I bathe her every week, and she stays pretty clean, but even cleans cats can wreak havoc on your air quality
Finding the poor, abandoned animal next to the road was not a cheerful night for me. I had never wanted a cat, or any pet for that matter, but seeing it there, just a few feet away from traffic, left me no choice, then maybe I didn’t want a cat, despite the fact that I never would let an pet be harmed in such a cruel way. I took her beach house with me, cleaned her up, and then the next day took her to the vet to get her tested out and find her a new home. Long story short, she has been our animal ever since! Before her, I ran our a/c at full blast almost every single day. I would turn off the temperature control when I left for the day, but whenever I was beach house I had it going all out! It turns out that high level of cooling makes our animal uncomfortable, so I have gradually been dialing that back. So I ran the HVAC system less when I am home, despite the fact that I also have to run it a lot more when I am not home. Not even for the cooling, just for the air quality, and to keep everything circulating so the animal odors don’t build up. I bathe her every week, and she stays pretty clean, but even cleans cats can wreak havoc on your air quality. I also have to be a lot more mindful of changing out our air filters on a correct basis, because they can get clogged up with animal hair so quickly.