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Riff Raff Parsons This is the tale of our journey with Riff Raff, a cat we are blessed to have in our lives. This will be his story.

Sir Riff Raff (and Princess before him) will never stop being missed around here!
10/12/2023

Sir Riff Raff (and Princess before him) will never stop being missed around here!

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30/10/2023

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The circle is complete with our special boy. He will now be with us everyday for the rest of our days. Deb and I origi...
16/10/2023

The circle is complete with our special boy. He will now be with us everyday for the rest of our days. Deb and I originally planned to do both of ours together, but fate had other ideas. I still walk by our bed on occasion, and miss his meows to get my attention. Our boy is precious to us.

You will always be with me
. 💔 đŸŸ
06/10/2023

You will always be with me
. 💔 đŸŸ

When mama was deployed, we would talk to her on FaceTime! She couldn’t scritch me but I could hear her voice! đŸ„° I know...
06/09/2023

When mama was deployed, we would talk to her on FaceTime! She couldn’t scritch me but I could hear her voice! đŸ„° I know I am missed since crossing the rainbow bridge, but the memories will live on forever.

Our special boy is home, right where he belongs.
24/08/2023

Our special boy is home, right where he belongs.

We brought home Riff Raff for the final time. Very emotional, he is so missed, and his impact on our lives and our hear...
22/08/2023

We brought home Riff Raff for the final time. Very emotional, he is so missed, and his impact on our lives and our hearts will remain timeless. His paw print will be our next tattoos, very soon.

We went to the Animal Defense League of Texas this afternoon, and adopted two rescue cats, each of us being smitten by o...
19/08/2023

We went to the Animal Defense League of Texas this afternoon, and adopted two rescue cats, each of us being smitten by one. No one can ever replace our Sir. We will be getting tattoos of his paw print in a week or two. He will forever be with us. At this time, I can’t say whether or not I’ll be creating another page for our two new family members. They’re already family, but Riff Raff was our inimitable boy.

If you’re in line for considering a donation source, no-kill non-profit animal shelters always appreciate support. The ADL of Texas is the oldest of said kind in South Texas. They do amazing work on very little funds.

Pics from our last day with our best friend. Last night, he put his paw in my hand, which he used to also do when I was...
17/08/2023

Pics from our last day with our best friend. Last night, he put his paw in my hand, which he used to also do when I was in bed sick. Grateful we had an extra night with him, lots of cuddles and telling him how much he was loved. 💗 Deb Parsons Wayne Parsons

17/08/2023

Sir Riff Raff Parsons was a special boy from the start. He was born with extra toes, making him a Polydactyl American Short Hair breed. Polydactyls are often called Hemingway kitties because of Ernest Hemingway’s deep affection and advocacy for them. On Key West, the Hemingway house has multiple polydactyls who are descended from some of the cats that he called family members. We’ve been lucky enough to see the place, and would definitely go back again if we were even in the Keys again.

On the 16th of November 2014, Deb got a text from one of her troops who happened to be in the Brandon Florida area PetSmart. Said PetSmart was having a pet adoption event, and her troop and another co-worker knew that we had lost our two fur kids earlier that year. In short, they knew we needed mended hearts. Deb and I looked at one another in the car, made a U-Turn and went right to that PetSmart. Riff Raff was right near the front. I took one look at him and knew he would come home with us. Deb and I (mostly Deb) walked around a bit more, but he came home with us shortly afterwards. I was a sucker for his chin, and his look of potential love. For the last almost 9 years, he has given that love in spades. We couldn’t have asked for a better fur family companion, nor friend. He made us whole again.

He had health issues from the start, but with amazing vets at now four locations, we’d kept him as healthy as his body could be. He was on special food to avoid protein in his urinary tract from about the first three months that he lived with us. He was never the most active of cats, despite us trying to encourage that, so he was soon on a metabolic and urinary tract diet soon after, for which he remained most of his adult life. We’d always kept in the back of our mind that his health might not always remain up to par, so we kept him on a pretty strict schedule of appointments. We also knew that, after our previous two went through their late in life transitions to the rainbow bridge, that we wouldn’t unnecessarily prolong Riff Raff’s existence for our own selfish wants and desires. He’s family. He was from the day he got into our arms for the first time. We will miss him, but are thankful that he is no longer in pain. If love could have kept him alive, he’d have outlived us.

For those just over 1400 followers of Riff Raff’s page, thank you for looking in on him over the last several years. When I created his page a few years prior to nuking my own first Facebook account, I had no idea that he would gain this much attention. I shouldn’t be surprised though, as he certainly snagged my heart from the start. Thanks for being with us along this journey of his life.

17/08/2023

Almost 9 years ago, this sweet boy came into our lives, and our lives have never been the same, and will never be the same. We made the humane and compassionate decision to let him cross the rainbow bridge, and end any suffering, as he had stopped eating and yesterdays scans were the worst of news. He will live in our hearts forever. 💔 😔

17/08/2023

The rainbow bridge got a little bit brighter this morning, and our hearts got a little bit dimmer. Our boy is no longer in pain, but ours has just begun. We will miss our Sir Riff Raff Parsons. He was by far the highlight of our lives the last 9 years. We will keep this page open for our own personal memoriam. Hug your loved ones
two or four-legged.

When Deb was deployed for a year, 2015-2016, we would FaceTime with our fur kid.
17/08/2023

When Deb was deployed for a year, 2015-2016, we would FaceTime with our fur kid.

Update: Riff Raff is home after receiving a fluid bag and an anti-nausea medication. His blood sugar was normal, so we’...
16/08/2023

Update: Riff Raff is home after receiving a fluid bag and an anti-nausea medication. His blood sugar was normal, so we’ve ruled out full-blown diabetes. They’ve prescribed another variety of food, which we’re going to try and feed him later. The doctor was under no illusions, and neither are we. This is pretty much the final attempt to reverse his lack of appetite and energy. Depending on his response to this treatment overnight and into tomorrow, we will highly likely know the next course of action. His labs from now 19 days ago were not reporting anything significant, outside of an infection which they did prescribe antibiotics for, and due to his sugar levels at that time, the need to put him on a pre-diabetic diet. We may have another blood draw done, but really only if Riff Raff gives us the indication that we should do so. Tonight’s treatment will likely tell us that information.

Original post contained below:

Sad news
. Riff Raff Parsons’s ultrasound came back. In short, the imaging is consistent with cancer across multiple organs. We have to wait until 2 today to setup a time where they can run a quick glucose test to make sure that what is causing his severe weight loss and food avoidance isn’t diabetes, which he was recently diagnosed as being in the pre stages of. In short, if it is diabetes, we can try and give him a chance to physically rebound and potentially, when he gets energy levels back, look at verifying via less invasive means as to whether it is confirmed cancer of a malignant variety, or something else. If it isn’t diabetes, then the likelihood of it being malignant shoots to a point of near certainty. If a level of rebound is possible for him, without pain, we will pursue that. If it isn’t something that can be reversed, we will do what is right based on the doctors input.

Riff Raff is our best friend. He was my sole everyday companion during Deb’s year and a half in the sandbox. He troopered through multiple moves, a long evacuation to and from, finally settling down in our permanent home here in San Antonio. He made every place we lived or stayed feel like home. He weathered it all with love and dignity, and I call him Sir Riff Raff because of that (plus his general tuxedo look TBH). He came to us as a rescue. We’ve said since he arrived that we weren’t sure who rescued who. We had lost both of our previous fur kids a few months before he came into our lives. He mended our hearts, and then some. I’m thankful for the life he was granted when we saw him and fell in love at first sight that day at the Brandon PetSmart. I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to call him a family member since. I’m heartbroken that cancer, yet again, rears it’s ugly name and likely takes another family member well before their time.

I’m posting this mostly for myself and Deb, so we can look back in a few years and reflect fondly on the lucky years that we had with him. We love you, Sir.

15/08/2023

Splash free water fountain? Challenge accepted.

I don’t get cuddles with the kid often, but when I do, these moments make for cute pics! đŸ„°
30/07/2023

I don’t get cuddles with the kid often, but when I do, these moments make for cute pics! đŸ„°

These humans keep me jobbing-always looking after them, esp the one that I am told is my ‘sister’! Good thing they have...
14/07/2023

These humans keep me jobbing-always looking after them, esp the one that I am told is my ‘sister’! Good thing they have me around!

That is right, less laundry and more petting! And make sure you get my good side, human servant!
26/06/2023

That is right, less laundry and more petting! And make sure you get my good side, human servant!

So true about my humans Wayne Parsons and Deb Parsons! They are obsessed!
26/06/2023

So true about my humans Wayne Parsons and Deb Parsons! They are obsessed!

My Human Male’s routine. He’s a good staff member when he has his coffee.
10/05/2023

My Human Male’s routine. He’s a good staff member when he has his coffee.

I don’t want to be here!!!
09/02/2023

I don’t want to be here!!!

22/10/2022

That day when my dad played some music that I wasn’t too sure of!

Leave me all day, will ya! Time to make up all those cuddles!
22/10/2022

Leave me all day, will ya! Time to make up all those cuddles!

Everything I do is cute, including washing my face after trying to steal the chicken skin off of Wayne Parsons’ plate! ...
16/10/2022

Everything I do is cute, including washing my face after trying to steal the chicken skin off of Wayne Parsons’ plate!

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The boy is a great conversationalist. This was circa 2015, when Deb was deployed for a year. He kept me company
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Splash free water fountain gets had.
Splash free water fountain gets had.

Splash free water fountain? Challenge accepted. #facepalm

Nothing like Sunday morning snuggles with my humans! They call it coffee time, but I know it is really Sir Riff Raff time! #lovedkitty #sundaysnuggles

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