Parker came to us as a tiny orange fluffball about 5 years ago. The Security Police at Spectrum Hospital downtown Grand Rapids found this tiny kitten wandering in the parking ramp one morning. They surmised he had been playing under a car climbing around the exhaust system, and unexpectedly hitched a ride when the owner drove into town.

When the Spectrum Security officers took the kitten into one of offices at the hospital to find him a home, a staff member told them we had a farm and might be willing to take him in. We took one look and couldn't say no. Of course we named him Parker, since he was found in the parking ramp.

A day after we brought him home we had to take Parker to the vet for surgery on his feet. Parker had burned the pads of his feet riding on the hot exhaust pipe. That was a $250 expense we had not anticipated. A couple months later we took Parker back to the vet to be neutered, like all of the cats that find homes at Wild Rose Meadows. Alays keep in mind there is no such thing as a "free kitten!"

Parker turned out to be a really good find. He is one of our favorite cats. We are happy that Parker hitched a ride to our house.