My hopes to finally own a cat have been dashed.

Random woe is me rant:

So, I've been cat crazy all my life. I love the furry little buggers. The problem when I was growing up was that my mother is extremely allergic to cats. But she knew how I loved them and every year or two we would get a cat with the hopes that a new system would keep the dander from bothering mom. One year it was a new shampoo that was suppose to lower a kitty's dander output. But everything we tried failed and every cat had to be given away.

When I went to college I lived in a sorority....no cats allowed. When I got married and moved into my husband's apartment....no cats allowed in the complex.

This December we are moving cities because my husband got a job. I figured that at long last we could find a place that would allow cats and I would finally have my own fur baby! Hazzah!

To make a long story short...our search for a home to rent was a bumpy one and the house we finally ended up with doesn't allow cats. *sigh*

So I call you out DU! Show me your furry ones! It's the closest I am going to get for another few years.
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maybe the landlord will reconsider when he sees what great tenants you are.
and the cornish rex i posted are wonderful, low dander kitties. i get no reaction at all from them, and they are like cashmere.
good luck!


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I myself am not allergic to cats but your low dander kitties look gorgeous!

and they are warm, always purring and very soft. hard not to love.
and they do not shed a whisker. it's been amazing.
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They're a little bigger now ... but they sure are cuties! :loveya:







Edit: Oops! Meant to post this under the OP.:blush:

I consider kitties to be one of life's essentials on par with food, water, and oxygen. So it's not fair that you're not allowed to have one!

:loveya:

They're gorgeous Airmensmom!

Sabrina and Sophie are flirting with you. :loveya:

I'm sorry you can't have a kitty. They make life better. :hug:

Okay, the nose stripe is different. Still -- it's uncanny!

(have we compared these kitties before? my memory sucks)

You have gorgeous cats. :hi:

Don't remember comparing kitties with you before. But I have a memory like a sieve myself. :shrug:

Thanks. :blush: Your kitty is a real looker, too. :loveya:

day. :hug:

:loveya: He looks very manly. :loveya:

manly. He's a smart cat. But I'll get 'im.

so he needs a little snipping, does he? I think you can borrow a trap from a local rescue place. Is he too smart for that?

:blush:

We do a little TNR. He is too smart.

I have been trying to get to a point where I can pick him up, but even when i get there, I will have to use leather gauntlets and a leather apron so I don't wind up in emergency. Hopefully before spring comes the deed will be done. Wish me luck!

I know that's disappointing. At least this is somewhat temporary, and not an allergy in the family. You'll have a cat someday :)

I put it in the wrong place ... didn't want you to miss those little cuties. :loveya:

Are you getting a good fix of kitties yet?

just look at all those beautiful babies :loveya:

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A house just isn't complete without a ball of fur lying around the place, reminding you nonchalantly who is really in charge.

I totally agree. Here's one just for you. :hug:

That gorgeous red fur is amazing. What breed is that?

Yes, he is gorgeous. The fur color is actually called Ruddy. His mother, Sabrina, is in some of the pics above. He's a real sweetheart ... and a pill! Just now he was shoving things off the coffee table to get attention.
:loveya:

My little buddies:

They are WAY cute! :loveya: Do they have names?

Althea is like my bed warmer, she'll crawl under the covers and sleep in the small of my back or the hollow of my chest (depends on what side I'm laying on when she decides to snuggle). Quinn just remains aloof and surveys the whole thing. He also likes to perch on my desk and snooze while I work :P

I love bed warmers! None of ours do that -- they like to sleep between our legs.

HAHA! Satchmo likes to sleep on my laptop when I'm not using it. He started up 10 new messages one time and turned on the sound. :rofl: Guess we have "office cats." :D

the Grateful Dead tune :P

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:P

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Jerry Lewis?

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Is that Quinn? He's one of my favorite kitties on DU!

but then again, I'm biased :P

I'm also a big Oberon fan. Where the heck is Lorien with her Obie and Puck pictures? :)

Quinn is just strikingly handsome :P

Althea still has a very kitten-like face, and when she looks very contented and relaxed, you'd think she was still the little tiny thing she was when she first came to me :)

My mom's big chunk-style cat.



My spooky cat, Pugsley. (No relation between this one and the one above--they don't even live in the same state!)

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reminds me of my Aunt's former cat. His name was Buckwheat, only he was MUCH bigger than your kitty. Buckwheat was so loveably chunky that he could only walk a few feet without taking rest. :D

What a cutie! He doesn't look too happy to be having his picture taken though. :)

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He's ours.

Here's our friend Boots, who has taken to dropping by daily now:




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I can't see Dino. :(

By the way...I'm actually allergic to cats too. I take Benadryl, which helps some.

but if I become that way I will keep the benedryl in mind. :hi:

I was just thinking about it when you described your mom. :)

Her allergy was pretty severe. Strangest thing though....when she had a hysterectomy her allergy became less severe and my parents now own a cat.

edit:spelling

Sounds like it may have been hormone-related?

:shrug:

Teddy and Milo (and DU)

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