r/cats • u/LankyThroat1900 • 22d ago

Advice Why are his eyes so far apart

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Background information: Cat is well over a year old and his eyes appeared to be way too big for his head and extremely far apart. Is this a characteristic of a certain breed he may be mixed with or is he… just built different. His name is Jax

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u/TurnoverFuzzy8264 22d ago

Reminds me of a joke--This rich old lady calls a vet to her home because she's worried about her cat. The vet looks over the cat and he says "This cat is obviously pregnant." and the old lady says "How can that be, she's never been outside?" Just then a Tom cat strides by, and the vet says "There's your daddy culprit!" The old lady scoffs "Don't be silly, that's her brother."

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u/xtheory 22d ago

How very Targaryen of them.

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u/No_Abbreviations8602 22d ago

I know of someone whose cat was a product of incest between brother and sister. It was then impregnated by her dad/uncle. They rescued the cat from that situation and had her spayed. The owner moved away and took his Targaryen brood with him.

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u/radiobearr 22d ago

Yeah it actually happens a lot more than people realize especially within outdoor cat colonies.

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u/No_Abbreviations8602 22d ago

Sadly this was a "colony" of indoor cats that were kept in a flat and neglected. This cat escaped and moved in with my friend, living her best life now