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I've been asked by someone about blue eyes in cats. I thought I remembered reading that blue eyes were only in white and pointed cats. Is this correct? She saw an ad for a "rare" blue eyed gray kitten. From the picture, the blue eyes aren't really clear, and the cat doesn't look pointed (is pointing something you notice in a kitten?).

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Thanks. To add insult to injury, this poor excuse for a backyard breeder must then be hoping to foist the kitten upon unsuspecting people before it's ready to leave it's mother
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Sorry not true. Blue eyes can and do (rarely) occur in non pointed or non-white cats.

I owned an odd-eye black & white cat (one blue and one green eye). Also in the Japanese Bobtail breed, there are many other color cats with weird eye color combinations. I've seen a picture of a red tabby JBT with blue eyes!
 
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But since it is so rare, most likely the "rare" blue eyed kitten (who looks younger than 8 weeks) will most likely have eyes of another color as s/he gets older, right? So it would be best to advise a person not to buy a cat based on the blue eye trait until the cat was older (without even going into the rightness/wrongness of buying a moggie).
 
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Originally Posted by rahma

But since it is so rare, most likely the "rare" blue eyed kitten (who looks younger than 8 weeks) will most likely have eyes of another color as s/he gets older, right? So it would be best to advise a person not to buy a cat based on the blue eye trait until the cat was older (without even going into the rightness/wrongness of buying a moggie).
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Agreed. Definitely wait until the kitten is older.

There is actually a breed called Ojos Azules, which means blue eyes. The cats are not white or pointed, and the breed is very rare. They can be long- or shorthairs. It's in the 'Preliminary New Breeds'-category in TICA. SH in TICA, LH in TICA and some general info.
 
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Attitude had blue eyes until she was older. This was her at 8 weeks.



They aren't blue anymore. This was taken a few weeks ago.



Not all cats have blue eyes for long. This is Nuts at 8 weeks as you can see his eyes are not blue.



I would wait until the kitten is older. as you see yes can change with age, especially blue eyes.

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I know someone who has a red tabby with blue eyes. He's "just" a trailer court stray, no special breed. And my Silka has blue eyes, though she's kinda sorta pointed. I mean, she's a dilute tortie but is a bit darker on her points. And she really looked Siamese when she was a baby. She was a farm kitten. It's rare but sometimes "just plain cats" have blue eyes.
 
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