Ritchie's lust is not for sex but for contact from another living thing.
It doesn't matter if is to harm or comfort him. He would purposely make the others mad enough to hit him if he didn't get enough contact for that day.
This is because of the environment he was raised in. He grew up believing/ taught the only way to have human contact was to seduce or fight for it.
This is why he is overly flirty with everyone ( he still has a natural flirty personality)and get on people's nerves on purpose.
When it comes to animals he doesn't do anything nasty with them, all he does is cuddle and pet them. Ritchie often feeds strays and wild animals.
Ritchie also attracts animals to him. If the animal is angry or hurt he can help them without getting hurt as long as its not too badly hurt/aggressive and he has to be either alone or with Brandon (Brandon has the same affect on the animals).
