Rescued From An Inhumane Breeder, His True Beauty Hidden Under Dirt And Stains, He Finally Learns What Love Really Is
He needn’t have worried too much.
After hearing Brimley’s story R.J understandably thought that the mistreated Persian would have developed a hatred for humans. This being the case he decided that when he went to visit him he would sit down and allow Brimley to make the first move.
As soon as R.J sat down Brimley immediately approached him, looking for pets and purring up a storm the whole time. Right then R.J knew he would be taking this sweet boy home. And that is exactly what happened, after filling out all the paperwork, that very night, R.J took Brimley to his new home.
The newly-neutered kitty was still receiving treatment for his eyes when R.J. took him into his care, and the fate of his vision was uncertain. But the cat dad stayed dedicated to his routine, and miraculously, Brimley made a full recovery! R.J. told us:
“He had what’s called a corneal sequestrum in both of his eyes, which looked like sort of a black flake over his eyeball. It was more pronounced in his left eye, which the rescue told me he would likely lose. When I adopted him, he was on a rigorous course of medication twice daily, which included eye drops, eye ointment, oral medication through a syringe, and painkiller pills.
After a couple of months of treatment, and weekly baths to work on the stains, the sequestrum flakes actually fell out of both eyes naturally. He never even needed surgery. I still take him to an eye specialist here in Seattle annually, just to make sure everything is still going well, and at the last appointment, the doctor told me he had the best eyes he had ever seen in a Persian cat!”
It’s been 3 years, and the now 4-year-old Brimley is king of his castle! He’s an only pet, and as R.J. says, he wouldn’t have it any other way… although he loves the human visitors that stop by!
Because of his long fur, this stunning kitty enjoys a luxurious brush session every day, and his dad always makes sure to keep his eyes clean.
After adopting him, R.J. discovered that Brimley is deaf, but that cat dad says this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
“I’m not sure if it’s how he was born (I’ve heard it’s very common with purely white cats), but he’s been deaf since I adopted him. Since he’s in a safe environment now, it actually works to his benefit in a lot of situations (namely holidays with lots of noise and fireworks, which he just snoozes through).
It can also lead to some funny wake-up-calls when he doesn’t quite know how to control the volume of his loud meows into my ear in the morning!”
R.J. and Brimley like to stay involved with the Seattle Persian and Himalayan Rescue, and often help out with events and fundraisers. Oh, and one more thing — this “professional smiler” is Instagram famous, with an impressive following of over 45,000!
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