Anyone Know Where I Can Take Cats to Find a Good Home

You will not want to hear what I have to say, but hopefully someone will read it and take it to heart.

KEEP THEM!
Animals are not disposable when no longer convenient. I have had my cats for 11 years now and had cats all my life growing up. I became allergic to all cats about six years ago. I break out into hives, have shortness or breath and burning itching on my face, hands, and eyes. TOUGH *&^%.

I would never get rid of my daughter if such a thing happened to me because of holding her. That is what unconditional love is. Which I am sure your cats have shown you all these years and it is sad that you cannot do the same.

That being said, I got rid of our carpet for some beautiful vinyl "wood" flooring that fools EVERYONE that looks at/touches it. Which is more kid friendly anyhow. And I limit our fabric furniture and drapes. I do not let my cats in my bedroom, and I simply wash my hands after petting them. If I ever needed to (which I haven't yet, and I scored OFF THE CHART on the allergy skin test to cats) I could look into allergy medication.

But the reality is that it is not rocket science. They are my family and I will never thrown them out because of things they cannot control. Our shelters are overloaded as it is with people actually having to give away pets because they are losing their homes. Please reconsider your decision as it is not life threatening to you, but is to them.

Melissa,

You mentioned you just moved here. I moved here almost two years ago and never had allergy problems until I moved and I know many people who also moved here started getting allergies when they moved here. So maybe it's not the cats.

If you don't want to get rid of them, have you tried bathing them once a week. We found out that my husband has severe allergy to cats after we already had the cat. I bath the cat and that has solved the problem. (No,the cat does not like the water but has learned to tolerate it).

sometimes the cat people at Petsmart will let you bring them there, just depend on their situation... I have to agree with the person below, TX (DFW) is notorious for allergies, it may not be the cats, but something else that is n your environment...

good luck

You mentioned that the allergy problems started when you moved so it may be more related to the house or carpet or something other than just the cats. You may want to look into NAET. My friends have gotten tremendous help for their allegies through that method.