Odd-eyed cat
<p><font size="3">An <b>odd-eyed cat</b> is a </font><a title="Cat" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat"><font size="3">cat</font></a><font size="3"> with one </font><a title="Blue" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue"><font size="3">blue</font></a><font size="3">
</font><a title="Eye" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye"><font size="3">eye</font></a><font size="3"> and one </font><a title="Green" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green"><font size="3">green</font></a><font size="3">, </font><a title="Orange" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange"><font size="3">orange</font></a><font size="3"> or </font><a title="Yellow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow"><font size="3">yellow</font></a><font size="3"> eye. It is a </font><a title="Feline" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline"><font size="3">feline</font></a><font size="3"> form of </font><a title="Heterochromia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia"><font size="3">heterochromia</font></a><font size="3">.<sup class="reference" id="_ref-purina_0"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-purina">[1]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="_ref-peted_0"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-peted">[2]</a></sup> The condition most commonly affects white colored cats but can be found in a cat of any color, as long is it possesses the </font><a title="Cat coat genetics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_coat_genetics"><font size="3">white spotting gene</font></a><font size="3">.<sup class="reference" id="_ref-boots_0"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-boots">[3]</a></sup></font></p><p><span class="mw-headline"><font size="3">Cause</font></span></p><p><font size="3">The odd-eyed coloring is caused when either the </font><a title="Cat coat genetics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_coat_genetics#Genes_involved_in_albinism.2C_dominant_white.2C_and_white_spotting"><font size="3">dominant white gene</font></a><font size="3"> (which masks any other color genes and turns a cat completely white)<sup class="reference" id="_ref-messy1_0"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-messy1">[4]</a></sup> or the </font><a title="Cat coat genetics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_coat_genetics#Genes_involved_in_albinism.2C_dominant_white.2C_and_white_spotting"><font size="3">white spotting gene</font></a><font size="3"> (which is the gene responsible for </font><a title="Bicolor cat" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicolor_cat"><font size="3">bicolor</font></a><font size="3"> and tuxedo cats)<sup class="reference" id="_ref-messy2_0"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-messy2">[5]</a></sup> prevents </font><a title="Pigment" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigment"><font size="3">pigment</font></a><font size="3"> granules from reaching one eye during </font><a title="Development" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development"><font size="3">development</font></a><font size="3">,<sup class="reference" id="_ref-boots_1"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-boots">[3]</a></sup> resulting in a cat with one blue eye and one green, orange or yellow eye. This rare eye coloring is most commonly found in </font><a title="White" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White"><font size="3">white</font></a><font size="3"> cats, although it can be found in any colored cat in which the white spotting gene is present.<sup class="reference" id="_ref-boots_2"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-boots">[3]</a></sup></font></p><p><span class="mw-headline"><font size="3">Kittens</font></span></p><p><font size="3">As all cats are blue-eyed as kittens,<sup class="reference" id="_ref-0"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-0">[6]</a></sup> the differences in an odd-eyed kitten's eye color might not be noticeable save upon close inspection. Odd-eyed kittens have a different shade of blue in one eye. The colour of the odd eye changes over a period of months, for example, from blue to green to yellow, until it reaches its final, adult color.</font></p><p><span class="mw-headline"><font size="3">Cultural reactions and folklore</font></span></p><p><font size="3">In 1917, the </font><a title="Government of Turkey" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Turkey"><font size="3">government of Turkey</font></a><font size="3">, in conjunction with the </font><a title="Ankara" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankara"><font size="3">Ankara</font></a><font size="3">
</font><a title="Zoo" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo"><font size="3">Zoo</font></a><font size="3">, began a meticulous breeding program to preserve and protect pure white </font><a title="Turkish Angora" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Angora"><font size="3">Turkish Angora</font></a><font size="3"> cats with blue and amber eyes, a program that continues today, as they are considered a </font><a title="National treasure" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_treasure"><font size="3">national treasure</font></a><font size="3">.<sup class="reference" id="_ref-turk_0"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-turk">[7]</a></sup>
<sup class="reference" id="_ref-iams_0"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-iams">[8]</a></sup> The zoo specifically prized the odd-eyed Angoras which had one blue eye and one amber eye, as the Turkish </font><a title="Folklore" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore"><font size="3">folklore</font></a><font size="3"> suggests that "the eyes must be as green as the lake and as blue as the sky".<sup class="reference" id="_ref-pets_0"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-pets">[9]</a></sup>
<sup class="reference" id="_ref-turk2_0"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-turk2">[10]</a></sup>
</font><a title="Mustafa Kemal Ataturk" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Ataturk"><font size="3">Mustafa Kemal Ataturk</font></a><font size="3">, who founded the modern </font><a title="Republic of Turkey" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Turkey"><font size="3">Republic of Turkey</font></a><font size="3"> in 1923, declared that his </font><a title="Successor" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Successor"><font size="3">successor</font></a><font size="3"> would be bitten on the </font><a title="Ankle" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankle"><font size="3">ankle</font></a><font size="3"> by an odd-eyed white cat. This prediction dramatically increased the interest in odd-eyed white cats in </font><a title="Turkey" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey"><font size="3">Turkey</font></a><font size="3">.<sup class="reference" id="_ref-turk3_0"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-turk3">[11]</a></sup>
</font><a title="Muhammad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad"><font size="3">Muhammad</font></a><font size="3">'s pet Angora, Muezza, was reputed to be an odd-eyed cat.<sup class="reference" id="_ref-turk2_1"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-turk2">[10]</a></sup></font></p><p><font size="3">In </font><a title="Japan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan"><font size="3">Japan</font></a><font size="3">, odd-eyed </font><a title="Japanese Bobtail (cat)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Bobtail_(cat)"><font size="3">Japanese Bobtails</font></a><font size="3"> are very popular and can carry a high price tag.<sup class="reference" id="_ref-diaz_0"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-diaz">[12]</a></sup></font></p><p><span class="mw-headline"><font size="3">Deafness in odd-eyed white cats</font></span></p><p><font size="3">There is a common misconception that all odd-eyed white cats are born deaf in one ear. This is not true, as about 60 - 70% of odd-eyed white cats can hear.<sup class="reference" id="_ref-messy1_1"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-messy1">[4]</a></sup> About 10 - 20% of normal-eyed white cats are born deaf or become deaf as part of the feline aging process. <sup class="reference" id="_ref-messy1_2"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-messy1">[4]</a></sup> White cats with one or two blue eyes do, however, have a higher incidence of </font><a title="Genetic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic"><font size="3">genetic</font></a><font size="3">
</font><a title="Deafness" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deafness"><font size="3">deafness</font></a><font size="3">, with the white gene occasionally causing the </font><a title="Degeneration" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degeneration"><font size="3">degeneration</font></a><font size="3"> of the </font><a title="Cochlea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlea"><font size="3">cochlea</font></a><font size="3">, beginning a few days after birth.<sup class="reference" id="_ref-1"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-1">[13]</a></sup></font></p><p><a id="Odd-eyed_cats_in_popular_culture" name="Odd-eyed_cats_in_popular_culture"><font size="3"></font></a></p><h2><span class="editsection"><font size="3">[</font><a title="Edit section: Odd-eyed cats in popular culture" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Odd-eyed_cat&action=edit&section=5"><font size="3">edit</font></a><font size="3">]</font></span><font size="3">
<span class="mw-headline">Odd-eyed cats in popular culture</span></font></h2><ul><li><font size="3">In the </font><a title="Anime" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime"><font size="3">anime</font></a><font size="3"> movie, <i><a title="The Cat Returns" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_Returns">The Cat Returns</a></i>, the character Lune, Prince of the Cat Kingdom, is a darkly colored odd-eyed cat. </font></li><li><i><a class="new" title="The Secret Life of Thomas Bradford" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Secret_Life_of_Thomas_Bradford&action=edit"><font size="3">The Secret Life of Thomas Bradford</font></a></i><font size="3"> by </font><a class="new" title="Anne Knoll" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anne_Knoll&action=edit"><font size="3">Anne Knoll</font></a><font size="3"> is a novel about an odd-eyed white cat who considers himself to be a </font><a title="King" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King"><font size="3">king</font></a><font size="3">, and a </font><a title="Self-centered" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-centered"><font size="3">self-centered</font></a><font size="3"> young man with similar </font><a title="Delusion" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusion"><font size="3">delusions</font></a><font size="3">.<sup class="reference" id="_ref-2"><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat#_note-2">[14]</a></sup></font>
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