My goodness I am COMPLETELY blown away by you all!!!
This is more exciting than watching 'Children in Need' when they keep doing the drum roll to see what the total is! LOL
Just to let you all know that I went and sat with Mikey tonight and told him that whilst we were sitting in the pen having a fuss that all over the UK people were pledging money to help him and he was a very lucky little boy. He just looked up at me and smiled. He does that you know....he puts his little head back and smiles at me!! I told him he was luckier than he will ever know and that before he knows it he will have a nice new set of shiny wheels to polish every night so to get used to having the evenings to himself for the next week or so because he's going to have a polishing cloth in his little paws soon and I will be doing an inspection every morning!lol. If people are digging deep into their pockets for him he's got to be prepared to look after them!lol
Zoe - gosh thats an incredibly generous offer but one that I could never accept ( and please don't think I'm being ungrateful I would just feel awful taking your money every month!) I was going to try and get the money together for Mikey's cart myself so now that isn't necessary it will make his day to day care a little easier anyway. Just the fact that you are prepared to do it blows me away - it really does!
Mark - I never realised how expensive puppy pads were either!lol And I buy them from the wholesalers which is cheaper than a normal shop. They cost me £14 + vat for a box of 100....and I've been going through 100 a week to keep him clean. They really are the only things that work though. Where they are flat and thin I line the pen floor with them and I can secure them under the scratching posts etc to so they don't get dragged about when he moves. Terry nappies unfortunately would just runkle (have I just made that word up??lol)up as he moves around the pen...they would also stay wet and that would mean so would he unfortunately...and if they don't stay lining the floor and he wee's again he just drags himself through it. The Puppy pads are great because the wee soaks into them but the top layer stays pretty dry and hence so does he. I also use them under all the vetbed he has in his pen and in his bed. Thats also been great at keeping him clean and dry as the wet just soaks through, and then he had a puppy pad underneath (which is how I've been able to give him a proper bed to sleep in)...but I have to change all the vet bed on virtually a daily basis too so the washing machine is constantly on. You're right though...caring for a disabled cat isn't at all eco friendly!
That said I have used less puppy pads this week since we have improved things in the 'bowel' dept with the switch to raw food....and if the cart works and I can put a diaper on him some of the time, then that should reduce the useage even more....although diapers are even more expensive. I'll probably learn to fold a puppy pad like a terry nappy!lol I have got a lovely diaper and some disposable pads for him already actually as when I first had him I thought they would be the answer to all my prayers to keep him and the pen clean....but unfortunately because he drags himself along the diaper just got dragged straight off in the process.....so that wonderful idea lasted about 5 mins! Its been a complete learning curve caring for Mikey I can assure you!lol
Anyway...I'm bushed with all the excitement and off to bed now...
Thank you all again for everything
