John has severe allergies that usually flare up twice a year, and he gets sick for 2 weeks to a month. He is not allergic to the cats but they seem to irritate his allergies when he has a flare up. He spends a lot of time sleeping on the couch because he can't stand to be in the basement. He's on primatine to help his breathing as he also has asthma.
As most of you know, we live in the basement of his parent's house and it's not looking like we're going to get a place of our own anytime soon. His mom keep telling us that if we didn't have the animals, he wouldn't be sick. I feel like it's my fault because I wanted the animals in the first place. John loves them as much as I do, and he's the reason we kept so many of our foster kittens.
But I'm tired of him having to sleep on the couch. I hate sleeping alone and it's not fair to him to have to sleep up there all the time, plus his mom constantly telling me its because of the animals is starting to depress me.
I clean ALL the time down here in our room. That's pretty much all I do. John refuses to buy an air purifier even though I think it will help him greatly. He's convinced it's just a waste of money. The cats get weekly baths and brushed but I don't think it's doing much good.
I'm afraid we might have to re-home most of the cats, even though it is killing me to even think about.
I want to know if there's anything else we can try before we go that route. John says he'd rather just sleep on the couch the rest of his life than re-home the cats but that's just not fair at all.
Things I have tried: cleaning constantly, bathing the cats weekly, washing the sheets and blankets 3-4 times a week, he's taking Primatene which does help but only helps the asthma and not the allergies.
Also, it's not at all possible to just keep the cats out of the bedroom. Like I said, we're living in his parents basement. Our bedroom is half of the basement and the other half is 1.) entirely full of stuff, and 2.) has way too much possible access to outside and I won't take that chance.
Suggestions please!!
As most of you know, we live in the basement of his parent's house and it's not looking like we're going to get a place of our own anytime soon. His mom keep telling us that if we didn't have the animals, he wouldn't be sick. I feel like it's my fault because I wanted the animals in the first place. John loves them as much as I do, and he's the reason we kept so many of our foster kittens.
But I'm tired of him having to sleep on the couch. I hate sleeping alone and it's not fair to him to have to sleep up there all the time, plus his mom constantly telling me its because of the animals is starting to depress me.
I clean ALL the time down here in our room. That's pretty much all I do. John refuses to buy an air purifier even though I think it will help him greatly. He's convinced it's just a waste of money. The cats get weekly baths and brushed but I don't think it's doing much good.
I'm afraid we might have to re-home most of the cats, even though it is killing me to even think about.
Things I have tried: cleaning constantly, bathing the cats weekly, washing the sheets and blankets 3-4 times a week, he's taking Primatene which does help but only helps the asthma and not the allergies.
Also, it's not at all possible to just keep the cats out of the bedroom. Like I said, we're living in his parents basement. Our bedroom is half of the basement and the other half is 1.) entirely full of stuff, and 2.) has way too much possible access to outside and I won't take that chance.
Suggestions please!!