So he IS deaf! I wonder if you couldn't borrow a large dog cage, and put it on your porch with him and the blanket in it. He may not like it - but it's safer for him!

How sweet, though, that he follows you!

Good luck with the emails you sent out. There is a trucker couple with their semi-home full of cats, and they do transports...but I can't recall who they are.

Anyone else here know who they are?