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Aerows

(39,961 posts)
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 01:05 AM Aug 2013

A housecat with round pupils

anyone ever seen this? It's odd looking since you expect them to be slitted, but there is a cat that floats by sometimes and I feed her when the ruler of the porch isn't looking. She has round pupils. Like, even constricted, they are round. It's odd.

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A housecat with round pupils (Original Post) Aerows Aug 2013 OP
damn... Fridays Child Aug 2013 #1
Sorry Aerows Aug 2013 #2
Added a link to my post Fridays Child Aug 2013 #3
She's not exactly mine Aerows Aug 2013 #4
She's kind of weird, my Casper Aerows Aug 2013 #7
Pallas's cat? Kali Aug 2013 #5
Caracal's also have round pupils Aerows Aug 2013 #6
Thank you for taking care of her, Aerows Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #8
I just can't turn away Aerows Aug 2013 #9
 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
2. Sorry
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 01:30 AM
Aug 2013

I'll get you one. I've named her Casper as in Casper the Friendly Ghost for her spooky eyes. It took me a while to actually realize what was off with her. Round pupils!

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
4. She's not exactly mine
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 01:37 AM
Aug 2013

she just comes by for breakfast and dinner. I have two other cats, but I help her. She can't hiss, either. She opens her mouth to complain at another cat eating (only my own, and I make sure Casper gets plenty) and it kind of comes out like a puff of air.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
7. She's kind of weird, my Casper
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 02:43 AM
Aug 2013

her eyes look bright, but they have the weird round pupil. I've been feeding her for a while. She's scared to death of my kitty that rules the porch, but I do feed her and do my best to take care of her nutritional needs.

Kali

(55,002 posts)
5. Pallas's cat?
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 01:41 AM
Aug 2013

images at link http://www.arkinspace.com/2011/04/manul-cat-that-time-forgot.html

Take a close look at the eyes of the Manul. Do you see a difference between it and the domestic cat? That’s right, the pupils of the Manul are round, not slit-like. Proportionally too, the legs are smaller than cats we know and they can’t run anywhere near as quickly. As for the ears, well, when you actually can catch sight of them they are very low and much further apart than you would see in a domestic cat.


http://www.arkinspace.com/2011/04/manul-cat-that-time-forgot.html

also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas%27s_cat
 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
6. Caracal's also have round pupils
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 02:36 AM
Aug 2013

this is a house cat. She's about as exotic as a head of iceberg lettuce.

I was just wondering if anyone else had seen a cat with round pupils.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
9. I just can't turn away
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 12:26 PM
Aug 2013

a cat that is hungry, one that I have gotten to know. I have two, it's not like feeding three is any different.

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