Cat hair

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I have also posted thus in the pets section but interested in expert cleaning hacks si coming on here too!

My DD is mildly allergic to our cats. One of them moults quite a lot.

I try and keep up with brushing and hoovering and we keep the cats out of her room as much as we can.

In the summer DD takes anti histamine for hay-fever which helps with the symptoms but I'd like to get on top of the fur this autumn.

The cats aren't keen on being brushed but if you have any recommendations for ways to easily reduce the fur situation I would love to hear them. I'm looking at air filters but dont want to spend loads of money and find it doesn't do the job.

Obviously the cats are here to stay and we have another 4 years before DD goes to uni so hopefully we can make it a bit more comfortable for her.

What does your DD think about having to live with an unnecessary health condition? Why are the cats obviously going to stay? Why haven't you already rehomed them?

Said as a cat owner and a mum

Its an extremely mild reaction - she sneezes basically. If one of the cats has snuck into her room and slept on her bed she has hay-fever type symptoms such as a blocked nose. Mostly she is fine if I keep on top of the carpets and changing the beds.

She loves the cats. I have talked about re-homing them but she is against it. She's lived around cats all her life and not had a problem until one of our current ones who is extremely fluffy.

People are allergic to the dander rather than the hair, so you could try to make sure the cats skin is as moisturised as possible with oil supplements and topical sprays. An oil supplement made a huge huge difference to my old puss’s dandruff.

Air filters do work and running clothes/bedding through the tumble dryer on cold for ten minutes removes any stuck on hairs through static.

Other than that, damp dusting and keeping her bedroom door closed covers pretty much everything for a mild allergy.

She can carry on taking the anti histamine year round, they aren’t dangerous. How long have you had the “new” cat, she may take a while to adjust to it allergy wise but people often do. A friend is allergic to our cat but not the ones he lives with.

I was hoping that she'd get used to it but it's been 2 years. Its taken us ages to realise its the cat she's reacting to because she's never had this problem before. I might speak to the pharmacist about the best type of anti-histamine for year round use.