Where can I get a hairless rescue cat in the UK?
My wife desperately wants a cat but my step mother is allergic to them, I suggested that we get a hairless cat but my wife has only ever and only ever will get a rescue cat, for moral reasons. How do I go about keeping everyone happy here?
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Have you already checked with your local organizations? Did you put your name on any waiting lists?
I don’t know if PetFinder works for your locale or not.
@RareDenver You should contact the Sphynx Cat Association located in the UK, and tell them of your wife’s wishes. They may know of a breeder adoption program. Many breeders make people sign contracts stating that they have sole rights to the cat if said owner decides their home is no longer adequate for the animal.
Also, depending on the breeder, many breeders put the “parent” cats up for adoption around the age of 4 or 5. Maybe that’s an option?
@SpatzieLover it’s breeders that my wife has an issue with, hence the rescue cat thing, what is the breeder adoption program?
One more thing…just because it’s hair-less the allergens are not all removed ;) Don’t let your step mom get near the litter or allow the cat to lick her, as the saliva and urine are also allergens.
@RareDenver Many breeders will take back an unwanted animal and they become the “rescuer” of the animal. They then put the cat up for sale/adoption as they see fit. I think your best option is to contact the organization and see if they know of any rescuers in your area or if they have dealt with a breeder that has an adoption program.
I understand your wife’s desire, as I’m the same way. However, many “popular” breeds are not available in certain locales for adoption. Even here in the US, there are only 2 Sphynx cats up for adoption right now…One is in Tennessee, the other in California.
EDIT: actually the one in CA is adoptable with her two kids…so their are 4 hairless available in the US.
@erichw1504 she’s already decided on names for a boy and girl cat, Mrs Whiskerson and Mr Miaowington
see what I have to put up with?
Canada has 2 breeding facilities, I think, and price starts at about $900.! I’d love one as well but that money would probably adopt 3 or 4 cats from our SPCA. I wish you luck- they are so cute on youtube.
@faye Even adopting them they run about $300 each here in the USA.
@RareDenver I looked at a few of the breeders on that Sphynx link…some are promoting the fact that they are “responsible” breeders. I would call one if I were you and see if they ever adopt out.
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Mr Miaowington got me
@RareDenver not really that much different…there will be NO rescues of that cat available for YEARS to come, and the “wet” parts of the animal still are allergens.
Uh oh!
Meeoowww
(whip sound)
Dander is also an allergen. A lot of the time people think they are allergic to the hair, when it is really the pet dander. So even if you get a hairless cat, she might still be allergic.
@Haleth With cats, most people are allergic to the “wetness”....If the step mom is allergic to dander, then she’d be allergic to every pet except for reptiles and fish.
Man, my birds are worse for my allergies than my cats by a long shot!
@SpatzieLover my step mother she has two dogs and is fine with them
@RareDenver I just googled Allerca cats and see that people are calling it a scam and have lost money.
@RareDenver The cats will be no different then. The hypo-allergenic cats will NOT be coming down in price anytime soon though…so wife will have to decide on Sphynx instead ;)
@faye my wife’s just read the same few stories, helluva scam though wish I had thought of it, round up some ally cats, give them a good wash and sell them off as GM Cats, then fuck off to Brazil with all the loot
@RareDenver There are some other good choices for Cat breeds that might be available for adoption by you.
Now my wife has discovered a hypoallergenic cat prices start at $6,950
And I have discovered the deed to a bridge in Brooklyn. Normally this would sell for billion$$. But I can offer you a very fair price…
I would suspect that with a relatively new and unusual breed such as the Sphinx, there won’t be any rescues available for a long time to come.
Several cat breeds are considered to be less allergenic than others. The Devon and Cornish Rex cats have fewer hairs in their coat and so retain less of the allergen Fel d 1 on the coat. The Siberian Cat is supposed to produce relatively little of the allergen Fel d 1.
In addition, females produce less of the allergen than males, and neutered males produce less than intact males.
You can read more about it here.
There is a Siberian Cat Club in the UK. Someone there might know about rescues. In the US there is a Siberian Cat Rescue Group but I can’t find anything in the UK. Again, this is a relatively newly introduced breed in both the UK and the US so there may not be many available to rescue.
You may have better luck with one of the Rex breeds. This site lists the rescue organizations in the UK, and one of the entries is for the Rex Cat Club , which offers a re-homing service for Rex cats. You can call their Welfare Officer at Tel: 01306 631538 and put yourself on the list.
Question: does your step-mother live with you? If not, you might simply keep a room where the cat cannot enter and which you keep scrupulously clean that would be used when she visits. If she does live with you, then you might have to settle for admiring a friend’s cat.
@Darwin very thorough answer there thank you. My step mother doesn’t live with us, we are in the middle of a house purchase at the minute and it would be nice if her and my Dad could come visit and have dinner etc. My wife has always had cats (until we moved in together but this is a city centre apartment so we were never gonna have a cat here) the house we are buying is in a far more suitable part of the city for cats and now she can’t get them out of her head, I just think getting a cat would kinda send the message to my Dad that we don’t want his wife round at ours and nothing could be farther from the truth, she is ace!
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