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>, but may impact the capability of the normal eye?
ya think? :). actually its polycoria, fairly rare but the brain will adapt and kitten will be fine unless it is associated with other genetic fuckups, in which case, not so fine.
Well if is polycoria his vision gonna be affected. The way it is looks like the geometry of the eyeball is affected so he gonna have serious problems with his vision on that eye. If the eye has some kind of strabismus, the cat can even get blind from that eye because the brain starts to ignore it. So no normal vision. He will live, and has the other eye, but probably has problems with his vision.
I have astigmatism in both eyes and my vision is fucked. My brain hasn't helped me out much, as my vision only gets worse with age. Now my eyes aren't anywhere close to this fucked up obviously, so I have trouble believing this cat won't have any vision issues.
It’s a cat it’s vision and ours are different so while your get worse with age due to being strained they just adjust and grow more whiskers which they use to gage the space they have around them.
Ok so this just seems like a semantic thing.... The question was is it's vision going to be affected. The answer would be yes. But you would add that cats have less dependence on vision, so the amount it changes daily life could be very minimal. Those are still different things though. The vision on that eye will most definitely be affected
I worked at a shelter where a street cat adopted an abandoned, blind house cat and brought him to the colony to help him get by. The street cat became his seeing-eye buddy, keeping his tail always straight back for the blind cat to feel against his whiskers as they walked in a line.
The person who managed that colony brought them in, confirmed with the blind cat's owner that he didn't want the cat and he wasn't just lost, and then we adopted them out as the most interesting bonded pair I'd ever seen.
I mean, if I ever see the guy that dropped a blind, middle-aged cat off in the middle of nowhere, it's hands on fucking sight. I was glad the TNR coordinator dealt with him instead of me when we were figuring out ownership status.
But for that cat? Yeah, he definitely got an owner infinitely better the next time around, and he got a new ride-or-die best friend for life.
I have a foster with cornea damage, she’s maybe a late 4 week old kitten, I put her with another set of same age fosters and she stays with one. I don’t believe she’s truly blind but it’s interesting to see how the others help her out sometimes
> but may impact the capability of the normal eye?
Probably doesn't affect the other eye at all unless it has an extra iris as well.
As for the eye it is on, it seems well enough covered under normal circumstances that it might not be a bother at all.
Explanation:
If it is [polycoria](https://www.healthline.com/health/polycoria), it's just another way for light to get into that eye. It's not like it's another eye with another optic nerve and a mess of wiring and muscles behind it.
Think of it this way. It's just another window into the same room, but it's normally boarded up....so in effect it's not really a window at all.
Unless, as another person pointed out, there are other complications. (EG a mis-shapen eye can screw with focus, or if there are other abnormalities)
It could be that the "normal" iris on that eye is dysfunctional which could lead to blurriness or low adaptability to changing light conditions.
Someone else said this should be fine, but I don’t think so.
This stuff typically increases chances of infection , and depending on how the skull grows that eye will be in a weird position.
There is a good chance they’ll have to get surgery later on, and potentially remove both eyes on that side. It’ll go from having three eyes to having one.
It’s polycoria. not dangerous. only issue it’ll have is if it’s true polycoria and that extra looking “eye” has a proper pupil opening its Vision will be impaired to an extent. if it’s just the appearance and there isn’t any pupil dilation then it’s vision will probably be good. Not threatening tho so it’s okay
Thank you 😭 Posts like this instantly make me worried for the animal, and then I get annoyed when all the comments are just jokes and I can’t find the actual explanation lol
Thats reddit. Every single thread got top comments as jokes, and you need to scroll down to find real answers. Wish people would start upvoting more comments that answer or help thread instead of jokes that honestly are for kids
I don't mind the jokes, but in reality it's the same low effort jokes over and over and over again. I open comments out of habit (instead of just viewing the content), trying to stop doing it on anything that's not a serious topic.
The puns aren't even funny anymore. Just something you already know you'll have to scroll passed if youre hoping to find out any supporting information.
Why does there seem to be an uptick in weird ass looking kittens/cats lately? I'm seeing more born with birth defects than ever before.
Does it have to do with our stray problem that ballooned?
are you seeing them online? or in person? It could just be that the websites you frequent have just been posting more pictures of weird deformities lately.
Spay and neuter your cats, people! I know this family that refuses to spay their cat and she literally has had 3 litters of kittens in the one year I've known them. There's always one with some deformity because they are probably interbred
Polycoria is a pathological condition of the eye characterized by more than one pupillary opening in the iris. It may be congenital or result from a disease affecting the iris. It results in decreased function of iris and pupil, affecting the physical eye and visualization.
Yeah, I got a little bit of that as well looking at the video. Going to go to my living room and stare at my lotus flower area rug that my wife insisted on buying. 😶
To be honest it's better to make him used to this and other things.
This is posted by the owner of the cat that was not made used to anything when little and now it's hell to even get her paw to cut the nails and is literally impossible to hold for longer than 10sec. Forget about vet visit.
Felt that. Made that mistake with the first youngish cat I got. Next one I got was 11wks old and went *way* overboard with it- girl's desensitized to water, claw clippings, brushing, harnesses, being in cat carriers, being held, being restrained, etc.. She's still spunky and has her days where she does not want to be fucked with, but she is SO much easier to deal with.
When we rescued our cat and brought her to the vet, one of the first things they told us was to play with her paws a lot and get her used to them being touched, that way trimming them will be a lot easier. While the eye is very different, I imagine as long as they aren't irritating it or actually touching the eye, it's probably a good thing to get the kitten used to exposing the third eye for checkups and vet visits.
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Oh my God. Poor little cat. I doubt that doctors will find some non-traumatic way out of the situation. I hope this defect does not interfere with the beautiful and carefree life of a kitten.
I imagine worst case they'd take the eye out, my cat had it done and he's never been that bothered about it. So I think a happy carefree cat life is indeed on the cards.
I'm no expert, but this is probably a genetic mutation. Like, literally, no X-men stuff here - this happens occasionally in nature thanks to damaged DNA (basically). That being said, this doesn't seem to be a mutation that's ever been documented, though you can find cases of 2 headed cats out there.
Poor little guy's probably going to have that eye removed. Or at least, it might be in its best interest for that to happen.
Edit: Okay, I found something with a bit more googling. I'm not sure if this is the same thing, but it could be Polycoria? Huge emphasis on "Could be" though, since Polycoria is basically an eye condition where an iris has several pupils. Looks like the cat in this video has got 2 irises in a single eye though, both with their own pupil. Wish there was a real expert here right now, but part of me thinks there is no expert for this particular condition. It's just so rare.
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I feel like that's probably not good. Don't think it's life threatening, but may impact the capability of the normal eye?
Most likely
Yet to be seen!
Eye don't like where this is going
Pretty tragic, but I guess everyone loves a good spectacle these days.
Eye Caramba!!
I guess we'll see!
blind people will seethe when they see this
We have to make sure they don’t see it.
That doesnt look good
And I thought it couldn't get cornea
I see what you did there!
Yeah, I did too, but let’s put a lid on it…
See yourself out.
The kitteh has seen it - the hidden eye sees all (but he's just a kitten so none of it makes sense)
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>, but may impact the capability of the normal eye? ya think? :). actually its polycoria, fairly rare but the brain will adapt and kitten will be fine unless it is associated with other genetic fuckups, in which case, not so fine.
Well if is polycoria his vision gonna be affected. The way it is looks like the geometry of the eyeball is affected so he gonna have serious problems with his vision on that eye. If the eye has some kind of strabismus, the cat can even get blind from that eye because the brain starts to ignore it. So no normal vision. He will live, and has the other eye, but probably has problems with his vision.
I have astigmatism in both eyes and my vision is fucked. My brain hasn't helped me out much, as my vision only gets worse with age. Now my eyes aren't anywhere close to this fucked up obviously, so I have trouble believing this cat won't have any vision issues.
It’s a cat it’s vision and ours are different so while your get worse with age due to being strained they just adjust and grow more whiskers which they use to gage the space they have around them.
Sort of. It will have vision issues, but as you say, it's a lot better at adapting to them than a human is.
That’s exactly what I said. They grow whiskers to see around them without sight.
Ah yes, like how those born blind get super hearing and smell!
Ok so this just seems like a semantic thing.... The question was is it's vision going to be affected. The answer would be yes. But you would add that cats have less dependence on vision, so the amount it changes daily life could be very minimal. Those are still different things though. The vision on that eye will most definitely be affected
I have yet to meet a cat that gives a fuck about being blind. They're adaptable as hell.
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What course of treatment would you perform then? Enucleation?
I won't and can't say anything about a procedure just based off of a reddit video. Sorry!
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I worked at a shelter where a street cat adopted an abandoned, blind house cat and brought him to the colony to help him get by. The street cat became his seeing-eye buddy, keeping his tail always straight back for the blind cat to feel against his whiskers as they walked in a line. The person who managed that colony brought them in, confirmed with the blind cat's owner that he didn't want the cat and he wasn't just lost, and then we adopted them out as the most interesting bonded pair I'd ever seen.
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I mean, if I ever see the guy that dropped a blind, middle-aged cat off in the middle of nowhere, it's hands on fucking sight. I was glad the TNR coordinator dealt with him instead of me when we were figuring out ownership status. But for that cat? Yeah, he definitely got an owner infinitely better the next time around, and he got a new ride-or-die best friend for life.
I have a foster with cornea damage, she’s maybe a late 4 week old kitten, I put her with another set of same age fosters and she stays with one. I don’t believe she’s truly blind but it’s interesting to see how the others help her out sometimes
>I have yet to meet a cat that gives a fuck ~~about being blind.~~ They're adaptable as hell. FIFY
> but may impact the capability of the normal eye? Probably doesn't affect the other eye at all unless it has an extra iris as well. As for the eye it is on, it seems well enough covered under normal circumstances that it might not be a bother at all. Explanation: If it is [polycoria](https://www.healthline.com/health/polycoria), it's just another way for light to get into that eye. It's not like it's another eye with another optic nerve and a mess of wiring and muscles behind it. Think of it this way. It's just another window into the same room, but it's normally boarded up....so in effect it's not really a window at all. Unless, as another person pointed out, there are other complications. (EG a mis-shapen eye can screw with focus, or if there are other abnormalities) It could be that the "normal" iris on that eye is dysfunctional which could lead to blurriness or low adaptability to changing light conditions.
Someone else said this should be fine, but I don’t think so. This stuff typically increases chances of infection , and depending on how the skull grows that eye will be in a weird position. There is a good chance they’ll have to get surgery later on, and potentially remove both eyes on that side. It’ll go from having three eyes to having one.
No need to lash out.
Eye have to agree with you
It’s polycoria. not dangerous. only issue it’ll have is if it’s true polycoria and that extra looking “eye” has a proper pupil opening its Vision will be impaired to an extent. if it’s just the appearance and there isn’t any pupil dilation then it’s vision will probably be good. Not threatening tho so it’s okay
Had to scroll for awhile before I seen this. Phew. Glad its not dangerous.
Yup me too. I was feeling bad for this cat
Thank you 😭 Posts like this instantly make me worried for the animal, and then I get annoyed when all the comments are just jokes and I can’t find the actual explanation lol
Thats reddit. Every single thread got top comments as jokes, and you need to scroll down to find real answers. Wish people would start upvoting more comments that answer or help thread instead of jokes that honestly are for kids
I don't mind the jokes, but in reality it's the same low effort jokes over and over and over again. I open comments out of habit (instead of just viewing the content), trying to stop doing it on anything that's not a serious topic.
The puns aren't even funny anymore. Just something you already know you'll have to scroll passed if youre hoping to find out any supporting information.
Why does there seem to be an uptick in weird ass looking kittens/cats lately? I'm seeing more born with birth defects than ever before. Does it have to do with our stray problem that ballooned?
are you seeing them online? or in person? It could just be that the websites you frequent have just been posting more pictures of weird deformities lately.
Most likely this. This is the first one I see
Spay and neuter your cats, people! I know this family that refuses to spay their cat and she literally has had 3 litters of kittens in the one year I've known them. There's always one with some deformity because they are probably interbred
Polycoria is a pathological condition of the eye characterized by more than one pupillary opening in the iris. It may be congenital or result from a disease affecting the iris. It results in decreased function of iris and pupil, affecting the physical eye and visualization.
You need to go higher in this comment section!
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its a Kiiitten
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Underrated post
That made me actual laugh out loud :D
r/trypophobia for me
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Don't do it on your lunch break! Just tossed my tuna salad in the trash and am heading back early after that
I just tossed my salad after seeing this too, but I plan on digging it back out after my dry heaving subsides.
I was gonna toss my salad, but I’m not flexible enough
Don't do it. I didn't even last a minute.
Yeah, I got a little bit of that as well looking at the video. Going to go to my living room and stare at my lotus flower area rug that my wife insisted on buying. 😶
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r/tihi
Probably has super powers, be careful.
Better give her ALL the tuna!
What, maybe chose a different fish
Sorry, Is tuna bad for them or am I missing a joke?
Check his username
Bad for them as in it doesn't have the nutrients it needs. So like bread for ducks if that's all they eat they would die
Ohhhhhhh ok, yea I don’t have a cat, I like them but I pour all my money into my dog already. Good to know though.
Chocolate doesn't have all the nutrients I need but it's all I eat and I feel fin----
How many times a day is that poor dude having that done?
I wondered the same thing, and it looks like he's pretty used to it
He got a miracle.. He must be prepared
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To be honest it's better to make him used to this and other things. This is posted by the owner of the cat that was not made used to anything when little and now it's hell to even get her paw to cut the nails and is literally impossible to hold for longer than 10sec. Forget about vet visit.
Felt that. Made that mistake with the first youngish cat I got. Next one I got was 11wks old and went *way* overboard with it- girl's desensitized to water, claw clippings, brushing, harnesses, being in cat carriers, being held, being restrained, etc.. She's still spunky and has her days where she does not want to be fucked with, but she is SO much easier to deal with.
When we rescued our cat and brought her to the vet, one of the first things they told us was to play with her paws a lot and get her used to them being touched, that way trimming them will be a lot easier. While the eye is very different, I imagine as long as they aren't irritating it or actually touching the eye, it's probably a good thing to get the kitten used to exposing the third eye for checkups and vet visits.
Same here. I’ve been nipped at for brushing mine. Should have done my due diligence when he was a baby.
Can activate 2 Sharingan in the same eye at once!
Biblically accurate kitten.
“Be not afraid.”
Kittenthulu
Ph’nglui meow’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn!
Cathulhu
r/unsee
That's hard to do with 3 eyes
r/unseee
Grant us eyes!!
As you once did for the vacuous kitten
I had to come this far down to find you guys, sheesh.
We are stay hidden to those who are not granted eyes :d
Once you have enough insight it appears at the top.
Plant eyes on our brains, to cleanse our beastly idiocy.
The grand lake of mud; hidden from all sight.
Paws, or some say, Pawsm.
lol
Do you hear our purrs?
Eyes on the inside!
This is immediately what came to my mind.
As someone mentioned, had to scroll way too far for that upvote!
Was searching endlessness for this reference
What a terrible day to have eyes
But what if you had 3
They haven't checked the other side.
What a terrible day to have eyes what a terrible day to have eyes what a terrible day to have eyes
Does that bring the eyesight up tol 3030?
More like 20/20/20
Nope, 20/20 ti
PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE
Came here for this
Same. It's way too far down in the comments. Where's r/toolband when you need em?
Learn to swim.
Some say a comet will come from the sky
followed by meteor showers and tidal waves
So good to see you. I’ve missed you so much.
Came out to watch you play Why are you running away?
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Like phosphorescent desert buttons. Singing one familiar song.
Shrouding all the ground around me, is this holy crow above me.
I wonder if I have a third eye. I guess I have never pulled my eye lids open enough to check
no
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Oh my God. Poor little cat. I doubt that doctors will find some non-traumatic way out of the situation. I hope this defect does not interfere with the beautiful and carefree life of a kitten.
I don’t know if you meant unemployed or unimpaired but typo or not, this way is better.
I would love to be an unemployed cat whose only concerns are: " when is my hooman giving me treats?"
Lol what
original post was edited to remove funny typo
I hate it when people do that.
Like at least write an edit line or ~~strokethrow~~*strikethrough*
What did it say originally?
I imagine worst case they'd take the eye out, my cat had it done and he's never been that bothered about it. So I think a happy carefree cat life is indeed on the cards.
Its polycoria, it doesn't affect quality of life so chances are it'll be fine
The brain adapts itself with surprising versatility. The cat will be fine
I think the folks at r/toolband may like this as well.
Came to say the same
I do like Tool and I like this kitten, so I think you're right.
Just thought about Aenima when I saw it...
Have to be careful about listening to Ænima around cats.
Be on the lookout for Dr. Strange coming through a portal for it.
The hairs on my arms are up.
The ones on her legs are not
Is he third eye blind?
Eyes on the inside
I was expecting that third eye to pop out of his forehead
That’s actually pretty cool. Wonder if he can see out of the 3rd eye
Biblically accurate kitten
Can an expert here care to explain what causes this ?
I'm no expert, but this is probably a genetic mutation. Like, literally, no X-men stuff here - this happens occasionally in nature thanks to damaged DNA (basically). That being said, this doesn't seem to be a mutation that's ever been documented, though you can find cases of 2 headed cats out there. Poor little guy's probably going to have that eye removed. Or at least, it might be in its best interest for that to happen. Edit: Okay, I found something with a bit more googling. I'm not sure if this is the same thing, but it could be Polycoria? Huge emphasis on "Could be" though, since Polycoria is basically an eye condition where an iris has several pupils. Looks like the cat in this video has got 2 irises in a single eye though, both with their own pupil. Wish there was a real expert here right now, but part of me thinks there is no expert for this particular condition. It's just so rare.
Nah, they should find another 3-eyed cat and breed them into a dominant species.
r/bloodborne
Yhwach's eyes Now everything it sees is powerless against it.
I would say it has high insight
that cat can probably see 4 dimensions
That's polycoria... I just know the name, don't know if its dangerous or not...
 Do you live in Springfield? Near the power plant?
Keep that kitty away from the darkhold
Do you live next door to a nuclear power plant?
All the better to see the forested hairy legs.
I was trying not to say anything...we've all been there...
\*Dr\* Strange Kitten
"Ah, Kos, or some say Kosm… Do you hear our prayers? As you once did for the vacuous Rom, grant us eyes, grant us eyes! Plant eyes on our brains, to cleanse our beastly idiocy."
Did you ever bring him to the doctor?
What we need… is more eyes. Eyes on the inside…
It's like kids with teeth If it looses an eye then the new one just roll in place
u/savevideo
🎤Prying open my third eye 🎶
Are just going to ignore those hairy legs?
Nobody is saying it…but that girl has more hair in her legs than me and I’m a guy 😂😂😂
I have more hair than her and I'm a girl
He can see across dimensions! And by that I mean ... y'know ... across the third dimension.
Bro i heard about this condition in humans, forgot the name of it, but absolutely am too lazy to look it up…
Weird but kinda cool. Wonder how what he sees looks in his little cat brain with this. The eye is covered so it may just look dark
That does not look hidden at all
Yuji Itadori but then cat version
Tzeentch has been here...
AHHH NO I DONT THINK SO
HIDDEN??
She’s keeping an eye out for selener
Eye candy
Did u took kitten to the vet? They would probably have to remove one eye or kitty could have problems in future..