Allergy shots are wonderful for getting rid of allergies, but they do take awhile. Also, I've been a severely allergic cat owner (by severe I mean that my eyes swell shut and I cough and wheeze and sneeze and all that fun) for years. Not only have the shots nearly eliminated the allergy (I'm not done with treatment yet), but I find that after I live with the same cat for a few weeks I get used to their dander and don't react so badly. Don't give up so quickly. There are options.

YDI because if you had adopted the cat at a shelter instead of buying one, you could have simply returned the kitten to the shelter for another family. But when you buy one, most pet stores have a no return policy.

YDI FOR NOT CHECKING IF THEY AT LEAST HAVE AN EXCHANGE POLICY.

YDI for buying a cat instead of adopting one.

Give it to your parents or get allergy shots but don't abandon it. You already made a mistake if you bought it from a pet store. They purposely breed animals for money which isn't right. For every human in the word there are 45 cats. Rescue from Animal Shelters. Just spreading the word so people know.

i have a cat and i'm allergic to it too! you can make it work by just not allowing it in your bedroom and just washing your hands after you pet it. it's not so bad.

I'm also VERY allergic to cats. (So much so that when I went to pick out a cat I had to take double doses of anti-histamine, inhalers, and I went in with rashes all over my body still. The staff looked at me with slight horror in their eyes and asked me if I knew I was allergic to cats. To which I replied... "Yes! ^_^ Thanks for asking!" If you like them you can still keep them. I use these: allergy shots, anti-histamine, controller inhaler, hepa vacuum and hepa filter. I also wrapped my pillow and mattress in plastic. I do let my cats sleep on my bed (or with me). It makes my doctor very upset but I don't find it that annoying to wake up with a bit of runny nose or itchy eyes.

Hope you don't Fthecat'slife by abandoning him! You sound like the tipical "I have pets to please myself" person. Who the **** BUYS a cat??!?! "Selling cats" should sound as weird as "selling kids". let's make the experiment it: Today, I bought a kid. I've wanted children for years and decided to finally buy one now that I have my own apartment. It turns out I'm allergic to kids. FML

First of all get over it since there's medication for that. Second, you should have been able to realize you had allergies before you bought the animal since you were obviously around it and probably other ones as well. All the animal hating freaks come out in posts like this. Ugh. And you're right #79, animals are not the same as people, they're nicer and better behaved.

why do you think we have dogs? to get rid of the cats, ******* dumbass