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Why do cats have colored eyes?

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Babies', kittens included, eyes are "colorless" because melanin hasn't yet been "deposited" in the eyes' iris. Therefore, they appear bright blue. When they're about 6 weeks old, their eyes will rapidly gain melanin, turning their eyes gold or green.

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Because the first few cat breeds had colored eyes, and as 2 different type of breeds mated a new eye color came out and so did a new species, that is why some cats have one red eye and one green eye, which is a mutant gene.

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Most kitten's eyes when first open are blue. Their true eye colour begins to change at 6/7 weeks and is usually fully distinguished around 3 months of age.

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Same reason why most babies are born with blue eyes. its just natural

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