ENDANGERED--incont. cat, NJ

[critters]

If anybody has any old king- or queen-size mattress pads, we'd be glad to take them. Leaky Boy has decided he likes to sleep higher on the bed, so I'm hoping that using a mattress pad as our top blanket will catch the leaks. The wash loads are killing the washer!

[jennielynn1970]

Can you use a diaper on him for at night??

[Catty1]

Oh dear - is he still leaky, after all the meds and stuff?

I hope he heals up soon!

You could try Freecycle for pads...hopefully a PTr will have some around.

[critters]

Normally, he drips just a little. When he's sick, he drowns the place. The week he & Ari were both snotty they drowned the place so much I only finished the washing yesterday.

[catwhispers]

Just for the heck of it, have you tried putting a small cat bed with a small pad covering it right on the bed near you and putting a little catnip on it to attract him? If he likes it and sleeps in it that might help a little. If that gets wet it's easier to throw them in the washer than it is a comforter.

Also, I've seen plastic mattress covers in the dollar store, perhaps that can be used to cover the top of your blankets as well.

And thank you for saving him.

[critters]

Thanks for the ideas. Luckily, I don't use comforters, having learned a long time ago that a pile of blankets is MUCH easier to wash!!