Hi Cath
You could ask your GP or consultant about this as well as the vet. I have a friend with M.E. who fosters cats that have come from "battered wives hostels" (I think they call them something more politically correct that this). They arrive in some pretty awful states, stressed and ill.
She always says the emotional benefits outweigh the occasional allergy symptom which she has had. And has never caught cat flu that I know
I had a lovely cat up until recently - using her photo as my picture here - and she was pretty ill towards the end and went down with infection after infection. I was at my healthiest I have been for years during that period and I will pick up good old human infections like a magnet even when not immunosuppressed.
So... I really do think ask all the specialists you can and I hope the answer is "you'll be fine" as our furry friends are just the best therapy ever.
Love
Sara
You could ask your GP or consultant about this as well as the vet. I have a friend with M.E. who fosters cats that have come from "battered wives hostels" (I think they call them something more politically correct that this). They arrive in some pretty awful states, stressed and ill.
She always says the emotional benefits outweigh the occasional allergy symptom which she has had. And has never caught cat flu that I know
I had a lovely cat up until recently - using her photo as my picture here - and she was pretty ill towards the end and went down with infection after infection. I was at my healthiest I have been for years during that period and I will pick up good old human infections like a magnet even when not immunosuppressed.
So... I really do think ask all the specialists you can and I hope the answer is "you'll be fine" as our furry friends are just the best therapy ever.
Love
Sara
