ENDANGERED--incont. cat, NJ

[critters]

Oh, no question--the UTI was terrible, and his pee was stinking, nasty, bloody, disgusting stuff. Tomorrow he gets to come out & run amok again.

Yeah, the CA people know about all his diagnoses.

[RipplingWaves55]

He had a pellet in or near his spine, which apparently shifted and is now aggravating the nerve/s to his bladder.

They're keeping him in a tiled bathroom, but "he's damaging the tiles."

Damaging the tiles??

The people are damaging him - someone has to have a heart to take this poor fellow to a home, even if he leaks because of his own problems. He can get aided if someone helps this poor boy.

I hope he's alright and someone will take him to a home soon. So sorry to hear this.

P.S, for 'damaging the tiles' - it doesn't matter what he damages. He is damaged. -_-

[critters]

They certainly DID damage him. GILL brought him most of the way a week ago today, and Monday I took Koi in and got confirmation he had a UTI, crystals, mites, fleas, and his curled up foot was infected. At long last, the UTI is MUCH better, and the last 2 nights he's peed in his adapted litterbox. He runs amok during the day, and even found his way downstairs yesterday!! He'd never done stairs before.

[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!!