MY name is Bruizer. I am a 2 year old black and white
Domestic Shorthair Feline...which is a big fancy way
you humans say ... MUTT! But anyway..I am the MAN
around here. Well, I was, till MoM took us to her
workplace and had her boss stick me with stingey yellow
fluid that made me see pink elephants (what ARE
elephants anyways??) and made me sleep. When I
awoke, something that was special to me was missing...
BUT!...I am still the one in charge of THIS household.
I was found in the wild when I was about a week old,
so young I couldn't even see my kitty-mom yet. A nice
lady at MoM's work bottle fed me yummy stuff, along
with my 2 brothers, until I was healthy and rotund.
Then my MoM took me home when I started eating "big"
kitty food. Which was good, 'cuz I don't think that
nice lady would have had enuff..I LOVE to yumm down
food! I don't really miss my brothers all that much.
The nice lady kept my brother to own her, the one who
looks just like me...and another family is owned by my
other brother. I have a good life now...all..well, not
ALL,hehheh.the yumm-yumm's I can eat, 2 K-9's to
harrass, counters to jump upon, and my sister-by-adoption,
Cuba-Marie. That's what MoM calls her anyway, I call
her things that I don't know exactly how to type on
here. She is okay. She doesn't have control over me
though. We fight-play a lot, and I always win. MoM has
to yell at me sometimes, but thats 'cuz I am the Boss
around here!
Okay, okay, Bruizey...you have had your turn. Hi,
humans. I am Miss Cuba-Marie, the female feline of the
house and the pretty one...or so I think. I am
a calico Domestic Longhair, which in human terms is comparable to...GORGEOUS. MoM brought me to live here 2 years ago when I was the tender sweet age of 6 months. I was turned in to her work, and forced to live in a stainless steel cage till she had me spayed and brought me home, which was the day they were going to put me down...what IS that? Anyway, I was turned in because I didn't get along with the humans and other feline of the people who I owned for a while, after being given to them. MoM felt bad for me, because I had a bad attitude and had a funny looking eye. See, a K-9 had gotten my face when I was a few weeks old, and when the animal Doctor told the humans to bring me in, so she could fix it, they didn't.By the time MoM was owned by me, the Doctor said it was just too late.So I have this funny looking eye, which is scarred on the inside that I can't see very well out of. And because I can't see, I get very scared of things, and run away, even if someone is holding me. And I don't mean to scratch when I run, I just get scared and have to
get away FAST!! Anyway, MoM felt sorry for me
and saved me from the "pink stuff" that would make me
sleep a long, LONG time. I do like living here. I eat
a lot, but not as much as brother Bruizey... he is 11
pounds and I am only 6. But I am petite, and dainty
anyway, and thats what makes me more beautiful than
HE is...!
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*Feral Cats and Protecting Your Pet*
Both of these cats came from the
feral cat population in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The cat is not native to
this area. They were brought over by humans and the
overpopulation of these feral cats was brought about
during the early years of the Naval Base when families
stationed here were evacuated. Some pets escaped, or
were abandoned, and many survived hard years in the
forests and abandoned buildings. When the families
were brought back to the base to live and carry out
their tours of duty, the people found the cats
overrunning the area, and the Veterinary clinic
started a feral cat adoption program, in which the
young kittens, and more tame of the older felines,
were found homes. The Veterinary clinic tests all cats
brought in for FelV, a disease comparable to human
leukemia, and FiV, comparable to human AIDs. 3 out of
5 cats this year have these viruses. 3 out of those 5
were put down, due to the lack of cure for these
devestating diseases. There is no cure for either, and
only FelV has a vaccination at this time, which, as
with any vaccination, is not a guaranteed prevention
of the disease. Strongly recommended is to keep your
pets inside, unless supervised, as the viruses are
transmitted through bodily fluid, ie. mating, fights
and the expulsion of bodily wastes. The residents here
in Guantanamo Bay are prohibited from feeding the
strays, as bringing them closer to human living spaces
is dangerous for pets, humans and the strays. Pets are
likely to become infested with the external parasites
native here, the flea and tick, along with ringworm,
which is very common here due to the environment and
high number of hosts in the wild. Internal parasites,
which humans mat contract as well, are common, such as
tapeworm, coccidia and pinworm. The strays are in
danger due to the amount of vehicles in the housing
areas and pets that are bigger and stranger than they
and from human nature as well. The number of cats is
increasing due to the amount of people letting
their unsterilized animals outside to roam, in which a
male may impregnate as many females in heat as it
comes in contact with, and females may have up to 8
kittens per 3-6 months. Please spay and neuter your
pets, and also keep them inside to keep them safe from
disease. Please do not feed the feral cats here in
Guantanamo Bay, as the more healthy cats there are in
the wild, the more disease will be spread in the future.
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Batted mousies
