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Ringo
We walked into the
Humane Society to adopt a cat - we came out with three. The
Humane Society was euthanizing high numbers of cats at the time.
We'd already decided to adopt Ringo's brother, George. But the
thought of adopting George and leaving his brother behind broke our
hearts. They were the last two cats remaining of their litter, and it
was hard enough to have to separate them, but if we didnt take Ringo,
they would have put him down. He was suffering his third round of a
chronic upper respiratory infection at the time and with the
overcrowding problem, the Humane Society would not continue to treat
him for the condition. If we hadn't adopted him that Sunday, he would
have been euthanized later that week. So now he's ours. We initially
took him strictly as a pity case, but Ringo has turned out to be is
an admirable little man - our highly affectionate little
"tiger". We call him "wild man Ringo" because of
the extreme vigor with which he can play. A sickly, scrawny little
guy when we brought him home, today he is rock solid and strong on
the outside - but so soft and gentle on the inside. He loves
to chew things - like the rod-iron legs of our kitchen table (?!), or
say, the edge of a computer. But he's always the little gentleman.
Well behaved and (mostly) well-mannered (except for when he muscles
into his buddies food bowls). He'll let you know when he's in urgent
need of a cuddle by standing on his hind legs and reaching up to be
held. It feels great to know we literally saved this little guy's life.
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