Tips on Pet Allergies

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Hi my name is Tim Labelle and this is my wife, April. We are the owners of Pet Barn Exotics in Hartland, Michigan and we are here on behalf of Expert Village to help you choose the right pet. In this segment we will be discussing allergies to certain animals. Before you purchase your animal you need to know if you are allergic to certain animals. One way of finding out is going to your local pet shop and holding the animals and interacting with these animals before you purchase one. For example if you go to a pet shop and then you are thinking about buying a bird they do have dander. They clean themselves and they shake and they do have dander so if you are allergic to these animals or you have asthma I do not recommend a bird for you. Also they are not recommended if you have emphysema. There are ways to get around allergies. You can purchase or adopt an animal that is a hairless guinea pig and it is called a skinny pig. Those are great for people with allergies. There are hairless cats. There are hairless dogs. Also if you are allergic to dogs there are different things that you can do. There is hyper allergenic shampoo you can wash dogs with that keeps the danger down and it does help people with allergies. Also if you have a fur allergy there are certain dogs that have hair. Yorkies for example do not have fur, they have hair. If you do have dog allergies, you may want to look into Lhasa Apsos or Yorkies since they do not have fur but do have hair. If you do have allergies, there are ways of keeping the allergy under control. You can vacuum a lot. If you have a bird, make sure you bath them quite often. Spray them with a bottle to keep the dander down. Keep a healthy safe environment for your animal. By healthy I mean disinfecting their cages at least once a week, washing your dog with a hyper allergenic shampoo, vacuum your house, vacuum anywhere the dog lays, on your bed, on your clothes, whatnot. As long as you pick up the fur and you do that on a daily basis your allergies will stay at a minimum.

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