Ralph

I haven't lived with cats in over a decade. Now my gal and I have moved in together and she has two cats, Tex and Ralph. My stalwart daughter soldiers on despite cat allergies.


How different from dogs could these guys possibly be? For one thing, they're nocturnal, which means they like to wake us up as much as possible during the night. Ralph loves to come into our bedroom and shake extension cords or rattle a shelf, trying his best to roust us out of bed and towards the kitchen to feed him.


Tex is tightly wound. Maybe a tad neurotic. He startles easily and is wary of almost everything.


Ralph, on the other hand, is really large and long-haired and easy-going and somewhat comical. He's a Curly of the cat world. He's loves getting into paper bags and boxes. He gets up on hind legs when you're at the kitchen counter and he bats his head into your leg to let you know he wants what you have. When he gets too matted and has to have his hair shaved he resembles a small lion.


Ralph is a character. One of a kind.