Cat Tips

« Previous Tip
Tipping the scales: How much should a cat weigh?
Next Tip »
Telecatmuting: Home offices pose serious threats
Breeds
Double vision: Siamese cats do not have binocular vision
December 4th, 2008
by Tracie Hotchner, Author & Radio Show Host

   Siamese cats do not have the ability to form one image from information that comes into two eyes. This means that Siamese do not have vision that is as sharp as other cats, and it also means that they often have a cross-eyed appearance. In fact, crossed eyes are typical for a Siamese cat: this problem arises early in a kitten’s life when the brain is not able to compensate and the eye muscles get accustomed to that position, which creates the cross-eyed appearance.
See more Breeds tips
See tips related by keyword:eyes, sight, traits

There is 1 Comment

  1. Kaze posted a comment on December 4th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    Hmmm is that blue eyes or just Siamese? I’m an OSH with blue eyes.

Leave Your Comment Now

fields marked with * are required

These HMTL tags are allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> <img src="" alt="" title="" height="" width="">




« Previous Tip
Tipping the scales: How much should a cat weigh?
Next Tip »
Telecatmuting: Home offices pose serious threats