Last Wednesday (a week ago from today), my mother called me, and tearfully informed me that she and my father had Dusty (one of my childhood cats) euthanized...he had complications due to renal failure. He was 16, and I was 12 years old when we brought the gray/blue ball of kitten fluff home. He was a wonderful, affectionate, talkative cat who absolutely adored my mother. Obviously my parents were devastated, and I was as well. They informed me that they were going to the animal shelter on Saturday...because they "couldn't stand coming home from work without a cat to greet them." Boy, can we all relate!!!!!!!! Anyway, Saturday rolled around, and I received another phone call from them, and they had adopted 2 adult cats, Fred, a 1 year old front declawed neutered gray tabby male, and Shelby, a front declawed ginger tabby female who is estimated to be about 5-6 years old. Shelby was absolutely covered in fleas when she was dumped at the shelter (she had been there for over a year), and was extremely overweight. She was so fat, she could not groom her back, and was covered in mats. Both cats came home with my parents today, and I just spent an hour on the phone with my mother, and rather than behaving like a 61 year-old, she was like a 12 year-old herself!!!!! She was telling me what the two kitties were doing at each moment, baby-talking the kitties, and giving me every detail play-by-play. I told her that she should change their names to Fred and Ginger (like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) or Fred and Ethel (like on I Love Lucy)...they loved that idea.
Anyway, I just wanted to give a shout out on the web to my folks, who have the biggest hearts in the world, and all the love in the world to share with their new shelter babies...bless them both for giving these two a second chance and a lifelong home. They've never owned a cat that they didn't love to death...how lucky this pair is to have my parents as their new mom and dad.
Here's Shelby's (or Ginger/Ethel...whichever it will end up being) Petfinder photo. Fred didn't have one. Isn't she a beautiful girl?
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/...?petid=6613735
Anyway, I just wanted to give a shout out on the web to my folks, who have the biggest hearts in the world, and all the love in the world to share with their new shelter babies...bless them both for giving these two a second chance and a lifelong home. They've never owned a cat that they didn't love to death...how lucky this pair is to have my parents as their new mom and dad.
Here's Shelby's (or Ginger/Ethel...whichever it will end up being) Petfinder photo. Fred didn't have one. Isn't she a beautiful girl?
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/...?petid=6613735
