Allergy to female cats only??

[Desley (booktigger)]

Wish I could!!

[puddypaws]

You're allergic to work Desley - so you should stay home and play with the furbabes 

[Desley (booktigger)]

WEll, my symptoms mustn't be cat related then, as i have a pure black who sleeps in the bed every night, and slept across my throat this morning with no issues. Interestingly, I am worse at work than at home, I can go all weekend with no anti-histamines, but can't manage a full day at work!!

[Mark]

I have never heard of that but 2 years ago, I had some women staying at the B&B and they asked what colours my cats were as one of them was allergic. She said that black cats cause more reactions. I thought they were talking nonsense so I looked it up and apparently, it's true 

http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/408/43474.html

Anyway, I told them 2 of my cats are black and they live here so it was up to them  if they wanted to book 

Just checked and according to this, female cats shed lass than males and neutered males less than entire males.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_allergy

[ccmacey]

I found this before- http://lundbergsiberians.home.comcast.net/~lundbergsiberians/allergies.html.

Maybe the lady has only come across un neutered females?

[Desley (booktigger)]

Not something I have heard of before, but it would be interesting to find out if it is true. I have been more irritated by females than males, but it is generally the type of fur they have rather than anything else - Snowy used to irritate me, but she had really odd fur compared to Ginger.

[Catnap]

No they are very eager to have a cat and I wasn't looking for a reason for preferring a boy - fair do's, we all have our preferences.  This is a genuinely held belief - I'm not looking to criticise her, just for other people's experience.

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

This doesnt sound like the truth to me and reckon they are more like a no cat family!

[Millys Mum]

I would invite them to visit some boy cats and watch the kids face swell  people i know who are allergic to cats dont react differently between breeds or sex.
I would think they have another reason for wanting a boy, people have some funny ideas!
'Female cats dont spray' i love putting a dampener on that one 

[Catnap]

A prospective adopter only wishes to consider male cats because she is convinced that her son is only allergic to female cats, as is his maternal aunt. 
A brief internet search tended to suggest the opposite with males producing more Fel D1 and therefore being more allergenic.   Is there anything other than Fel D1 that family members would be likely to be reacting to which would be more prevalent in female cats?  (Obviously any cat for rehoming would be neutered so less allergen anyway.)
I'm not planning on trying to talk her out of having a boy - if she wants a boy she can have a boy - just interested.