FREE RAGDOLL KITTEN OR CAT
Free Companion TICA registered Ragdoll Kitten or Cat for someone in need. We are accepting applications for a Free Ragdoll Kitten or Cat of the winners choosing*.
Please submit your one to three paragraph essay on behalf of yourself or a loved one describing why you need/want one of these lovely kittens and how the companionship of a Ragdoll would brighten your life.
We are accepting applications now thru February 28th, 2013. Winner will be selected and notified within one week of contest end. Please submit applications to Kittens@LoveRagdolls.com.
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This contest is being sponsored by Love Ragdolls. If you would like to sponsor providing a person in need with one of these amazing companion cats please contact us a Kittens@LoveRagdolls.com or call 877-236-5548.
* - Free Kitten can be selected from participating locations and winner can select from kittens or cats priced at $1500 or less. Winner has up to one year to select their perfect companion.
Free Ragdoll Kitten Donated
From LoveRagdolls.com
Selected Submission Below:
I am a widow and lived in Biloxi, Mississippi for over thirty years. I lost everything in hurricane Katrina and relocated to Columbia, Missouri. My beloved shelter cat passed away last summer. I miss "Purrcee" every day.
I have been researching Ragdoll cats and just recently learned how much they cost and have resigned myself to the fact that on my Social Security income I will probably never get a chance to give all the love I've been saving up to a little fur baby like a Ragdoll.
I still pray I'll be considered a worthy canidate for a beautiful Ragdoll.
Thank You & Happy New Year
Honey
Updated Photo below of Honey's New Kitten Settled In At Home. Thank you Honey for the adorable photo!
Free Ragdoll Kitten Donated
From LoveRagdolls.com
Selected Submission Below:
I am writing to you as a grief stricken mother, but more as a concerned grandmother;
I am sending this message and praying for a response. I wouldn't consider doing anything like this, but for the love and concern of my 7 year old grandson Aidan. (My daughter, his mother died on June 15th, 2012. She was 32).
Aidan lives with me, has a mild form of tourettes, and is heartbroken over the loss of his mommy. I am on Social Security and disability. I have researched cats and found that Ragdolls would be ideal for both Aidan and his Nana.
Before she died his mother had planned to get him a puppy and house train it by Christmas for him. He has since asked me for a kitty. I've learned that on my income there is no way I can afford to purchase one of these beautiful and obviously sweet tempered animals.
As difficult as it is for me, I am setting my pride aside and asking only because I truly believe it could help Aidan through his grief. Could you possibly find it within your heart and ability to donate a kitten to this child?
I wouldn't consider asking something like this, but since losing my daughter my heart has been as broken for him as it has been for the loss of my child. I would probably do most anything to ease his sadness.
Thank you for your time and consideration. ~ Sincerely and humbly, Deborah
01/29/2013 Update on Aidan:
Aidan and Dinah have become very close. He has developed such a sweet and special bond with her, and the fact that she has reminded him, in such a warm and special way of his mommy, has been a very positive experience for him. It has been such a blessing to me to see him interact and smile with his special angel kitty!
Deborah
FREE RAGDOLL KITTEN DONATED
From LoveRagdolls.com
Selected Submission Below:
My son Eric is 8 years old and an avid cat lover. He has always loved cats. He loves everything to do with cats. Eric’s favorite clothes are Puma (the logo is ...
a cat) and he doesn’t understand why most clothes or toys with cats are made for girls! Last week at Children’s Hospital in Boston Eric chose a cat watch. They only had pink ones so Eric said he didn’t care if other kids pick on him, he really wanted the cat watch.
Eric has been a patient at Children’s Hospital in Boston for 5 years. He has an unidentified neuromuscular disorder which causes many difficulties for him ranging from GI problems, ENT, pulmonary, and muscular challenges. He is able to walk and play and do most of the things he would like to do. Riding a bicycle, jumping on a trampoline or bouncy house, or riding roller coasters are some things he misses. He has had 2 muscle biopsies and ear tubes 4 times, not to mention years of physical therapy. He is currently involved in a study of neuromuscular disorders at Harvard and Children’s.
Eric’s Dad is in the Air National Guard and has deployed to Iraq twice in Eric’s young life. Eric was brave and courageous while his Dad was away. Dad is home safe and sound now.
But Eric is a gentle, kind, happy kid. He would like to be a cat dentist one day! J If he were to receive his very own cat he would be so amazed! We home school, so a kitty would get lots of love and attention from Eric. A nice floppy Ragdoll who enjoys being held would be a dream come true for him!
Thank you for considering Eric as a kitty recipient.
Sincerely,
Victoria (Eric’s Mom)
WINNER OF OUR PREVIOUS FREE RAGDOLL KITTEN CONTEST (sponsored by Love Ragdolls):
WINNER OF OUR PREVIOUS FREE RAGDOLL KITTEN CONTEST (sponsored by Omar Ghosheh and Love Ragdolls): Darylan Kinross
The Comfort of a Cat
Right before my daughter was beginning her High School Freshman year she started having extreme stomach pains. Most kids have a tummy ache from time to time –they are so undefined and not “visible” to examine. As school started they continued. Long story short, after I asked her pediatrician to run a specific test, my daughter was diagnosed with gastro paresis. The gastro paresis has affected her quality of life drastically. Her stomach is, in a sense, paralyzed –it does not turn food like it should and takes an extreme amount of time to empty. Occasionally it will “dump” and cause her blood sugar to go crazy high, causing a whole new set of symptoms. She is in constant pain; severe pain. The paresis causes her to feel full, even though she is starving and hungry. It causes her to be nauseous. It has caused her to be severely underweight. She is very weak and tired all the time, and now a candidate for a feeding tube. She will try to go out with friends and be a “teenager” but often comes home early, doubled over, and then in bed trying to recover for a couple of weeks. Her blood pressure now drops and she has dizzy spells and migraines. We have bounced from doctor to doctor –psychologists, neurologists, GI, adolescent medicine, pain specialists, the ER several times, and of course our pediatrician. She has had to drop out of the public High School at the end of her freshman year and has been homeschooled since. This was supposed to be her senior year. It has been hard. We are now waiting to travel to a group of specialists to talk about a gastric pacemaker, an experimental device allowed for humanitarian purposes in pediatrics.
We had a cat that we took in off the street. She was mainly my cat and stuck around me. I called her my “sick kitty” because she always clued me in when one in the family was really sick. She would stick to that person, which was unusual for her. We had her for a little over 15 years until she passed away last summer. I really miss cuddling and confiding in her. It has been a tough year. She had helped me out so much, in indescribable ways. I would catch her in my daughter’s room, and during those times I would know her pain was at an 8 or 9 on a scale of 0-10. She would curl right up against my daughter’s tummy and purr. Her warmth and calm vibrating purr would sooth Darylan. Nothing is as stress releasing as stroking the soft fur of a kitty. As a mom you have to be the strength of the family. I often would quietly cry in the fur of my cat, late at night, as I coped with the realities of my hurting family. And she would sooth me.
I am now ready for a new cat. I have told my family that my next cat is going to be a ragdoll. I don’t think they really believe me. Our past cats have been homeless cats. I am attracted to the ragdoll because of their temperament and beautiful fur. That is how I found out about this essay contest –I was searching (dreaming) about a cat. If my daughter is chosen to receive the free kitten it would joyfully be welcomed in our home by all of us!
FREE RAGDOLL KITTEN DONATED
From LoveRagdolls.com
Selected Submission Below:
I am writing you on behalf of my 6yr old daughter who was diagnosed with a highly malignant brain tumor in September of 2010.
We thought at first that she was suffering from gastric paresis but were soon to find out it was a tumor, a little larger than a golf ball. She has spent the past year and half since the age of 5 in and out of hospitals battling brain cancer. Mia has a 5yr old brother and a 1 yr old sister who all bravely have endured some tough times. Mia's first word at age one was "kitty" although we never had pet cats at home. We used to have a dog but it was always the cat at grandma's house that appealed to Mia. The very same kitty would sit with Mia while she was sick from her chemo this past year.
Not having had cats before I started doing research into breeds and their temperaments dreaming of surprising the kids with a special cat of their own.
Ragdolls seem to be ideal family cats with the fluffy "look" a little six year old girl would love. The collateral damage of cancer on our family has caught up with us.
The kid's father filed for divorce 7months after the cancer diagnosis and although he is very active in the children's lives, I worry about the emotional impact on them.
Lastly, the six weeks of radiation that Mia underwent to prevent the tumor from growing back has caused a very rare radiation injury. It took away her ability to walk or even sit on her own. She has struggled and still is struggling to regain strength to sit, stand, walk and even speak loud enough to be heard. As I write Mia and I have been away from our home town of Phoenix, AZ for a hyperbaric oxygen treatment at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia since early December 2011. We spent Christmas and New Years here and hope to go home end of January or beginning of February 2010. Mia misses her goofy little brother, her sweet baby sister, her dad and of course grandma's cat Max. It is a challenge keeping her spirits up. I have promised her that when we get back home, we will get a kitten. When things get tough at the hospital we browse YouTube for cute kitten clips and dream of kitty names. This morning I surprised her and ordered a fancy cat litter box online! If Mia were to win a ragdoll kitten for her and her brother and sister, she would have a friend to snuggle with who is real instead of the many stuffed animal kitties in her room!
Many thanks
Mia, Charlie and Genevieve's mom - Sandra