Was I allergic to cats?

Question

About two months ago I had a kitten for about two weeks but I gave it away to my aunt(since she thought it was adorable). So I was just wondering, was I allergic to it? Whenever the kitten rubbed his fur against my face my face would be fine for about 10 minutes and then my face would turn red it certain areas and there would be very little to no itchiness, my face would be just bright red on certain areas on my face. And when the kitten scratched me, the scratched area would puff up, but it didn't really hurt that much. Funny thing is however, I can pet it and everything but if I petted it and then touched my face my face would turn red on certain areas. And sometimes, but kinda rarely my face wouldn't turn red on certain parts. And also, the first day I had the kitten the next morning I woke up with a sore throat. Could this have been from allergies or what? The other 2 weeks I was fine and would never wake up with sore throats just that one day. So, am I allergic to it? Is it minor, average, severe?

P.S. When I had the kitten, I didn't just give it away because I thought I might have had allergies, but because it would always crawl behind my HDTV that was worth about 2k and I didn't really want to risk him tearing up any of the cords or cables, and also it wouldn't exactly be safe, because he might get electrified. And he also went under my bed and my brother bed a lot and under our beds it's really messy so we were afraid he might swallow something harmful, so we would always have to drag him out. Do you think it was a good idea to give him away or to just keep him and crawling behind/under stuff is normal and easily fixable? And I did try blocking off my bed and behind my tv and stuff, but it's kinda hard because he can find ways to go under their anyways.

Answer 1

You're probably mildly allergic if you were able to breathe after 2 weeks :) If you ever consider getting another cat/kitten you'll probably need to discuss it with a doctor first though to make sure your throat won't close up. Kittens and cats aren't for everyone. Kittens especially go everywhere they're not supposed to, like behind HDTVs where they unplug *everything* and you get to spend hours wondering why your TV doesn't work. It's part of the territory. They also do eat things they shouldn't so if you decide to get one again, you'll have to bear that in mind. For both of those reasons though, most cat owners don't experience anything truly dreadful like an electrified cat or a cat that foolishly swallowed a paper clip (though both can and do happen).