I started volunteering at my Humane Society and it's a lot of fun. Sometimes I play with the cats or clean cat cages. There are two cross-eyed cats.
Well anyway, both times I have held them and played with them they have been very sweet and the info on their charts also says they are very nice. The other day I was telling my dad about them and how I hoped the one was going to get adopted I mentioned he was cross-eyed. My dad freaked out! He said "Cross-eyed cats are crazy mean. Be careful. Stay away from them." Then I asked if he was basing this off one bad expierience and he said no.
Anyway I was just wondering if cross-eyed cats have a stereotype for being mean? My dad can be really weird sometimes and once he forms and opinion he refuses to change his mind but the two I know are sweet. Thanks!
2007-11-07 08:45:55 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
Yes, because they're cross.
2007-11-07 08:48:47 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I have a cross eyed kitty...she's tortie and Russian blue...and she's not mean at all. The only issue I've run into so far is that she gets really skittish when you try to pick her up, especially on stairs when you're up real high...but when I got her they said that's cuz she gets disoriented since she's cross eyed and as long as you're careful and hold her real close, she's usually ok. But if she does get a little too freaked out, she tries to scratch and get down, which might be why your dad thinks they're mean.
2007-11-10 13:05:03 · answer #2 · answered by kowgurl2005 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone has an eye problem, they have an eye problem - it doesn't affect their personality(??) and it's the same with cats. Unfortunately cats don't have the option of wearing glasses to correct a squint/cross-eyed. But that doesn't make them mean or crazy any more than it would a human. I'm sure they are very lovely and gorgeous, as their chart and your own experience with them has shown.
2007-11-07 08:56:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
only cross-eyed cat I know well is one my parents have had for 8 years: she's about the sweetest thing going - when the boy cats pick on her, she'll stand up for herself sometimes, but she never fights hard enough to stop the boys from bugging her, so someone else has to break it up for her
and I've worked in an animal hospital, where I've heard a lot of the stereotypes, and even seen animals who've made me understand where the stereotypes came from, and I've never heard anything about cross-eyed cats being mean
2007-11-07 10:00:22 · answer #4 · answered by Megs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are Cross eyed people mean? Don't judge a book by it's cover! I think your dad thinks they are cursed by witch craft but that is not true. I would LOVE to volunteer and need community service hrs. If you are 18 or older and do not live with your dad then maybe you can adopt one. Please E-mail me w/ info on how to get involved with animal shelters and or the Humane Society.
2007-11-07 08:52:56 · answer #5 · answered by maddiepthedramaqueen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No thats just a stupid myth cat haters made up. A cat is a cat is a cat. But it is a little true becuase some cats can be mean when you just met them.My crazycatwoman aunt has 8 cats!!!!! All of them are nice except this one cat called checkers.
2007-11-07 08:55:57 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a cross eyed a crippled can still do things non-cripled ppl can do. thats a sterio type like twins theres 1 nice 1 evil huge lie we are both nice both smart and good thinkers just that crosseyed cats need more attention than normal hope i helped!!!
2007-11-07 08:50:11 · answer #7 · answered by raul u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, I have a cross-eyed cat and she is the sweetest cat I have ever had!!!!
2007-11-07 08:49:39 · answer #8 · answered by linda 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have two Siamese that are cross-eyed. They are no different from other cats.
That is total myth.
2007-11-07 08:48:46 · answer #9 · answered by ARE YOUR NEWFS GELLIN'? 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
no , i ahve one and its so nice to people
crosses eyed cat cuz they have Strabismus is a condition in which one or both eyes are abnormally positioned or focused.
2007-11-07 08:49:31 · answer #10 · answered by female 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No! It is a common trait in Siamese cats. I have one, it's the seetest kitty ever!
2007-11-07 08:49:15 · answer #11 · answered by smellyfoot ™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋