Update on our Hypo-Allergenic Cat

Greetings!

Well, we've had our Russian Siberian kitten for 2 1/2 months now and he is growing quickly.  At 4 months he weighed 6 lbs.  At the end of April he will be 6 months old and I think he is around 10 lbs. now.  He is a beautiful cat with expressive golden eyes.  He is very playful and extremely affectionate.  He will crawl up on my lap and put his front paws on my shoulder and cuddle like a baby.  My kids (the Russian-Siberian kids!) adore him and fight over who gets to sleep with him each night.  My older 3 sons claim they do not like cats, but we have caught each one of them holding the cat or playing with him.  Their response when we have mentioned this? "Dogs are better."  Yeah, but they still like this cat.
My husband, who usually has to use an inhaler around a cat, has been fine with him.  Nikita is a big furry kitten and up till now has shed very little.  I am seeing that we need to brush him more as I hear they do shed a lot in the spring and fall.  I have begun to see more clumps of fur on the carpeting and on clothes... as sure sign we are really cat owners now.
I found that Discovery Planet does a nice job describing different breeds of cats. Their video on Siberians is pretty accurate.  These cats are quite dog like and a lot of fun.  They are so cute too!
Here is the video....

Discovery Planet Cat Video --  

Click on 'Siberian' to learn more about this amazing breed.

Our kitten looks like the reddish one with white markings in the video.

So---if you have cat allergies but want a pet, this may be one cat you can tolerate.  But any reliable breeder will want you to check this out before you bring a kitten home.
Here is a photo of Nikita...our Russian Siberian cat.  I think he may just double in size in the next few years!
Have a healthy day!

Debbie Mumm, The Allergy Queen
Healthy Environments Inc.

Kitten Evaluates Pet Food!

We got a new kitten this week.  It is a Russian Siberian, which is hypoallergenic to most people.  My husband is usually very allergic to cats, but has no problem with this breed.  They are a BIG cat, but act rather dog-like in nature...playful, smart, and social.  We named this little guy, Nikita...which is Russian for 'unconquerable'. He is small now, but will grow to be about 17 lbs. by the time he is 3.

The breeder has all her kittens on a good cat food.  We are supposed to continue with that food, and if we make any changes we need to do it slowly as to not upset his stomach.

Nikita didn't seem to care for the dry food she provided.  He does like the canned.  I started adding a little of the Trilogy food that I have on my website.  I had asked a naturopathic vet to evaluate my Trilogy food and she said the dry cat food was great, and that the canned cat food was one of the best ones she had ever seen.  Today Nikita was picking out her old food and putting it on the floor and eating the Trilogy food.  I guess he knows what he likes!

Do you have a good pet food?

Have you evaluated its ingredients? Does it get delivered to your door? 

Check out your pet foods against other top brands and see how healthy it is for your pet!

Healthy Pet Food Checklist

I will share in the next post more about this great pet for people with pet allergies.

Deborah Mumm, The Allergy Queen

Healthy Environments, Inc.