Hurrah! Someone has FINALLY acknowledged what I have been saying for years: hay fever sufferers, wipe down your cats!
And, somehow, I can’t help singing that mantra in my head to the tune of “Spice Up Your Life” by the Spice Girls (younger followers, ask your parents):
"Pollen in the air
WIPE DOWN YOUR CATS
In your nose and in your hair
WIPE DOWN YOUR CATS
People everywhere
WIPE DOWN YOUR CATS ..." and so on
Wiping down is easier said than done if your pet goes in and out about 738 times a day, as Louis Catorze does. So we try and grab him just before we go to bed as he usually comes up with us and settles across our stomachs like a two-person, living belt, no doubt shedding pollen with every movement. Naturellement he isn’t the greatest fan of being wiped down but, because of the difference it makes to my itchy eyes and to Cat Daddy’s scratchy throat, the little sod is just going to have to suck it up. Plus it’s preferable to bathing him, which would require sedatives (for us as well as for Catorze).
Thank you to both Spa de Sal and Hen Corner for their hay fever advice and for their fight against the evil pollen of TW8. Details of their wonderful products – a health-boosting salt spa experience (no, I haven’t taken Sa Maj there, but I would if I could) and lovely London honey – can be found here:
https://hen-corner-micro-bakery.myshopify.com/collections (scroll down for the honey)
jesuisleroisoleil 
Some good tips until the end. Vasoline is a petroleum-based product. Even if I were highly sensitive to such products, I would not use them for environmental reasons. Thank you.
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I follow the Vaseline tip but I use lip balm instead. 🤣 And you can actually get “pet wipes” from Pets at Home but a good old damp towel does the job just as well, without the plastic.
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Thank you.
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