Ping

Here are two recent photos of Ping and Chang together - uh, again! Ping and Chang have quite a history together. You see, Ping and Chang were together for about seven years living the grand life in Santa Barbara, CA before their human "mom" passed away suddenly. The cats all moved to MN with their "dad"and had just settled into their home when their "dad" passed away. Leaving Ping, Chang and two other boys suddenly homeless! The man's son and daughter already had nine cats between the two of them. Chang was the oldest of the bunch had chronic urinary tract issues, an exception was made and he was adopted by the son and his wife. SFAAR graciously took Ping, Pong and Merlin. They found homes for all of them. This was over two years ago. Poor Ping (aka Mr.Pingleman) ended up back at SFAAR when his new owner passed away. Leaving him once again homeless! While browsing the SFAAR website one day, the son's wife happened to notice that Ping was BACK at SFAAR. They decided that Ping had been through enough, so they took him in. Ping was cat number six. The funny thing is, Ping and Chang did not remember each other at all. In fact, for a few months, did not even like each other! The other resident cats were not thrilled with the new addition. Everything was not all "sunshine and happiness." But, as you can see, Ping and Chang seem to remember that they were once friends and now share tiny beds and heating pads and even groom eachother. They are truly old friends - Chang is 13 and Ping is now almost 10. While Ping definitely took the long road home, he is now home for good.