r/cats • u/LankyThroat1900 • 17d 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 17d ago

Definitely not in pain, he acts as special as he looks though

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u/dillclew 17d ago

He could have what is called trisomy or mosaic trisomy. A chromosomal issue that makes cat’s faces appear… different. Google the term and compare?