| A cat's mesmerizing eyes create the feeling that you | | | | sometimes almost spherical to allow as much of the |
| can look deep into their soul. Have you sat and | | | | available light to enter. |
| looked deep into your cat's eyes? Wondering what | | | | Both pupils will simultaneously be the same size at all |
| they are thinking or if they are trying to tell you | | | | times. When one becomes a different size it is an |
| something? I know that I have sat gazing into my | | | | indication 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 you | | | | attention to be sure that it is not serious. When the |
| understand what I am saying?" or "Are you trying to | | | | cat's eye color changes it could also be an indication |
| tell me something?" Their eyes are so mysterious | | | | of a disease and should be consulted by a |
| looking that I just feel like I am falling deep within | | | | veterinarian. |
| 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 mood | | | | color. Most cats have eye colors that range from |
| by the size of their pupil. When the cat's eyes are | | | | gold to greenish-yellow. I find it fascinating to look at |
| open and the pupil becomes large, the cat can be | | | | the 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 get | | | | each other, have had totally different eye color from |
| frightened by something. The large pupils in this | | | | each other. Tiggy has yellowish colored eyes and |
| instance are also usually accompanied with the hair on | | | | Cuddles had green to yellowish colored eyes. They |
| their back sticking straight up and their tails bushed | | | | were sisters, yet their eye colors were different. |
| out. I will immediately try to calm them down when I | | | | Kittens are born with blue eyes that will change when |
| find them in this state. When the pupils become | | | | they are between 4 to 8 weeks old. Blue eyes are |
| narrowed, looking like slits in the cat's eyes, it could | | | | also found in cats with pointed coats such as the |
| be an indication that the cat is angry or the sun is in | | | | Siamese. |
| 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 being | | | | looking, have you wondered what they see while |
| very angry and seeing it in her eyes. The nice calm | | | | looking through their eyes? I think that it would be |
| look of her pupil as it is large turning into a very | | | | interesting if we were able to look through the eyes |
| narrow slit just as she becomes irritated. Her irritation | | | | of a cat and see exactly what they see. It would |
| is usually the direct response from one of Cooper's | | | | give me a different viewpoint on what I look at |
| momentary agitations. He really loves to get her | | | | everyday. Did you know that your cat is not color |
| going, and when I watch him I can see his | | | | blind? 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 of | | | | red. |
| sunlight that enters the eye. When the sun is bright | | | | I still find the cat's eyes to be mysterious and |
| and shining directly into the cat's eyes, their pupils will | | | | amazing. I can sit for hours looking deep into the |
| become narrow. The brighter the sunlight, the | | | | souls of my cats through their eyes. The next time |
| narrower their pupils will become; appearing to be the | | | | you are near your cat, look deep into their eyes and |
| size of pinpricks. The opposite happens when there is | | | | see if you find something mysterious lurking there. |
| little or no sunlight. Their pupils become large and | | | | |