Pet damage

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uk_american wrote: »

I own a flat with a cat. I was letting a friend stay for a bit while I was going to be out of town (while the cat was also away, as my friend was allergic).

The flat is laminate throughout, except for the bedroom, which is carpeted. I had hoovered with my Dyson and then washed down all the floors. The bedroom was hoovered repeatedly. The other textiles were the sofa and duvet, pillows etc. I had hoovered the sofa repeatedly and freshly washed all the bedroom items.

My allergic friend still had the sniffles while staying, even though the cat had been out of the flat for a week and I had done all this cleaning--and I felt awful that it was impacting my friend in this way. While it seemed good enough for me (and other non-allergic friends never knew I had a cat upon being in the flat until they noticed her bowls etc.), in the end, it wasn't 'good enough'.

After this experience, I'm thinking there's little chance to get a totally cat-free zone, due to the textiles. So just an additional perspective from a fellow cat owner.

I believe that is not cat hair that people are allergic to but cat saliva, obviously this is on hair from when cats groom but is also left on all places they have been including furniture.