Seeking Advice on Finding My 13 Year Old Cat a Good Home.

Ouch. That must be painful! Isn't 13 years a long life for a cat?

There are several different shelters that are home shelters by people who care not to take the cats to human society. Please don't do that they will put anything over 5 years old asleep and the reason is because there is such a large number of cats. Take and put an add in the paper and or stick a picture up in the area with sell or find a good home for. Put some fliers at your vet would be a great thing too. Good Luck! If I come across anyone I know I will let you know. I am interested and thinking about getting rid of my two cats too.

I don't have your answer but my very-experienced cat-loving friend has told me that she rubs down her cat daily with a towel soaked in warm water (wrung out), which removes some of the hair and dander. Then the cat licks herself which removes more of it. She does this because she's allergic to the cat but has decided to keep her. Perhaps this will help in the meantime. Good luck!

go to craigslist.org

and post your cat..

maybe someone wants a free cat.

especilly if you include all the accessories.. litter box... food... etc..

Hi B.,

DON'T list your cat on Craigslist, please. They don't recommend that you do, either, because of all the people taking the animals to use for testing and stuff. Call the vet about the drops like Crystal suggested. I don't know what they're called either, unfortunately, but your cat is part of the family and something as simple as drops could keep it that way! I wish you the best of luck with this one!

Try Animal Welfare Society in Madison Heights- ###-###-####.
Some Petsmarts have Kitty Haven as well. Animal Welfare found homes for 3 of my best friend's cats when her son turned up allergic and asthmatic. (Coincidentally, he had several food allergies as well.) I think you keep the cat in your home until they find a home. I have known people that volunteered at Kitty Haven when Petsmart still had a store in Sterling Heights and they said it was clean and the cats were happy. I believe they keep the cats right in Petsmart.
Good luck!!

I nannied for a family that was in this situation. They had their two cats for years and years (far longer then they had their children) and their 3 year old became allergic.

This family chose to medicate their child rather then get rid of the cats. The little boy took persciption Zyrtec every morning to control his allegy symptoms.

They also took preventative measures likes putting the cat's litterboxes in the basement and not allowing to the cats to go in the children's bedrooms.

I can imagine how hard this is. I'm a total cat person and I don't know what I would do if my son became allergic to our cat?

Hi

I'd just like to offer some advice. My sister's husband and youngest son are also way allergic to cats - sneezing, itching, wheezing, watery eyes, etc. She had always made her husband suffer but when her son got diagnosed as allergic she got a prescription from her vet - I don't remember the name but it was a liquid drop that you put two or three drops onto the cats food every day. The prescription was only about 10 bucks, lasted for at least six, and really did work. It does something to their dander and my sisters family symptoms went away.

Once those cats died (of old age) she started researching and found something that said solid white cats don't trigger allergies in people who are allergic. She now has two solid white cats, no medicine, and her husband and son are fine! If I remember right the allergies come from the dander and white cats don't have the dander.

I think you'll have a hard time finding someone to take such an old cat, at least call your vet and ask about those drops.