u/heppileppi

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Allergic to foxes but not dogs?

Just curious if this is a thing. Many years ago I had a friend who lived with a guy and his pet fox. I learned that I seem to be allergic to foxes, but I grew up with dogs and have never had a problem.

Today I went to a game night hosted by the same fox guy (now he has two!) When I visited the foxes my eyes started stinging after even just a few minutes of being around them, even though he keeps them in an outdoor enclosure. Honestly my eyes still feel irritated even like a half-hour later lol.

So yeah. Just curious really. Not a lot of fox allergy information out there haha. Allergy or some kind of adverse reaction to the musk?

For some reason I have a memory of learning that people can be allergic to that kind of musk and may also be allergic to guys like ferrets, but I dunno how real that is.

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u/heppileppi — 3 days ago