CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio – Our and so is National Adopt a Cat Month, which ended yesterday. But your favorite kitty of the litter “Patrick” has captured the hearts and minds of you, our readers. Just like when Megan Crawford and Dustin Likens adopted him.
The Cleveland Heights couple fell in love with Patrick (who was then known as Sun Sprinkles) after a social media post. It’s a story that is quite familiar adoptive pet parents from all over Northeast Ohio, with an especially beautiful twist. “We’ve always been drawn towards special-needs animals, especially cats,” Crawford said in an interview with Cleveland.
com and The Plain Dealer after their orange tiger tabby cat’s victory. “He was just cutest little kitten, we were already really drawn to orange cats and he had some issues he was being quarantined for when we decided to visit him,” she added. “You could tell he had some physical abnormalities, especially with his eyes, but the poor thing was just so, so sick.
” From the APL to the MVP, meet Cleveland.com readers' poll winner Patrick - "Cutest Adopted Cat" winner from Cleveland Heights Patrick had a “horrible upper respiratory infection” he was being treated for, as well as roundworm. He was also technically legally blind but can still see through what vets and caregivers dubbed as “micro eyes.
” Patrick’s right eye is smaller than his left and, by all accounts, has no vision in that eye. With his left eye, he can see shadows, but the lens.
