heterochromia

this is the term for different colored eyes!

FYI...

Cool

also...Cats with different colored eyes - one orange, one blue - appears only in white cats. These cats are usually pedigreed cats. Sometimes an odd-eyed cat is also deaf in the ear on the same side as the blue eye. This is the same in dogs.

and...The light reflecting layer at the back of a cat's eyes which acts as a gatherer of any available light is named the
"tapetumlucidum." Most cats' eyes shine green or yellow. Some cats' eyes shine red - these cats lack a tapetumlucidum. They see less well in the dark.

example of heterochromia...

I love this pic...


somebody else on this site also has bicolor eye cat. unicorn67mom.

Neat . . .

Pretty kitty, too.

that wort sure is a toung breaker for me

This is Greta - one of the kittens at Help Humane in Kansas City. Bad picture, but one eye is blue and one is gold.

OH GRETA!! why cant I live closer?!

Isn't Greta a beauty? She's about 7 months old and we're having trouble adopting her because she is too old for most people (they want young kittens). She is fostered in a volunteer's home and doesn't do well in the cage at the adoption clinic so people just don't see how wonderful she is. This is a no-kill humane society, so no chance that she will be PTS (thank heavens).

OMG 7 months TOO OLD?? if she were here i would have snapped her up in a heartbeat. thats good that shes being fostered though. a home is better than a shelter, even if it is temporary.

Thanks for sharing this.I figured there was a medical name for it cause there is a med name for everything,as I have already found out.Ahhh.LOL.

after i had asked myself 'i wonder if there is name for it' i went to yahoo and put in something like, cats with two color eyes, and right away there it was. what would we do without the internet??

Originally posted by rfox
after i had asked myself 'i wonder if there is name for it' i went to yahoo and put in something like, cats with two color eyes, and right away there it was. what would we do without the internet??

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Yeah.I meant to do that,but got preoccupied. Glad you looked that up.I will probably have to know this eventually.