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@cat0212 your cat looks small and has a really short nose like a Persian. Patrick is a big cat, probably 10 lbs or more, and while his nose is not long it is not as short as yours. Thank you for the good vibes, I'm still waiting for a reply from the people who are interested, I am hopeful.
catwoman707
I live south of Los Angeles so bringing him to you, over 300 miles, would be a hardship for me and I'm not sure how Patrick would take to a trip that far and long. He's pretty good about going to the vet, some 12 miles, and only cries while I carry him to the car because of the movement of the carrier but that long a trip would be hard on me also. (I'm almost 75). You might be right about his home while he was a kitten, I just know how he acted once he came here and by then he was about 2, and the tale I was told about where he came from and who knows how accurate that was.
After being here for about a year he was pretty good as long as I did not try to pick him up, he played with the other cats or bothered them (I have 2 18-year-olds who do not want to be bothered, an 8-year-old and a 12-year-old who do play) and sat next to me or close to me, played with toys in the living room, he still goes on the enclosed patio and still loves his catnip banana. He will still sits on top of the cat tree which is in the living room, will sit at the far side of the sofa, but lately he has become much more skittish than he used to be and cries and cowers in his room when I call him to go to his room where I feed him and lock him up for the night although he does run into his room when I call his name and say "in your room" as he knows I will give him his wet food dinner there. The reason I feed him and then lock him up in his room for the night is to make sure he is the one who eats the food with meds on it and to monitor his poops which he does during the night. If he was an only cat I would not have to do that, as it is I would not know who was doing what during the night and might not know he was again plugged up until he was way gone. In the morning he zips out and heads for the kibble bowl but never eats much at a time.
No, I do not want to put him down; apart from the occasional severe constipation which the vet has declared to be megacolon he does have a slight heart murmur but it is not severe, many cats (and people) have heart murmurs and live just like everybody else, many people don't even know they have one.
If the people who might take him decide not to would it be possible that you could meet me half way? That would mean just 150 miles both ways which is still quite a trip but I could do it, I go to San Diego several times a year and that is 78 miles one way and I go back and forth the same day (no traffic at 11 pm and I get home within an hour, yes, I do drive freeways and at night).
And by the way, none of the stuff to calm him down works anymore, worked for about 2 weeks.
catwoman707
I live south of Los Angeles so bringing him to you, over 300 miles, would be a hardship for me and I'm not sure how Patrick would take to a trip that far and long. He's pretty good about going to the vet, some 12 miles, and only cries while I carry him to the car because of the movement of the carrier but that long a trip would be hard on me also. (I'm almost 75). You might be right about his home while he was a kitten, I just know how he acted once he came here and by then he was about 2, and the tale I was told about where he came from and who knows how accurate that was.After being here for about a year he was pretty good as long as I did not try to pick him up, he played with the other cats or bothered them (I have 2 18-year-olds who do not want to be bothered, an 8-year-old and a 12-year-old who do play) and sat next to me or close to me, played with toys in the living room, he still goes on the enclosed patio and still loves his catnip banana. He will still sits on top of the cat tree which is in the living room, will sit at the far side of the sofa, but lately he has become much more skittish than he used to be and cries and cowers in his room when I call him to go to his room where I feed him and lock him up for the night although he does run into his room when I call his name and say "in your room" as he knows I will give him his wet food dinner there. The reason I feed him and then lock him up in his room for the night is to make sure he is the one who eats the food with meds on it and to monitor his poops which he does during the night. If he was an only cat I would not have to do that, as it is I would not know who was doing what during the night and might not know he was again plugged up until he was way gone. In the morning he zips out and heads for the kibble bowl but never eats much at a time.
No, I do not want to put him down; apart from the occasional severe constipation which the vet has declared to be megacolon he does have a slight heart murmur but it is not severe, many cats (and people) have heart murmurs and live just like everybody else, many people don't even know they have one.
If the people who might take him decide not to would it be possible that you could meet me half way? That would mean just 150 miles both ways which is still quite a trip but I could do it, I go to San Diego several times a year and that is 78 miles one way and I go back and forth the same day (no traffic at 11 pm and I get home within an hour, yes, I do drive freeways and at night).
And by the way, none of the stuff to calm him down works anymore, worked for about 2 weeks.
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I hope something pans out for dear Patrick. He seems like such a sweet boy. He is so lucky to have you
