Comments on Profile Post by penguins

I've found my cat allergy to be very random at about 50/50. Haven't noticed it being unique to the type of cat (although I am less allergic to Siberians + few others), the gender, or anything else. Have even been allergic to one sibling cat and not the other. Only consistency is being allergic to the same cat.

In my personal experience, longer the hair, more likely/strong the allergic reaction.

The origin of the allergy are proteins that cats spread in their saliva. So self cleaning frequency, thoroughness, timing, in home movements, and hair length could all be factors as those proteins will transfer to various surfaces.

Presumably the sibling cats shared the same environment, did you share that environment for long? What informed you as to one being worse than the other?

Don't forget the fat ratio of the cat...I have this one fat cat in my house where the plan it make it a Tuesday Dinner.

@BenjaminBore is spot on. Various breeds secret different levels of this protein. My wife and daughter are ridiculously allergic to cats but my daughter desperately wanted one. We found a breed, Siberian, that naturally has exceptionally low amounts of this protein and we have had a cat going on 5 years now without any issues

I'm pretty sure I will have a Siberian too someday. The most amusing cats along with being less allergenic.

It's meeting other cats that I wonder about. Example with sibling cats - went over to a friends, one of the cats was out beside me on the couch for an hour without issue. Then the other cat comes out and within 5 minutes I'm getting noticeable allergy symptoms.