• just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Interesting. I thought it was more about babies not having a fully developed immune system, or possibly having an anaphylactic reaction.

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        1 year ago

        a severe, possibly life threatening allergic reaction. Not that I heard of this being a risk with babies and cats tho

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      1 year ago

      At least with peanuts you’re supposed to feed children peanuts because not eating peanuts as babies is what tends to lead to peanut allergies in later life.

      Perhaps the same is true of cats.

      Although I don’t know of anyone who was allergy to cats is potentially fatal. Presumably because you’re not actually eating cat fur

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        1 year ago

        Thanks for the advice. If I ever have kids, I’ll make sure to feed them cats early in life so that they won’t develop allergies later on.