Cat lover with severe allergy spends 3 years medically increasing his immunity to fluffy felines so he can finally adopt his first kitten, 'Legolas'

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Dec 9, 2025 1:00 PM EST

How far will you go for your love of cats? Most of us would happily do anything for our fluffy felines, but we're also not allergic to them. But imagine that you are, for a second. The thing in life that you want the most makes you sneeze nonstop, making life purractically unbearable. Most people would give up there, but not this cat lover below. He spent three years getting allergy shots to build his immunity to cat dander, all so he could have a cute kitty of his own. Recently, he went and adopted his first rescue kitten, 'Legolas', and we literally couldn't be happier for him.

Cat allergies are no joke - they are ranked on a scale of 1 to 4. One is a minimal to mild allergy, which means that you may get a runny nose and your eyes feel a bit watery. Four, on the other hand, is an extreme allergy, making your time in their presence worse than sticking your head in a smelly litter box. What was his allergy level? A four. That's just how dedicated he was.

Now, the two snuggle daily, as you can see below with Legolas purrfectly perched on his shoulder. So next time you meet someone who is allergic to cats, just tell them his tail, and in a short three years, they'll be cured as well!

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    Ive been allergic my whole life to cats. Ive finally built up enough of an immunity through injections. Reddit, please welcome my first rescue kitty, Legolas.
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    man and a kitten
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    FakeLoveLife Hold up, you can get injections that dispels the evil cat magic?? Please tell me more
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    allergy test including '30- ean V/Cantaloupe Soybean inach berry Seed Turke Wheat □ Whey □ Yeast ㅁㅁ Walnut ANIMALS ☐ Cat Dander Allergy - Test SEAFOOD ☐ Blue Mussel ☐ Clam ☐ Codfish □ Crab ☐ Halibut ☐ Lobster Dog Dander Horse Dander ise Urine Epith US Mites D. f- ☐ Mites D. MISCE ☐ Lemon □ Lentil Orange Roughy Quster'
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    iamaprettypinkdonut The magnificent beard of Gimli and now your very own Legolas, I heartily approve
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  • Next cat needs to be named Aaragorn, obviously. This cat needs to have a “no nonsense” attitude and must think himself a king of all men. That kind of sounds like a basic description of every cat ever, though.

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    necroticpotato You are both majestic.
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    kevnmartin He's going to be big. look at those paws. Rowr.
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    lovebyletters Congrats on your first kitty! Don't be surprised or worried if you get breakthrough allergy symptoms that might - happen. As a fellow allergy sufferer who rescues/raises feral kittens, I have absolutely been there and I'm so so happy you were able to adopt your kitten. He looks SO HAPPY, it makes me happy just to see him.
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    belloch How many cats did you have to inject into yourself?
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    TooShiftyForYou Legolas is a big fan of the other small kitty on your chin.
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    [deleted] The best is when they get big but still wanna lay like that. That's a cute little buddy you got there, he looks very happy.
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  • One of our cats loves to sleep on us, and although it's very cute, it makes it very hard to breathe while sleeping. When she was a kitten, it was fine, she was small enough that she would stay on our shoulder area. Now, she's so big that her floof spills onto our faces, and it gets very hot and stuffy at night!

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    howdyodie Drake with a beard
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    dbloch7986 First of all you are super handsome and with a kitten to boot. There's nothing ser than a man who's comfortable with cute things. Some guys are afraid of being emasculated by cute things in their vicinity. That's not attractive.
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    Have you studied up on kittens? Cats are traditionally low maintenance animals. Most of what you need to know about raising them and preventing them from destroying everything you love and cherish takes about an hour or so of reading. Maybe two.
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    My boyfriend and I just adopted little Bella. You can see her on my profile if you want. She's a ball of love and pain. Kittens are so much fun. We're going to train her to walk outside with us in a few more months.
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    CateTheGreat90 You, my friend, are what's right with the world.
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    Burnmy182 This is awesome! My mother gave her cats away because her new husband is allergic. I could never!
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    Woman blowing her nose from allergies
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    [deleted] Lately, I've been seeing a lot of dudes posting pics of their cats I like that We can be manly AND love cats
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    TwinCaliber no actually its not just cat. Im also allergic to dogs. My injections have afew things. Cats, dog, rag weed, pollen, dust
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    BigManPatrol I'm allergic! What injections did you take to help make you immune?
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    clamtunashiny I wish I could do this for nuts! I'm not seveeeerely allergic but I've avoided them the last 10 years as they say the reactions can be unpredictable, I just got an itchy/lumpy throat and swollen lips. I miss them so much, why do bad things happen to good people.
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    Madmagican- You guys ever like an animal so much you overcome your allergies so that you can be its friend?
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    kiakro You a true a homie, got your self stuck with a needle on end to be able to adopt a kitteh! Good on you sir!
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    LunaHavelock Yesss! I'm currently getting allergy shots because I am too allergic to cats & I can't let mine into my room or on my bed to snuggle. Can't wait to finally snuggle her & bury my face in her squish & fluff without consequences.
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    Tuen I became immune via exposure, somehow! I used to get real bad breathing reactions to cats, but now I have two :-). They are my favorite little buddies!
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