Cats Without Undercoats Are Not Hypoallergenic

Cats Without Undercoats Are Not Hypoallergenic. Thanks for sharing this with us. I find your cat unique and I wish you all the best. Best wishes! Established in 1982, Favortron Co. Ltd. has been dedicated to designing and manufacturing of a very wide array of wiring management products. The firm's major product lines with different function there are Normal Heavy duty favortron cable clamps, Marker favortron cable ties. SUMAKE is your best one stop for SUMAKE air pumps and Belt type SUMAKE air compressors resource system, provides products, services and solutions that enhance our customers' energy efficiency, productivity and operations.

I've heard quite a bit of anecdotal evidence that some people with allergies have said they're less affected by certain single coated breeds including the Cornish and Devon Rex, and the Siamese and Burmese.
Of course in the former 2 they have ONLY the undercoat with no guard hairs and the latter 2 they have only the single top coat with no undercoat (which would also apply to the Korat that was mentioned). So perhaps it is just that if the cat has less fur it sheds less and the chemical that gets on the coat from their saliva is spread about the house less.

Hi - your Korat may not cause allergies for the following reasons:

1. excellent diet = less shedding, less dander and that = less feld-1 airborne to cause problems.

2. desexed = less hormone which controls production of feld-1 . desexed cats produce less.

3. less stress - unstressed cats have healthier coats and produce less oil which is also a carrier of feld -1 see also # 1.

4. all cats - no matter the breed - have variations in levels of feld-1. Yours may simply produce a lot less.

5. excellent air filtration in your home.

6. bathing your cat often reduces the feld-1 on the coat by washing it off.

Hope this helps? You can learn a lot about cats and allergies at our Sweet Siberians dot come website 🙂

Warmly

Kate and Carolyn

I am normally mildy allergic and my wife wildly allergic to cats. However, we rescued an abused Korat kitten just a few weeks old and nursed her back to health. Now, 3 years later, she is beautiful and healthy and queen of the realm. She also is a 100% indoor cat who causes us no allergy problems.

I had though this due to the fact that Korats had no undercoat. Is there any other characteristic of Korats that might contribute to this, or did we just luck out and get a cat to whom we are not allergic?

Thanks,
D Plemons

Thanks Kate for the info. Yes, I was using the term to mean that the cat did not produce an allergic reaction.

I'll look at the page again. Much appreciated.

Hi Michael, forgot to note, with this new, scientifically accurate information, please update your hypoallergenic page.

One mistake many make is to conflate hypoallergenic with non allergenic. Hypo means "low" not "no."

Warmly

Kate Stryker / ForestWind Siberians, Buffalo, NY

Thank you, Michael,

Before we welcomed Siberian cats into our home, we did not believe in a hypoallergenic cat, either. Then we "self tested" by adopting. We are a very cat-allergic family, and do not react to our low allergen cats.

For people interested in health as well as low allergy, it is wise to adopt from traditional Siberian lines that have low inbreeding. High inbreeding increases likelihood of diseases like HCM. In Siberian variants like the Neva Masquarade, the breed was created by crossing Siamese and Himalayan cats, both of which have higher than average rates of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). Unfortunately, UC Davis has learned through research that several lines of Neva cats also express higher than normal rates of the Siamese kidney disease. Heartbreaking.
Warmly, Kate Stryker