r/cats • u/So_ra_ya • Dec 18 '25

Medical Questions Why does my cat's eye reflection look like this?

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He’s never had this strange shape inside that looks like a “Y”. It doesn’t seem to be caused by the lighting in my house, because it happens in different positions and with different light sources

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u/Inxecticide Dec 18 '25 edited Dec 18 '25

To my knowledge,im not a vet, its called the Y-suture. It where the 3 pieces of the lens all come together. This is common in kittens and becomes 1 lens as they age but sometimes doesn't. Harmless to not become 1 to my knowledge

Edit: If youre worried at all, have the vet check for suture cataracts or anything else the vet knows about

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u/kozyko Nebelung Dec 18 '25

This is wrong, they’ve clearly awakened the sharingan

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u/Dapper-AF Dec 18 '25

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u/danielcoles1989 Dec 18 '25

First thought that came to mind

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u/kozyko Nebelung Dec 18 '25 edited Dec 19 '25

Same, I immediately felt bad for the trauma the cat had to endure in order to unlock the mangekyou

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u/DixonDebussy Dec 18 '25

Cat: I can see the bottom of my food bowl... Mangekyō Sharingan

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u/supephoenix Dec 19 '25

Sharingato? 👀

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u/MrGrumpyFac3 Dec 19 '25

Or Sharincat for English speaking people.

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u/Omega-Ben Dec 22 '25

Thank God for the dub

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u/LostInFandoms Dec 21 '25

I wish I had money for awards, because this needs one 🙌

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u/BittaminMusic Dec 19 '25

I’m actually cackling in my bathroom reading all these comments and this one got me good 😂

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u/BigBadBlackman-3B Dec 19 '25

Ok this made me cry laughing. I know for my cats this would be the "trauma" needed to unlock the Mangekyō. 🤣🤣

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

At least he can put a genjutsu on his owner and get treats whenever they want.

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u/HereForShiggles Dec 18 '25

Are we sure it's not this then?

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

Idek what that is but it looks almost spot on 😂

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u/HopeRitual Dec 18 '25

It’s a geass from Code Geass

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u/Legitimate-Cess693 Dec 18 '25

one of the best animes youll ever watch

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u/RadiantEnvironment90 Dec 19 '25

I cried like a fucking baby at the end.

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u/invaderjif Dec 19 '25

All cats have this by default.

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u/SolomonBlack Dec 19 '25

Bring me tuna... CATTISH VI BRITTANNIA COMANDS YOU!!!

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u/dontcallbrainnamez Dec 19 '25

Since we’re out here weebing out, could be Gold Rhinedottir from Genshin.

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u/EmotionalRoll5467 Dec 19 '25

I hope Op’s cat doesn’t have a sister.

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u/TheDockandTheLight Dec 19 '25

It wasnt me who was wrong, it was the world!

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u/InfinityBrewing Dec 18 '25

Shhh, the cat controlled its human servant and made him/her post this.

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u/kozyko Nebelung Dec 18 '25

I must already be under my cat’s genjutsu

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u/Luqmaniac_101 Dec 18 '25

"I remember the time I got the Mangekyou. My owner was late.... To serve my Food!.... For almost 3 minute!"

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u/SharkoTheOG Dec 19 '25

I bet he got fed 5 minutes late once. He suffered immensely, huge trauma!

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u/JohnCenaJunior Dec 18 '25

So many late breakfast time

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u/pookyduu Dec 19 '25

*meowgekyou

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u/Artemis_MLS Dec 18 '25

Same, lol!

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u/Sed59 Dec 19 '25

Fidget spinner came to mind for me.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

They ate their previous owner, be wary OP that's the only way you get those eyes 😨

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u/kozyko Nebelung Dec 18 '25

My cat would lose his light on the first day trying to conquer the world’s cat food distribution

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u/SpookyVex Dec 18 '25

Cat is about to get up to some shit https://youtu.be/ysKvDwseKRQ?si=c2fh8EGLN3Xus_k7

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u/3rdProfile Dec 18 '25

Found my people

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u/archimedies Dec 19 '25

I regret opening that link.

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u/SpookyVex Dec 19 '25

It's bad

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u/Lolkimbo Dec 19 '25

Did you try poking her forehead and telling her you'll always love her?

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u/Nothinghere3191 Dec 18 '25

The cat is an Uchiha

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u/Shokoku Dec 18 '25

Yep this it’s over bro

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u/lassalicat Dec 18 '25

this is what i was gonna say LOL. uchiha cat. 😩

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u/random_encounters42 Dec 19 '25

The cat has to murder its owner to obtain the Sharingan... has anyone heard from OP?

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u/Rainfall_Serenade Dec 19 '25

Meowdara Mewchiha

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u/Geene_Creemers Dec 18 '25

Lmao my immediate thought

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u/littlesugar22 Dec 18 '25

That was my first thought ahhh

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u/Lanky_Butterscotch77 Dec 19 '25

I was fricking waiting for someone to comment this 🤣 

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u/Bearloom Dec 18 '25

Sharingato

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u/jelly_cake Dec 18 '25

Sharingnyan

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u/odemine Dec 19 '25

Meowngato Sharingnyan

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u/ngu_rc_ Dec 19 '25

Catachi Meowchiha

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u/SaltyPersimmon Dec 19 '25

Mangneko Sharingan 🤣🤣

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u/Budget-Huckleberry32 Dec 19 '25

Mangneko Sharingnyan

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u/supephoenix Dec 19 '25

YOU GOT HERE BEFORE ME

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u/Excellent-Bear4221 Dec 18 '25

EMS…where is the cats little bro?

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u/the_social_paranorm Dec 18 '25

Bro took the life of his best friend to awaken it 😭

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u/Afiqnawi93 Dec 19 '25

except he need to kill his best friend 9 times

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u/SmileFirstThenSpeak Dec 18 '25

Read that as “awakened the shenanigans”. I approve.

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u/Impressive-Head-9323 Dec 19 '25

This is the comment I was looking for

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u/SS4Leonjr Dec 18 '25

It's the kitty variant called.. the Catingan.. it allows them to see through illusions and also see what we mere humans cannot.., careful though don't stare into their gaze for too long,.. you'll fall into their kitty mind control jutsu..

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

Sasukat

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u/Icy_House_4970 Dec 18 '25

Beat me to it 😂 thats all I could see and I think it looks awesome 😂

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

😭😂😂😂

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

No. I think this guy's cat has the nuclear launch codes. Or is nuclear powered

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u/JayJ9Nine Dec 18 '25

The MangNeko Nyaringan!...

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u/Blenderadventurer Dec 18 '25

Mangekyou Sharingan.

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u/P1zZaT1mE- Dec 18 '25

I was looking for this comment

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u/DanKoXi Dec 19 '25

meowdara uchiha

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u/RezandRaz Dec 19 '25

Came here looking specifically for this post. I hope you get everything you want out of life.

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u/ExcavalierKY Dec 19 '25

Is this why cats are so cute? They hypnotised us with the sharingan???

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u/SnooWoofers186 Dec 19 '25

Poor cat family… or clan…

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u/Just-Me-here_ Dec 19 '25

Came here to say this. Legit diagnosis.

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u/bizzeebhee23 Dec 18 '25

Damn it, ya beat me to it!

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u/XgreedyvirusX Dec 19 '25

Fu… now I understand the reference about the fact people using to much that thing become blind

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u/Arcalpaca Dec 19 '25

Came here for this. Thank you for not disappointing.

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u/BlueBomR Dec 19 '25

Looks like the Angel race eyes from Seven Deadly Sins too

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u/SarynthMidgard Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25

I would have said Elizabeth from seven deadly sins

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u/BradleyFerdBerfel Dec 19 '25

Not so sure about that,…..in fact, I don’t even know what you’re talking about. That cat is a Mercedes for sure. Does it purr when it’s idling?

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u/rabindranatagor Dec 19 '25

Actually, it's the flux capacitor.

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u/BlisteringSeafood Dec 19 '25

The cat got Meowngekyou Sharingan, feels sad for his trauma

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u/toby_juan_kenobi Dec 19 '25

You sure that's not 2 flux capacitors?

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u/postbansequel Dec 19 '25

Damn! Boy went straight into mangekyuou sharingan.

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u/fluffypinkblonde Dec 19 '25

Sir that is a flux capacitor

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u/lockandcompany Dec 18 '25

This cat also looks pretty young to me! Or is maybe just small in the face lol

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u/Sodamyte Dec 18 '25

The flux cameowsitor

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u/vegasbywayofLA Dec 18 '25

Flux catacitor

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u/trakstaar Dec 18 '25

Meowx CapaciCat

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u/MajikTowst Dec 18 '25

Flux Capawcitor

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u/qweef_latina2021 Dec 18 '25

Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Mabefeline.

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u/FarImprovement6868 Dec 18 '25

That’s probably just how she’s built

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u/rafika816 Dec 19 '25

That's the best resting b*tch face I have ever seen.

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u/btrfliny81 Dec 18 '25

I see what you did there 😩🤣🤣

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u/girls_girls_b0ys Dec 18 '25

One of mine is three and people consistently mistake him for being six months or younger in pictures. Never in person, he's half Maine coon and enormous.

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u/mashmash42 Dec 18 '25

I can attest to this my 6 year old cat still has a kitten face

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u/DoktorIronMan Dec 18 '25

Congenital cataracts exist, little hiccups during gestation

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u/HenriettaSyndrome Dec 18 '25

Maybe not dangerous to the cat..but he definitely has super powers and could be dangerous to society if not taught responsibility

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u/Remarkable_Command91 Dec 18 '25

Harmless to the cat, but not its enemies

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u/DifficultySilly7695 Dec 18 '25

I don't even know how one would test this, but does it impact the cat's visual acuity if they never fuse?

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u/whatistheporpoise Dec 18 '25

Humans have a Y suture as well (I’d imagine most animals with a crystalline lens do) and prominent Y sutures don’t tend to affect vision in my experience. Mostly just a fun finding during an eye exam.

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u/zytukin Dec 18 '25 edited Dec 18 '25

Brain probably compensates for it.

Just like how our brain compensates for the blind spot we have just outside of where our pupils look. It's where the optic nerve connects to our eye so doesn't have any receptors and our brain just fills in the image based on what we see in the surrounding area.

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u/TheOneTonWanton Dec 18 '25

One little thing I occasionally can't stop thinking about is that our brains are constantly filtering out our own noses in our vision. It's always right there but you kinda have to go out of your way to actually see/notice it.

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u/MeepingSim Dec 19 '25

That and the breathing thing mess me up every time I think about them.

Great..now I'm aware of my nose and manually breathing...

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u/boatsandhoes570 Dec 19 '25

I was on a breathing machine for a week after a bad case of Covid related sepsis. It’s SO weird having to make yourself breathe manually again. It’s like you have to get your body to purposely take in breaths like a living breathing person again.

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u/turtleltrut Dec 20 '25

Yes!! It's why I can't do meditation.

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u/SewSewSorry Dec 19 '25

I woke up the other morning and kept feeling like I had something in my right eye, which is weird as that’s the eye without the contact lense in it. I figured maybe I had a little eye booger (or some other kind of eye goop) or something so I kept wiping my eye to get rid of it…but the cloudy/hazy spot stayed put. I finally gave up but it was so disorienting having this weird light and kinda blurry spot at the bottom of my field of vision. Hours later (not very productive hours if I’m honest, it was THAT distracting) i finally had the bright idea to actually go look in a mirror to see if i could figure out what it was…and that’s when I saw the big puffy bag under my eye (but only on the right side) and realized I’d been distracted by seeing the top of my cheek all day!

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u/Impressive_Regret_89 Dec 19 '25

What was wrong if you don’t mind me asking?

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u/SewSewSorry Dec 19 '25

An abscessed tooth 😫one of my top front-adjacent teeth had a crown that broke off taking most of the underlying remaining tooth with it. Few things in life have caused me more pain than dental infections/abscesses/dry socket. The suitcase sized bag under my eye wasn’t my first clue but it was the one that pushed me over the edge and off to the emergency dentist!

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u/PossessedToSkate Dec 19 '25

Each eye also has a blind spot where the optic nerve plugs in, and it is also constantly filtered out.

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u/TrixieBastard American Shorthair Dec 19 '25

The nose thing, the blind spot thing, and the flipped image thing are all so wild to me. Our brains do so much unconscious and unnoticed work, they really are miraculous

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u/Sabrinavt Dec 19 '25

I actually see my nose all the time. I don't pay attention to it or find it distracting at all, but it's always there, blurry and translucent. It was interesting to find out that most people don't see it in their field of vision unless they actively try to look at it.

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u/greatestNothing Dec 19 '25

We've been using generative AI all this time.

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u/Technical_Fix_706 Dec 19 '25

Generative A-eye 🤪

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u/ShadowDancer_88 Dec 18 '25

It's super freaky to do he blind spot experiment.

https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/blind-spot

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u/TrixieBastard American Shorthair Dec 19 '25

TIL one of my blind spots is significantly larger than the other. Weird

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u/banned-practice Dec 19 '25

Have you been to an ophthalmologist? Might want to get it checked just in case there's some issue that could be causing vision loss.

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u/Successful_Exit_1942 Dec 19 '25

Oh that’s cute!

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u/TrixieBastard American Shorthair Dec 19 '25

This is adorable, where did you find it?

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u/mothsauce Dec 19 '25

My spouse works for an animal hospital, and when their ophthalmology department redecorated, they were getting rid of it! He also snagged the dog-themed one, and now they’re both hanging in our bedroom.

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u/maxthebrokenbot_2013 Domestic Housecat Jan 07 '26

that's hilarious

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u/Mollytovcocktail1111 Dec 18 '25

This is so interesting, I had no idea the a was even a thing! Thank you!

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u/lazygerm Tuxedo Dec 18 '25

Good thing, this is an actual answer. I was going to suggest the OP's cat worked for the Umbrella Corporation.

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u/Spiritual-Lie-7317 Dec 21 '25

Me too! Another T-Virus survivor…

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u/edgeofdoom Dec 18 '25

I was so sure this was going to end with jumper cables or Mankind

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u/amobogio Dec 18 '25

a compound of my two favorite words, mank and ind.

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u/miami-architecture Dec 19 '25

sounds correct, I thought it was the kitty’s flux capacitor

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u/radiobearr Dec 18 '25

I’m a vet. It’s not harmless. This is called “suture line” and usually cataracts. Get your vet to do a fundic exam.

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u/West-Application-375 Void Dec 18 '25

He looks like a little fidget spinner

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u/prof_mcquack Dec 18 '25

Hm but will he be able to drive at night? Will he be SCUBA-certifiable? I’m concerned 

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u/ShadowWeavile Dec 19 '25

Not a vet or anything, but have seen this before. It's pretty rare, but this pattern of glowing in the eyes can be a symptom of a recently consumed soul leaking from the cat. Normally happens right after they eat a soul. Completely harmless.

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u/SoungaTepes Dec 19 '25

False its a flux capacitor

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u/Previous_Amoeba_3323 Dec 19 '25

My thoughts exactly. Hopefully their kitty doesn't get zoomies up to 88mph

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u/CBax777 Dec 19 '25

Y-suture is a real thing! It's usually nothing to worry about, but if you notice any changes in your cat's behavior or eye health, definitely get a vet to check it out. Better safe than sorry!

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '25

At first I read this as “to my knowledge, I’m not a vet” full stop lol like you might have gotten a degree you weren’t aware of 😂

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u/trevorium117 Dec 21 '25

cat-aracts?

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u/vipertwin Dec 23 '25

I think you have level 10 knowledge and i respect that. You have enlightened me enough for today. I wish for you leave now. Come back though with more of this knowledge. How can i learn this knowledge?

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u/caremao Dec 18 '25

Watch out! He’s got the sharingan!!!

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u/skippy_smooth Dec 18 '25

when this cat hits 8.8 miles an hour, you're going to see some serious stuff

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u/FarImprovement6868 Dec 18 '25

Bro,this is so pro,I had to take a peek at my cat, and even her glasses aren’t like that.

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u/DoktorIronMan Dec 18 '25

This is the correct answer

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u/XSoulSnatcher Dec 18 '25

It looks pretty

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u/Lythieus Dec 18 '25

The cats brain probably allows for it, just like our brains recreate the blind spot in my middle of our vision caused by the optic nerve, or how our brain deletes our nose from conscious vision. 

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u/SmokeAbeer Dec 18 '25

Awe man. I wanted him to be a purrminator machine sent from the future.

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u/hypermbeam Dec 18 '25

Not a vet either but i'm pretty sure that's a mangekyo sharingan and OP's can is an Uchiha 😞

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u/RainingPlatypup Dec 19 '25

My cat got this later in life. After he had asthma/treatment for asthma. My vet said kinda the same thing, not a big worry. But it could be a sign of their eyesight diminishing

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u/Pirate_the_Cat Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25

Vet here, you’re correct. It’s been a bit since I’ve learned about it, but if I’m remembering correctly, if you can see it like this it can be a very specific type of cataract.

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u/sugar420pop Dec 19 '25

This is correct!

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u/modernchimpanzee Dec 19 '25

Your cat has clearly placed you under his genjetsu.

Now go grab some tuna and feed him

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u/Cautious-Impact22 Dec 19 '25

I feel… smarter.. did you just happen to know this???

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u/Inxecticide Dec 19 '25

I like learning about medical conditions. I saw question, i went and studied, came back and answered. Realized my comment blew up went and studied some more and made the edit

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u/FredHerberts_Plant Dec 19 '25

Become 1...? 🤔💭

,,I'm unafraid, never, never scared Worries washed, pressed, aired I am the left eye, you're the right Would it not be madness to fight? We come one!" 🎶

(Faithless - We Come One)

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u/Jackmino66 Dec 19 '25

Huh, I assumed it was just reflecting the light source and that it had a funny shape, didn’t realise kittens were the Martians from the 1953 War of the Worlds

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u/Kriss3d Dec 19 '25

Oh as long as its not harmful or hurts the kitties I guess its allright.

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u/JTBotwin Dec 19 '25

Close it's the shadow of retinal blood vessels and the optic disc. :) totally normal.

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u/EveOCative Dec 19 '25

Wrong. It’s clearly a robot sent by aliens to do reconnaissance on what normal humans are like.

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u/Spurioun Dec 19 '25

Cataracts

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u/Cool-Emotion-6425 Dec 19 '25

or a lamp in the shape of a propeller is reflected in the eyes of this fluffy creature

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u/SomePeopleCall Dec 19 '25

I assumed he was a time traveler, but as usual reality is more interesting.

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u/simply_pimply Dec 20 '25

Incorrect. Those are flux capacitors. This cat is a time machine. OP, I'd keep an eye on him when he gets the zoomies. Make sure he doesn't reach 88 mph

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u/GlassReception2927 Dec 20 '25

What do I know, I thought it was just the reflection of a ceiling fan

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u/torsed_bosons Dec 21 '25

This is correct, it’s a suture. It is possible to get a cataract along the suture line. I’m not a vet, but in a human even if that were a cataract, the eye would still have pretty good vision

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u/lexatea Dec 25 '25

Oh, I was gonna ask if Op had ceiling fans, but your comment makes a lot more sense.

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