  And sometimes he lies in wait for
me to do my back exercises and licks or bites any part of me he can
get his mouth near.  I never thought it might be that he was grooming
me - I always thought he was perverted!  Sort of as if he were the
reincarnation of some of my worst junior high school dates!

Pam

    Pam,
    
    I don't even have to have moisturizer on for Bailey, she'll groom
    me any way.
    
    Amelia is the one who licks my legs after the shower.  She also
    will rub my legs while I'm sitting in the err..umm library.  She 
    rubs my legs back and forth and gives me little love bites.  She 
    always does it very gently but the sharp teeth even touching my 
    legs still makes me jump. 
    
    I think that's a riot...what you said about reminding you of former
    (jr. high school) dates.
    
    Jan

    Mao will groom my eyebrows  - usually when I'm trying to sleep.
    
    We used to have a dog that would groom my mother's legs from ankle
    to knee.  Maybe she was part cat.
      Nancy DC

    This seems to be a habit with cats I think it is comunal grooming.Or
    they are getting their own back and trying to straigten my curls out.I
    am sure they think they are knots.I did have one Chinchilla longhair
    who as soon as I closed my eyes used to lift the eye lids to see if I
    was still there.In desperation if she couldn't lift them she would nip
    the end of my nose.As a piece of valuable research I would like to
    state "If the the end of your nose is nipped however deep the sleep
    they eyelids open automatically." Now think of the millions I have
    saved the country in that research.
    
    Therese