why dont u post an FML about the time you got beat up at school by a bunch of midgets and ur mother had to pull those mean kids off of you fag.

Finally someone comments about her BUYING a cat! I totally agree.

question: why don't pet stores pick up cats from shelters? friggin genius.

Thanks for posting this! I fostered my pets before I adopted so I could work out if I had the time, energy and money to devote to their care.

Lots of pet stores do pick up cats and dogs from shelters and rescues, actually. They'll take the animals from the shelter for the day and host them in the shop, and return them at the end of the day, and keep doing this until the animals get adopted. There's a lot more people passing through pet stores than shelters, so it keeps adoption rates up.

I'm pretty sure it is not uncommon for pet allergies to sneak up on you. I've a friend whose mother used to love dogs, and was raised around them... but now she's allergic to them.

Allergies in general just develop over time. I LOVE eating shrimp and crab, but a few years ago I became allergic. There go some of my favourite foods. =(

It's not uncommon for an allergy to appear out of nowhere. I was fine around cats for years, even owned several, then suddenly I became allergic to them. The same thing happened with guinea pigs, except it was a worse reaction -- itchiness, swollen eyes, etc. It's awful when you're an animal lover and you suddenly can't be around them anymore. :( I put up with the cat allergies though, nobody's taking kitties away from me.

I'm allergic to dogs, except for my own dogs. Whenever I'm around another dog, I start getting itchy watery eyes, runny nose, and sometimes start breaking out. Maybe the OP will build up an immunity like I did.

She never said it was a purebred kitten. The kitten could be from an accidental litter or a litter bred 'so my kids can see the miracle of life', and she paid the bloke down the road £10 for it. Or maybe you're right and it is purebred, and was bred by one of those shitty backyard breeders who breed animals for money. I wouldn't consider paying for such a cat to be giving a needy animal a home, I'd consider it to be encouraging irresponsible breeding practises. Basically, if she'd done her research and gone to a reputable source for her kitten this wouldn't have happened. A rescue or decent breeder would have had her meet and spend time with any kitten/cat she was adopting before taking it home, and so she would have discovered she was allergic before it became her cat.

Maybe, maybe not, we don't know how bad her reaction is. It could be delayed? I've heard it happening before. Also, she might have passed it off as simply her being sick, rather than having allergies. But you're right, you shouldn't /buy/ from backyard breeders or idiots who let their cats breed for no reason; they need to be reported. But it still doesn't mean the kitten doesn't deserve a home. Sometimes you pay an adoption fee from some shelters and rescue centers, though, so maybe that is what the OP meant. Some people say "buy" even if it was free, too... Or maybe she meant "bought" as in some other paperwork she's done for the kitten, thus feels like she's paying for it.

Well see, it's not really much of an option because she bought it, she wants it, and obviously she likes animals so to just abandon is probably something she wouldn't even consider.