His name is Bruiser but ‘Cheeks’ would have been appropriate too. He’s a BIG solid, hunkum boy who grew those magnificent chubby cheeks as an unneutered tomcat. They might have been an advantage in his world of intimidating other tomcats and impressing the girls. But as far as being good for his eyesight, it was a bad deal.

As happens with other big cheeked boys, Bruiser ended up with entropion where the cheeks crowd the face and the eyelids turn inward as they push against the eyes; the lashes brush and irritate the eyes, creating a painful, irritating condition that causes tearing and infection and difficulty seeing.

For Bruiser like most cats with entropion it was not a happy situation. So Bruiser got the surgery to tuck the eyelids back in place and now he is a very very happy big hunkum boy.

Bruiser is amazing. He’s a rock. Solid muscle now with a little chunkiness that makes him a great cuddlemaster. Wrapping arms around this big boy and getting the purr of love back is worth everything. He is easy going (now that he’s no longer cranky from being matted and having painful eyes). He has quite a personality with some humor thrown in. He does okay with other cat who are fine doing their own thing. We don’t really know about dogs but he would probably be fine with a mellow one. Unlikely he’d be interested in putting up with the ‘get in your face’ kind of nonsense. People are great. He’s cool just hanging out with his people, being ‘the guy’. No muss no fuss.

He will need a safe place to go outside and bask in nature, let the world see what a magnificent creature he is. Maybe explore the bushes. Or just chill.

We think he may be a mid age adult, 5 or so, and now ready for a family who will treasure him for the rest of his life. He’s in Eagle River. Call 907 980-8898