The Mesmerizing Eyes of a Cat

A cat's mesmerizing eyes create the feeling that yousometimes almost spherical to allow as much of the
can look deep into their soul. Have you sat andavailable light to enter.
looked deep into your cat's eyes? Wondering whatBoth pupils will simultaneously be the same size at all
they are thinking or if they are trying to tell youtimes. When one becomes a different size it is an
something? I know that I have sat gazing into myindication of an eye condition that can range from
cat's eyes looking for something magical to happen;mild to serious. It would be good to seek medical
searching for answers to questions like "Can youattention to be sure that it is not serious. When the
understand what I am saying?" or "Are you trying tocat's eye color changes it could also be an indication
tell me something?" Their eyes are so mysteriousof a disease and should be consulted by a
looking that I just feel like I am falling deep withinveterinarian.
their being as I look into their eyes.Another interesting part of the cat's eyes is the
Cat's eyes can give you signs of their current moodcolor. Most cats have eye colors that range from
by the size of their pupil. When the cat's eyes aregold to greenish-yellow. I find it fascinating to look at
open and the pupil becomes large, the cat can bethe colors in my cats' eyes. I also find it odd that of
very excited or frightened. I have seen my cats'the four cats that I have owned, the ones related to
pupils become very large when they suddenly geteach other, have had totally different eye color from
frightened by something. The large pupils in thiseach other. Tiggy has yellowish colored eyes and
instance are also usually accompanied with the hair onCuddles had green to yellowish colored eyes. They
their back sticking straight up and their tails bushedwere sisters, yet their eye colors were different.
out. I will immediately try to calm them down when IKittens are born with blue eyes that will change when
find them in this state. When the pupils becomethey are between 4 to 8 weeks old. Blue eyes are
narrowed, looking like slits in the cat's eyes, it couldalso found in cats with pointed coats such as the
be an indication that the cat is angry or the sun is inSiamese.
the cat's eyes. I have watched, on many occasions,Since the cat's eye is so interesting and mysterious
Tiggy go from being in a peaceful mood to beinglooking, have you wondered what they see while
very angry and seeing it in her eyes. The nice calmlooking through their eyes? I think that it would be
look of her pupil as it is large turning into a veryinteresting if we were able to look through the eyes
narrow slit just as she becomes irritated. Her irritationof a cat and see exactly what they see. It would
is usually the direct response from one of Cooper'sgive me a different viewpoint on what I look at
momentary agitations. He really loves to get hereveryday. Did you know that your cat is not color
going, and when I watch him I can see hisblind? They can see colors, just not the same colors
excitement has his pupils get larger.that we see. Cats can see green and blue but not
The pupils also change in size by the amount ofred.
sunlight that enters the eye. When the sun is brightI still find the cat's eyes to be mysterious and
and shining directly into the cat's eyes, their pupils willamazing. I can sit for hours looking deep into the
become narrow. The brighter the sunlight, thesouls of my cats through their eyes. The next time
narrower their pupils will become; appearing to be theyou are near your cat, look deep into their eyes and
size of pinpricks. The opposite happens when there issee if you find something mysterious lurking there.
little or no sunlight. Their pupils become large and