Tag: hypoallergenic cats
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Hypoallergenic Cats, Part II
A while back (a long while back) I wrote about Allerca’s hypoallergenic cats, snarking about their low, low, LOW price of only $3,950. I’m happy to say, times have changed. No, the prices aren’t lower — they’re higher, much higher¹. Allerca now lets you select your cat’s coat color, markings and sex (though “fixing” is…
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Hypoallergenic Cats
Using “proprietary genetic technologies,” Allerca has produced a line of hypoallergenic cats. These genetically selected/modified cats (the process is not clearly described) produce a variant of the Fel d 1 glycoprotein, the protein normally associated with feline allergies. Allerca claims this makes the GD cats hypoallergenic. There are only a few catches: You can’t select…