why are siamese cats cross-eyed ???

Answer 1

Actually my Chocolate Point is cross eyed and my Lynx Point is not, so it depends on the breed I guess. My husband and I were concerned about the Chocolate Point thinking maybe he couldn't see very well, but many are like this and can see very well.

Siamese cats are sometimes cross-eyed due to the abnormal uncrossed wiring of their optic chiasm, the part of the brain where the optic nerves partially cross, with those parts of the right eye which see things on the right side connecting to the left side of the brain and vice versa. In some Siamese cats, this wiring is disrupted because there is not enough nerve crossing. In order to compensate for the lack of this connection in their brains, cats with this defect will cross their eyes. Albino tigers sometimes suffer from a similar condition.
Siamese cats have a reputation for being cross-eyed, and the peculiar organization of their visual nervous system may be the reason. In a normal cat, nerves from each eye go to both sides of the brain. In a cat with two Siamese genes, the nerves from the right eye go primarily to the left side of the brain, and those from the left eye go primarily to the right side of the brain. This anomaly probably causes the cross-eyed appearance of many Siamese cats. Judging from their jumping performance, however, their depth perception is good, so they are somehow compensating for their abnormality.
This is common in Siamese cats and is called medial or convergent strabismus. The eyeballs may deviate away from the nose, just the opposite of being cross-eyed, and this is called divergent strabismus.

Answer 2

Are Siamese Cats Cross Eyed

Answer 3

Very interesting question...
Mine wasn't cross-eyed, neither were any of his relatives, sibblings, etc.
I believe that the answer must be deeply rooted in your kitty's genes and runs in cat-families...

Answer 4

They're not cross eyed.

Answer 5

THIS IS NOT A GENEALOGICAL QUESTION!!