lil ole torie asked:


My friend is coming over and she is allergic to dogs and cats. I have 4 cats, who mostly stay in the basment, and a dog who is all over the place. any suggestions on what I should do? I need ideas on how to clean carpets and beds and such.

Texas Chick asked:


It all started on our trip where my toddler and our dog were confined together in a small car. Now everytime she enters his room she breaks out in horrible hives and her face swells pretty bad. I had to take her in several times now for epi-shots and she’s on Benadryl plus Orapred.

The rash goes away after we leave the house and spend time somewhere else. It’s not our home though that makes her sick because she has the same problem in other buildings too.

I still nurse her and thought it’s my diet but I cut out possible culprit foods and nothing helped.

Her hives start around her eyes and arm pits. From there it spreads to her chest, trunk, back and neck.
After a while her upper lip gets really thick. So weird.

We’re waiting for the allergy blood tests to come back.
Oh and it’s not the detergent (I think so). We also don’t give her any fragranced stuff or colored candy.

Am I alone with this?

CuJo asked:


What sort of pet (besides fish) would be good for an allergy sufferer. Cats are the worse causes in this case.