Post by sakuraferret on Apr 9, 2011 1:11:11 GMT -5
Hey everyone
Im sorry to pass on more bad news. My fiance went to the doctor to check his hand allergy, and they told him he is allergic to birds. It's a complete WTF, because they didn't tell him he had bird allergies when he had his original test. Either they failed to mention it sense he didn't ask (Pika is his first pet bird), or are just assuming he has it, im not really sure.
Of course we are keeping Pika, we didn't give it a second thought. His hands really didn't change after we adopted her, we figured it was the spring pollen and dust that caused the recent change. Especially because I am currently out of town and not doing my usual dusting. It makes me wonder is the doctor is just assuming he is allergic to birds. If that is the case I am going to be fureious.
At any rate, we're playing it safe for now, so sadely we had to cancel adopting Hoshi. I was a little heart broken, and my fiance felt so horrable about it, and it's not his fault he has allergies.
He has been told he is not allergic to dogs, but is allergic to cats, small animals (rodents, rabbits, etc), dust and now birds. I am getting paranoid if he is allergic to ferrets. We are going to check with the doctor, but im fearful of a rodent/ferret assumption to mislead us that a ferret won't work out. We could have him touch a ferret, but we'll not be able to know 100% unless he holds one regularly for a period of time to check for a change.
I read somewhere that most people with cat/dog allergies aren't allergic to ferrets because of the oil the produce, thus no dander. They say ferrets are great for the allergy people...I really hope that is true. My fiance wants to make it up to me by taking up the ferret idea again, but of course we agreed to take some time to get money saved to do it right.
Any thoughts on a ferret with a complex allergy situation?
Im sorry to pass on more bad news. My fiance went to the doctor to check his hand allergy, and they told him he is allergic to birds. It's a complete WTF, because they didn't tell him he had bird allergies when he had his original test. Either they failed to mention it sense he didn't ask (Pika is his first pet bird), or are just assuming he has it, im not really sure.
Of course we are keeping Pika, we didn't give it a second thought. His hands really didn't change after we adopted her, we figured it was the spring pollen and dust that caused the recent change. Especially because I am currently out of town and not doing my usual dusting. It makes me wonder is the doctor is just assuming he is allergic to birds. If that is the case I am going to be fureious.
At any rate, we're playing it safe for now, so sadely we had to cancel adopting Hoshi. I was a little heart broken, and my fiance felt so horrable about it, and it's not his fault he has allergies.
He has been told he is not allergic to dogs, but is allergic to cats, small animals (rodents, rabbits, etc), dust and now birds. I am getting paranoid if he is allergic to ferrets. We are going to check with the doctor, but im fearful of a rodent/ferret assumption to mislead us that a ferret won't work out. We could have him touch a ferret, but we'll not be able to know 100% unless he holds one regularly for a period of time to check for a change.
I read somewhere that most people with cat/dog allergies aren't allergic to ferrets because of the oil the produce, thus no dander. They say ferrets are great for the allergy people...I really hope that is true. My fiance wants to make it up to me by taking up the ferret idea again, but of course we agreed to take some time to get money saved to do it right.
Any thoughts on a ferret with a complex allergy situation?