Oh so sorry to hear this news about your BIL What a shock to your sister..........
BUT I am (((((((happy)))))))) to hear you did what I have been debating to do, get a kitty. I am a definite cat person and live 6 miles from the Sherwood Cat Shelter...... I am sooooooooooooooooooooo tempted to go out there My sister thinks I ought to volunteer for awhile as awhile back I had dander issues...........
BTW am afraid also due to the probability of coming home with more than one. :-/
Thanks! I'm sure it hasn't all really hit her yet.
And yes - I am also super happy I got the kitty. The big shelter here is full of volunteers. They all looked like they really enjoyed their jobs, plus I knew I picked a good cat when they were all commenting on how friendly she was and liked to spend time with her. Luckily no issues with dander yet for me, fingers crossed. :)
Also, one is definitely enough for me!! When I was thinking it over, people kept saying I needed to get two so they would be friends. Took me a year to decide on just one! No thanks! ;)
".....people kept saying I needed to get two so they would be friends."
((((NODS))))))what's strange about that is NONE of them have more than one.
I am so tempted. I had a cat when I was stationed in San Diego and never had dander issues, but when I got another one when I was living in Sacramento it was terrible. I guess I could spend some time volunteering, even though the cat shelter has told me I can bring it back I could NOT do that. It is not like a tv or something inanimate.
"even though the cat shelter has told me I can bring it back I could NOT do that."
I hear ya! When I took her in for a first vet check-up, it looked like she might have bigger problems (she's already cost me a pretty penny getting her teeth fixed). When telling my mom, she said: can't you just take her back to the shelter?
Um. NO! I felt like explaining that's what I signed on for when I adopted her, but realized it didn't matter. I just said I'd see it through even if it was to make her more comfortable for however long.
Thank you so much for validating my feeling about 'returning' I guess it is either volunteer there for awhile explaining why I want to do that first, or be tested for cat dander I don't want to bring one home and then have allergies as I did with the other one. It was just terrible. My friend takes shots to keep her cats. I will not do that.
"I guess it is either volunteer there for awhile explaining why I want to do that first"
Sounds like a good plan. Hopefully that will help you figure out if you can stand the dander for only a short period of time, or if the cat in Sacramento was a fluke situation and it's not a problem. Better than shots and allergy testing! Good luck!
What a shock to your sister..........
BUT I am (((((((happy)))))))) to hear you did what I have been debating to do, get a kitty.
I am a definite cat person and live 6 miles from the Sherwood Cat Shelter......
I am sooooooooooooooooooooo tempted to go out there
My sister thinks I ought to volunteer for awhile as awhile back I had dander issues...........
BTW am afraid also due to the probability of coming home with more than one.
:-/
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And yes - I am also super happy I got the kitty. The big shelter here is full of volunteers. They all looked like they really enjoyed their jobs, plus I knew I picked a good cat when they were all commenting on how friendly she was and liked to spend time with her. Luckily no issues with dander yet for me, fingers crossed. :)
Also, one is definitely enough for me!! When I was thinking it over, people kept saying I needed to get two so they would be friends. Took me a year to decide on just one! No thanks! ;)
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((((NODS))))))what's strange about that is NONE of them have more than one.
I am so tempted.
I had a cat when I was stationed in San Diego and never had dander issues, but when I got another one when I was living in Sacramento it was terrible.
I guess I could spend some time volunteering, even though the cat shelter has told me I can bring it back
I could NOT do that. It is not like a tv or something inanimate.
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I could NOT do that."
I hear ya! When I took her in for a first vet check-up, it looked like she might have bigger problems (she's already cost me a pretty penny getting her teeth fixed). When telling my mom, she said: can't you just take her back to the shelter?
Um. NO! I felt like explaining that's what I signed on for when I adopted her, but realized it didn't matter. I just said I'd see it through even if it was to make her more comfortable for however long.
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I guess it is either volunteer there for awhile explaining why
I want to do that first, or be tested for cat dander
I don't want to bring one home and then have allergies as I did with the other one.
It was just terrible.
My friend takes shots to keep her cats. I will not do that.
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I want to do that first"
Sounds like a good plan. Hopefully that will help you figure out if you can stand the dander for only a short period of time, or if the cat in Sacramento was a fluke situation and it's not a problem. Better than shots and allergy testing! Good luck!
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