Crossed eyed?

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Okay so I don't know if this would necessarily be a health question, but it seemed more fit for this category than any of the others.

Question: are some Persian cats border-line cross eyed? Or do their big eyes just make them look that way occasionally?
I'm not being mean or anything because i find them adorable, just more so curious since I've seen quite a few on breeder's pages that look that way, but then the same amount looking "normal eyed" haha!
 

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I hadn't heard it about Persians.  It was at one time a common trait among Siamese, responsible breeders have been working on breeding against the trait so it isn't as common as it used to be.  I think with Persians it may be an optical illusion because of their smushed up nose and flatter than usual face.
 
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I knew that about Siamese, in the movie lady and the tramp the two Siamese in that are drawn cross eyed haha! But I think you're right about it being an allusion, as the ones who look more like it have the extreme style faces. Interesting!
 
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