Pet Odor

I also had lots of animals before we moved and I think that it was the cause of some of my childrens respatory problems. My 4yr now has asthma, which both myself and her dad had it has a child but come to find out she also has allergys. She was in the hosp for her first asthma attack and we found out that the animals did not help we had to give the pets away because she could be around them. Which we didnt find any for this until she was 3yr old. But she kept on getting sick with a cough all the time. And until we were in the hosp we didnt know why. Im not says this will happened to you, but this is what happened to us. For the odor you can try to google how to get pet odor out a lot of times they have cleaning stuff you can make and spray every where also not being harmfull to you daughter. Just my two cents. I hope everything works out.

S.,

You might want to schedule an appointment with your peditrician and speak with them about your concerns. You might also want to follow up with an appointment to an allergist or call an allergist office and speak with one of the nurses. They might have more information that can help.

My best advice is to see if you can move to another place that would be healthier for your daughter. Otherwise, ask your peditrician if a box fan with a whole-house air filter taped to it would help clean the air in your living space.

Good luck!

Hi S., I usually don't respond unless I feel very knowledgeable on the subject, however I have read about situations in which pigs exposed to high levels of ammonia in confinement developed severe respiratory problems. If I were you, I would seriously consider living elsewhere. Good luck to you. L. m.

Contact Carol Jackson at Carnico - she can help you out.

http://www.carnico.net/

If you know where the smell is, you can purchase Natures Miracle from a pet store. It's an enzime cleaner that works great. I had a problem with a cat, and this has even removed those odors!!! I can't say enough good about it. Good luck.

I am sorry I don't have any knowledge of the detrimentally effects of this kind of environment to your young child. I think you should look for new place to live if you can.

GL:)

Unless your baby is spending time in the room with a litter box, or animal feces is on the floor, your baby is safe. Are the animals loved and well cared for? If so, consider yourself fortunate that these folks have given you and your child a place to live. They are obviously caring people if they are home to this many animals. If the situation is not clean and the animals are not cared for, then I would suggest that you find other arrangements and report them to the proper animal authorities. Otherwise, help them clean and keep thier house fresh; you will be doing a kind thing and helping keep down on the odor. I own 4 dogs, 6 cats, an iguana, and a pet rat. No one is even aware that the cats live here (6 litter boxes) because I clean continuously, the dogs smell like dogs when they come in and are wet from rain or snow, but otherwise my furry kids are pretty clean and healthy. My granddaughter who lives next door, has been visiting daily since she was born and has suffered no illnesses related to my animals. She has however, learned how to be kind, caring and compassionate towards animals, which caries over to people too. Take a new look at your environment. Grandma C.

Hi, I would speak to my doctor about it, but also look into getting a air purifier.

Hi S., I am wondering what is causing the amonia odor. We have one dog and 2 cats and there is not this type of smell. Are they changing the cat litter often? Or is it from the dogs. I know that it isn't your job, but maybe you could change the cat litter for them to keep this under control. If it is the dogs, well, if they haven't trained them, then there isn't much you can do and yes, I would say that you might need to move. If you can buy some cleaning products and do the clean up whent he dogs have problems and such, it might take car of it. Are the owners gone during the day? Maybe you could offer to *help* them by taking the dogs for walks and making sure that they don't eliminate on the floors. Just a few suggestions, since you might not be in a position to move out. However there are a lot of community groups that help single moms to get out on their own. I wouldn't be too proud to ask for help, if you can't control the odor problem. It's not worth your daughters safetly.