Barney is an Angel Now.

[Emeraldgreen]

Lara if your hubby would allow temporary fostering, I will send money to help with costs of doing so. He has such a will to live that I hope he can continue to have a fighting chance. I not sure if this would be good for him, because the loving human contact is important for him, but what about bordering him? If I wasn't so far away, I would try and talk my husband into fostering...........but it would be hard as I fail everytime I have done it. I know many of us are already attached to him

That is so kind of you. I am currently in the process of asking my husband if we can take him in. He would be in our shop which is next to the house but it will be alot better than outside. I cannot believe that no one has called about him. His picture is in the weekly insert that goes in 2,500 mailboxes and it's up on our local website. I was sure a few people would call. I didn't even mention his health troubles in the ad. I figured that I could tell people when and if they called.
I've already asked my husband and he is mad right now but I'm hoping that he will soften up over the next few hours. I will still have to find him his furrever home though. I'm fairly certain that Barney will be able to come here but I'll know for sure by tomorrow after we talk about it some more.

Angela has offered to buy him a new little heater that I can put in the shop for him which is great.

I went over there after work and we bathed him again. I swear he likes it! The water is nice and warm and then he washes himself afterwards. Tonight he was washing his back legs which he hasn't attempted before so we were happy to see that.

Angela said that today when she got home and went into see him, he was laying on his side and looked very comfortable. Then he got up and stretched one of his back legs straight out. So cute.

She bought him some new food and he loves it. She found some wet food at the pet store with a low glycemic level by Merrick and it has little pieces of carrots and stuff, like a stew. She got alot of different flavours. She also got some Orijin dry food and he likes that too. She said he pigged out on it today and his little tummy was huge because he ate so much. lol

That's the scoop. I'm just so relieved that he tested negative. I called the vet from work yesterday afternoon because I thought this test was usually an inhouse test but the receptionist said they sent it off by courrier to have the thyroid tested and the felv/fiv was done there as well so that is why we had to wait. It seemed like forever but it was worth the wait.

Candace, I agree, the fact that he hasn't lost any weight is good and I need to be grateful for that.

[rg_girlca]

I just finished reading all the posts and I cannot thank you Emeraldgreen and
Angela enough, for doing all that you can to help precious Barney. I had major LES just looking at his pictures and video's. He looks so pitiful that it breaks my heart.

Big time prayers on the way for Barney that he is able to pull through everything and is able to live out the rest of his life knowing nothing but love.

[Emeraldgreen]

I just finished reading all the posts and I cannot thank you Emeraldgreen and Angela enough, for doing all that you can to help precious Barney. I had major LES just looking at his pictures and video's. He looks so pitiful that it breaks my heart.
Big time prayers on the way for Barney that he is able to pull through everything and is able to live out the rest of his life knowing nothing but love.

Thanks rg girl and thank you for your prayers. Barney is improving a bit each day so I hope to be posting some less pitiful videos soon. lol

Thank you Gary for the little grey cat nip mouse that arrived today and the neat picture of your cats! The funniest thing happened. I put the opened envelope with the mouse inside on my kitchen counter and then went to town for a few hours to pick up Barney's Clavamox and pill pockets. When I unlocked the door, there was my cat Sneakers with your envelope ripped wide open and the mouse in her mouth! She had obviously been playing with it for quite some time because it was sopping wet and she was rather 'high'. I quickly scooped it up and told her it was for Barney! lol Thanks again for sending it along.

I had a long talk with my husband and Barney will be coming here on Sunday morning. I'm not allowed to bring him in the house but maybe that will change in a bit. In the meantime, he will have shelter and I will visit with him alot and make sure he is warm and gets all his meds. I just keep trying to tell myself that it is better than outside.

Angela told me the other day that Terri said that Barney had been hanging around their house for almost a year in that condition and he basically lived in a truck canopy shell that was on the ground and could sometimes be found in an abandoned chicken coop on the property in a cardboard box. He is actually a long haired cat and before I saw him, she told me he had big balled up mats all over him. So, while my shop may not be as cozy as the cottage he's been in for the past few weeks, it will be alot better than the chicken coop. If we get a warm day and when he is a bit better, I might put him in our outdoor enclosure to change things up for him for a few hours.

The vet also sent me with some dewormer pills for Barney. I'm supposed to give him one now and one in 3 weeks. We haven't seen any evidence of worms but Robin wanted to make sure.

[Moesha]

YaY to your husband for allowing Barney to come to your place. The shop seems like a good solution to the problem. Knowing you, you'll make it as cozy as possible for him. He'll get the best care possible there with you. And hopefully he'll get a permanent home soon.

[Medusa]

I knew your husband would soften up a bit. We females do have our ways, don't we? Plus Barney will do his magic, too, I'm sure. Whatever shelter you provide for Barney, I know it will be warm and dry and, most importantly, filled w/love because you'll be there every day to tend to him. Bless you and Scott and everyone who has lent a hand.

[momtomany]

Lara if you will PM your address I would like to send some money to help with his care there. I am out of town until Thursday, but will send to you then. Someone here on PT blessed me, I would like to give something back for a kindness shown.

[Emeraldgreen]

Lara if you will PM your address I would like to send some money to help with his care there. I am out of town until Thursday, but will send to you then. Someone here on PT blessed me, I would like to give something back for a kindness shown.

Thank you so much. I will PM you.

Barney is coming over tomorrow around 10:00a.m. and will move into the shop. The enclosure was dropped off today by my coworker's partner. It is about 6 feet by 6 feet. I thought it was a little bigger but this will do fine. It is about 2 feet tall. We have to cut a door out of it because up until now it has been used as a plant protector from deer and no door was needed. Not sure how Terri got to her plants come to think of it but I guess she just lifted the whole thing up as it is not very heavy.

We have put some plywood down on the concrete to make it warmer because this enclosure doesn't have a bottom. We are going to put a dog bed that we got a few years ago in there called a Kuranda bed. It's a chew proof bed that we got for Finn but he isn't chewing his bedding anymore and doesn't use it. It has four legs and sits about 6 inches off the ground. We can put Barney's blankets and bedding on top of this.

Angela bought him a heater today that looks like it will work well. She is also bringing over all the blankets she has bought for him over the last few weeks and soft comfy sweaters she picked up at the thrift store for him.

She said that he was following her around yesterday which is very sweet. But today he is really sluggish and kind of depressed. He has grown quite attached to her and I'm wondering if he somehow knows she is leaving. She has been packing her suitcases and cleaning up Terri's house so maybe he knows something is up. Of course, he must. Cats are so smart. I wish we could explain to him that it's going to be okay. He'll see soon enough I guess.

I wish we weren't heading into winter and that it was summer again. Then I could take Barney outside during the day and he could be in the sunshine and warmth in the outdoor enclosure. We have awful weather here right now with rain, rain and more rain and a windstorm is coming tonight and we are expected to lose power. If this happens, I have two hot water bottles and I will heat water on our coleman stove and fill the bottles and put them in Barney's bedding so he stays warm.

Part of me is nervous about taking this on. I've never fostered a cat before and the reason is because I know what a failure I'd be at it because I get so attached. But at the same time, the anxiety and worry I've been feeling the past week, not knowing where he was going and getting up the nerve to ask my husband was very stressful and I'm so glad that part is over and he will be with us soon. It's going to be alot easier for me to take care of him here at our house rather than having to race over to Terri's after work and then race home so hubby isn't frustrated with me. This way Barney will be a few steps from my front door.

Here is tonight's short clip. He doesn't look so good but Angela has been feeding him dry kitten food mixed with the Orijen dry food and a ton of wet food. I don't think it's good that he is getting so many different things. It seems to be upsetting his stomach. The dry food constipates him so I think when he gets here I'm going to stick with wet for a few days until he is feeling better.