Ripken was born along with 2 other kittens to our mother cat Nala,11 years ago.
We kept Ripken and his sister Mandy along with Nala, but we gave away Ripken's brother to a family member. At the time we were allowing our cats outside and needless to say one day Mandy did not come home.We found her several days later, it seemed like she was hit by a car.
Ripken and Nala have been together for the last 11 years and for the last 2 years they have become indoor cats. Ripken was always a big boy (13 pds) and his mom was about 7 pds. They played together all the time. But Ripken to me was a special cat, he always had to be with me no matter where I was. Always looking for attention and always getting it at least from me anyway. My wife,son and daughter have always said that I spoiled him.
I did notice for a while the past few months that he was drinking a lot more water than normal. I did not think too much of this but then he started scratching himself a lot. I tried different shampoos but this did not help.
Well I did post his story about going to the vets and getting a cortisone shot and then getting worse, he had liver,kidney and water in his lungs last saturday and had to be put down. We still have his mom (Nala) left but it sure is not the same. She seems confused by the whole thing and I still think that she thinks Ripken is outside and will be coming in soon.
We all miss him so much but being on this website and getting message from everyone has really helped in the healing process. Thanks to everyone on this site you all seem like great people.
R.I.P.
Ripken (after Cal Ripken-Baltimore Orioles)
We kept Ripken and his sister Mandy along with Nala, but we gave away Ripken's brother to a family member. At the time we were allowing our cats outside and needless to say one day Mandy did not come home.We found her several days later, it seemed like she was hit by a car.
Ripken and Nala have been together for the last 11 years and for the last 2 years they have become indoor cats. Ripken was always a big boy (13 pds) and his mom was about 7 pds. They played together all the time. But Ripken to me was a special cat, he always had to be with me no matter where I was. Always looking for attention and always getting it at least from me anyway. My wife,son and daughter have always said that I spoiled him.
I did notice for a while the past few months that he was drinking a lot more water than normal. I did not think too much of this but then he started scratching himself a lot. I tried different shampoos but this did not help.
Well I did post his story about going to the vets and getting a cortisone shot and then getting worse, he had liver,kidney and water in his lungs last saturday and had to be put down. We still have his mom (Nala) left but it sure is not the same. She seems confused by the whole thing and I still think that she thinks Ripken is outside and will be coming in soon.
We all miss him so much but being on this website and getting message from everyone has really helped in the healing process. Thanks to everyone on this site you all seem like great people.
R.I.P.
Ripken (after Cal Ripken-Baltimore Orioles)