I'm in North Carolina if it matters
I went swimming with a friend today, I used the basic cheap, Walmart sunscreen, claims it's waterproof but I looked like an oil spill upon entering.
I'm not opposed to spending good money to save the environment, I genuinely was not a fan of how much went into the water, I mean the minnows didn't even wanna come near my feet and I love feeling them nibbling my feet 😭
Edit to update: I haven't heard back from majority of the rescues I've reached out to. That being said, it's kitten season and it's easily the worst time to be trying to rehome an adult cat with medical issues. I did hear back from Feline Freedom society, they have 90 cats/kittens and all fosters are full, but they gave me two other places to reach out to. Will update again when I have something worth updating.
I also want to thank everyone, everyone has been so kind here, and it means more than you know.
Edit to add: His monthly/med costs I currently get his Inhaler through CVS for $160 every 3 months, he's on one puff a day atm, but could go back to needing two puffs a day. A rescue did find his inhaler through a Canadian pharmacy for $60, but I haven't called the vet yet to see how/if that would work as I don't need to refill it yet. His SSRI is $15 a month through vet pharmacy, he takes 5mg once a day, once he's settled in his new home, he could likely come off these. But personally he seems overall a lot happier on them. The urinary feed, the cheapest wet ice been able to find that's prescribed, which is what he really needs, will be about $150 a month. I've been doing OTC and maybe it's not had time to work, but I haven't seen any real improvements.
I'm in Burnsville, NC, willing to travel 3hrs one way to meet anyone if it meant getting him help. Gas is expensive af or I'd be willing to go further. If someone further was able to help him, I'll gladly do whatever I can to assist in getting him to you. I just want my baby to be able to be his happy self again.
Hey everyone! This is Mr. Kitty, he has asthma, and is on an SSRI both were totally affordable on our income. However recently he has been having some urinary issues and unfortunately his feed alone has pushed him well beyond our affordability.
I have reached out to every rescue and shelter I can think of, even some out of state, nobody has been able to help beyond one place offering to pay for his food for a short bit, but they didn't specify how long a short bit was and I see how overwhelmed shelters are, and I know if he needs vet care again I'll need to be able to rely on them.
If anyone is able to please take this sweet boy, I don't want to rehome him, but his needs are beyond my means and I'm just praying someone out there is able to help him. He deserves so much more than I can offer, this economy has been terrible for everyone and as always emergencies never hit when it's convenient.
For anyone curious, I had care credit before, but my dog passed from IMHA in 4 days, last year, after I had a miscarriage and got into 2 separate car accidents, it was a lot of processing that I still haven't fully processed and in all the mess care credit tried to pull money from the wrong card twice and it resulted in the closure of the card. Outside of that, I've struggled finding employment, so we're working with one income on top of it all.
Please, if anyone is able to foster him, or even adopt him, he's a very sweet boy, he's very good about taking his medicine, he comes with all his medicine and the supplies and I'm beyond willing to go over every little aspect of this cat to make sure he goes where he needs to. I'll forever be blessed to have even got to experience this cat, and I'll never stop loving him, but my love for him is too great to let him suffer and have to be put to sleep if someone else can help him.
Please don't comment with advice on how I can keep him. He's already a medically needy cat, he's about to hit senior year's, the vet and I have discussed with how needy he already is, it's a high likely hood he will have more medical needs later in life, and if I already can't afford to care for this 3rd thing, I certainly won't be able to handle a 4th or 5th. If we can't rehome him and things do get worse, we have considered the possibility of putting him to sleep, I'm not just going to let my baby be miserable forever, and I'm absolutely not in a place to get him any of the surgeries, not to mention I really don't have a good place for him to rest and recover.
Please don't come here to be mean, I've got enough hateful comments about how I'm giving up on him and I'm not trying hard enough. I'd literally sell my kidney for him if it meant he had a 100% guarantee of being back to my happy, active, goofy little boy. But there's no guarantee he'll ever have any quality of life again after this, and as much as it sucks, I'm not even able to give him to opportunity to be better, but maybe you or someone you know is?
I've posted him on Asheville Cat weirdos, I've asked any friends I can think of to ask their friends, I've asked the random small rescues if they know anyone, I've asked rescues as far as Charlotte and in TN. I know it's a slow process, but just to have any form of possibility is better than nothing. I've called and messaged several other rescues, I can't think of all the names unfortunately.