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/LankyThroat1900 22d ago

Yeah he came from my grandmothers outdoor cats (which I have been trying to keep up fixing) for 10 years. Impossible battle. Inbreeding is very possible and probable. Thank you :)

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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/akatherder 22d ago

We took in a pregnant stray and she had kittens. I was talking to my wife about fixing the kittens asap and we had the same exchange. She said all our adult cats were fixed so there's no rush.

I wasn't actually sure though.. Lemme google something real quick or we're gonna end up with exponential cats here.

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u/DuckyDoodleDandy 22d ago

Female kittens can give birth as young as 4-5 months old. Get them fixed ASAP.

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u/akatherder 22d ago

Appreciate the real info, I should have clarified this was last year. We did get them fixed but it wasn't as quick as 4-5 months, fortunately no oopsies 😺

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u/Cow_Launcher 22d ago

Unlikely. They can come into season that young, but domestic cat gestation is about 65 days.

That means that they're likely to become mothers at about 6-7 months old.

That's still very young though, and takes a major toll on their body. They're likely to not grow beyond their size at impregnation because they've invested their own growth month's effort into growing their kittens.

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u/LankyThroat1900 22d ago

Jax’s mom was unfortunately a mother twice before a year old, she didn’t take the babies out of their sacs and left them scattered around my grandmas yard. Second litter she had couple fatalities as well. We are happy he is here and momma is fixed now, she was too young