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I know there's several people here who've put together more than one cat tree and have even made their own cat furniture, so I'm curious if it's bothered anyone else?
I don't recall it bothering me before, but I may not have realized it and blamed the coughing on something else.
Four nights ago I wrapped up a long post. Had some coughing, stuffy nose, and scratchy throat. But didn't pay much attention to it (I'm prone to coughing fits with no noticeable trigger sometimes). The night before last I was putting the base and top platform on the post and had a terrible coughing fit that lasted for several minutes and coughing that didn't go away until a couple hours after not handling the post. Suspected it then, but because I also unwrapped old worn sisal rope from an old scratching post I thought it could have been dust bothering me.
Well last night I rewrapped that posted and had the same coughing fit and symptoms.
I seem to recall jute burlap and rope causing this, too.
Has anyone had sisal do this to them? It's a bit of a hassle because I do make my own cat furniture when I can, still need to repair a store bought piece, and have plans to make something else this next week if I can find the time.
The sisal rope I'm using isn't dusty and I can't blame it on new rolls because I started coughing that first night while using a roll I've had stored (read: lost) in with some of my craft stuff for four years. I find this rather strange and there's isn't really any information about "sisal allergies".
I don't recall it bothering me before, but I may not have realized it and blamed the coughing on something else.
Four nights ago I wrapped up a long post. Had some coughing, stuffy nose, and scratchy throat. But didn't pay much attention to it (I'm prone to coughing fits with no noticeable trigger sometimes). The night before last I was putting the base and top platform on the post and had a terrible coughing fit that lasted for several minutes and coughing that didn't go away until a couple hours after not handling the post. Suspected it then, but because I also unwrapped old worn sisal rope from an old scratching post I thought it could have been dust bothering me.
Well last night I rewrapped that posted and had the same coughing fit and symptoms.
Has anyone had sisal do this to them? It's a bit of a hassle because I do make my own cat furniture when I can, still need to repair a store bought piece, and have plans to make something else this next week if I can find the time.
The sisal rope I'm using isn't dusty and I can't blame it on new rolls because I started coughing that first night while using a roll I've had stored (read: lost) in with some of my craft stuff for four years. I find this rather strange and there's isn't really any information about "sisal allergies".