Hi All-
Well as many of you might have read in the "general" section I've been having a pretty rough time lately with $$ and just life and marriage problems as well. I won't go into any details at the moment but with that being said before all these problems arose I was asked about a cat that might need a home and he needs to be fixed.
I gave my advice and said that I would be glad to help find a home but at the moment it would probably be best for the cat if I didn't take it in since Ashley has been very upset lately and won't eat her C/D food anymore it seems. Yet she has crystals but won't eat the food so that's just frustrating and then you have Sophia who has asthma but she's doing well for now.
So today, I get back to work after being off since last Thursday and here is what Marty wrote to me:
Hi Missy,
My forwarding does not work, so here is a copy of what Carol wrote about the cat. It is a bit different from what we first thought - I think he is wilder and may have other health issues. I am also concerned about your situation with cats at home and I do not think you should take the cat on top of all your other cats. At this point I'm not sure how we should proceed. Carol is just now meeting a real estate agent to sell her farm, so there is no imminent danger of her moving. The best thing would be for him to go to another barn at another farm. You are a kind hearted person, but you don't need another cat. I'm going to slow this down a little, there is no rush to do anything. We need to think. Please read her description of him.
Irene/Melissa/Marty
I am trying to send this to all of you but only your name came up on this Irene so if the others don't get this see if you can forward it but I did click on reply to all.
I can bring Niahc anytime for the vet. However, I really don't have an indoors accomodation place for him. He would have to stay outside till a home was found. He was born in the barn and has lived there all his life. He is a good hunter but getting older. We were trying to figure out just how old he is and the best guess Greg and I could come up with is maybe and stress on MAYBE he is around 10 years old. He is shy of strangers and doesn't like picked up as he never was picked up much but he likes petted. In the mornings when I feed him he wants petted before he eats. He is hanging around the back door wanting petted every time we come out. In the past he never hung around the house but stayed mostly in the barn or prowled around. I think the difference is there aren't any other cats left in the barn he is all alone now. He is a little worse for wear as he has some eye issues. Not sure if it is his sight or the discharge from them. He has a scrape on his tail and looks like a sore on his side. He doesn't appear in any pain at all tho so not sure if these are past scrapes with wild animals or what. If there is anything in particular that you need to know Melissa let me know. Thanks for any help you can give with getting him a good home.
Carol
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I would love it if I could get him some medical help which I'm sure that Carol will help out with the cost of that hopefully, I'm not sure how much but I would like to see him get the attention he needs and then if possible get him a loving home.
Is anyone interested in taking him in?? I really just don't think I should at this time and I'm going to contact Shirley who I volunteer with to see if she has a farm or knows of someone who might be able to keep him after I can get him some medical assistance.
Melissa
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