Kitten only 36 hrs old and has one eye open?

[skewch]

I haven't heard of kttens waiting longer than 14 days to open their eyes. However, nothing is unthinkable. I also heard on here that longer haired cats take longer for eyes to open.

 

[courtney_ou]

i dont know if theyre long or shorthaired. i saw my friend today and forgot to ask about her kitties. i know she said last weekend the mama cat had moved them and scred her half todeath b/c she couldnt find them. she'd managed to unzip a backpack under a bed and put them all under there LOL and then she moved them again to somewhere less inconspicuous. the mama lets shelly (my friend) and her daughter (who's 18) handle the kittens, etc but they just havent opened their eyes.

i just wondered if maybe they would have to be surgically opened or something. it WAS a large litter (nine or 10, i believe) for a tiny cat and her 1st so i thought maybe that has something to do with it.