Breeder Rebecca Hardy was thrilled when Mahri, her two-year-old Maine Coon cat, gave birth to a litter of seven in December.
Breeder Rebecca Hardy was thrilled when Mahri, her two-year-oldAs the kittens slowly started opening their eyes, the 27-year-old noticed they all had a condition known as convergent strabismus – where their pupils are turned inwards, towards the nose.
But as time went on, and their extraocular muscles strengthened, six of the kittens adjusted their eyes to the middle – but the seventh didn’t. The standout kitty now goes by the name of Red – but Rebecca says his condition doesn’t seem to affect him very much.The breeder, from Hillsborough, explains: ‘He’s a little bit more delayed when playing with the chaser toy, but he doesn’t know any different.cats with Mahri for just over a year and Red was in her second litter.Rebecca and her four-year-old son Eli spent hours delivering the kittens on December 18.
‘It’s not very common but it’s not dangerous, it’s very cute and we’d seen it in our other litter as well. ‘It was only around week six or seven that we realised this little boy’s eyes weren’t going to straighten out, everyone else’s had about the fourth week.’