Eyes Opening Early?

Patience's litter is four days old as of today. I just handled them all moments ago to get their weights, checks and for kittish luvvin. The largest of the litter, the cap and saddle bi-color boy, definitely had one of his eyes open. It was his left eye, and it wasn't completely open but he was blinking fairly regularly. It looked, pretty alien actually. Has anyone heard of kittens beginning to open their eyes this early? Could this be a problem? I've turned off all the lights in the room and there isn't much natural lighting in there, so I'm hoping to avoid light damage. I'm hoping he's just an advanced youngling (he weighed in at 179g, larger than the next largest by 10g), and it is not indicative of a larger problem? 4 days old just seems terribly early....

Yep a lot of my rex kittens started opening their eyes at 5 days old - most were completely open by 7-8 days - none later. You don't have to keep it too dark for them, but no really bright light either

Oh man, that's a relief. I was afraid it had gotten pried open too early. That's why I turned all the lights out, I was afraid he wasn't ready yet.

But does this mean no more pictures with flash? =p

mine are now 1wk old today and still havent openend should i be worried

you shouldnt use a flash on very young kittens anyway weather their eyes are open or not.
the earliest iv seen kittens open their eyes is 4/5 days old and they have been fine.

Kittens vary in opening their eyes - 5-14 days is normal, so your kittens at a week old are normal - probably by weekend they will start to open