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Are my kittens eyes normal?

post #1 of 11
7/5/10 at 4:04pm
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I am getting a little Balinese kitten in a few weeks and the breeder has been sending me pictures of her but I am getting concerned as her eyes don't look right they seem to be sort of "wall eyed" is this a common siamese kitten thing and will she outgrow it? Her eyes are not crossed in but they seem to just be looking in slightly different directions . I don't know how to post pictures or I would post a couple
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post #2 of 11
7/5/10 at 4:43pm
Yes, with blue-eyed cats it can look like they are "different" - its more of an optical illusion with the color and shape then anything else.

I would contact the breeder with your concerns so she can take a good look and maybe have a vet check the eyes too before you get the kitten.

BTW what color point?
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post #3 of 11
7/5/10 at 7:02pm
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she is a blue point. I did ask the breeder about her eyes but she told me that it was just the way the pictures were taken. I think her eyes are a little less strange now then when we was 3 weeks old. Here is a link to a few pictures the breeder sent me

http://s421.photobucket.com/albums/p...isblossom/Isis
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post #4 of 11
7/5/10 at 7:30pm
The eyes look fine. I breed Ragdolls and get the same effect in photos. She is a little cutie. As she grows it will go away.
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post #5 of 11
7/5/10 at 7:36pm
I also get the same effect with kittens between 2-5 weeks of age. Don't worry
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post #6 of 11
7/5/10 at 8:04pm
Same thing happened with Wrinkles.
I even asked her breeder if she was cross eyed.
It happens with many blue eyed cats.
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post #7 of 11
7/5/10 at 8:14pm
Do you know that blue-eyed cats with white fur have a high incidence of genetic deafness?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat#Genetics
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post #8 of 11
7/5/10 at 8:29pm
MysteryCat - The deafness is linked to the dominant white (W) gene and a higher incidence is found in WW vs. Ww cats. Balinese and other pointed cats are not white, although they are born that color. Rather, they are homozygous for a gene that causes a point-restricted albinism and that is what causes their blue eyes. They are born hearing just fine.
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post #9 of 11
7/6/10 at 4:38am
Blue eyed whites have higher chance of being deaf. But the pointed gene doesn't have that problem.

Actually any eye color can be deaf. I owned a blue eyed and odd eye (both hearing) white and my odd-eye female produced a deaf gold-eye white. It was not due to her being white, but to the high white BICOLOR father!

This was explained to me by a breeder who specializes in genetics - she asked me if the father was bicolor after knowing my odd eye white was hearing.

My blue eyed white was out of a pointed parent so he was fine.
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post #10 of 11
7/7/10 at 2:02am
Is that so?
At least I understand it now
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post #11 of 11
7/7/10 at 1:12pm
Yep the pointed cats are not deaf.
I have a blue eyed Seal Tortie Point and white Sphynx.

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