An adorable cat who has fluorescent eyes sees the colour change according to the weather.
Some days, Ivory, a ten-year-old domestic short hair cat, has bright fluorescent green and yellow eyes and other days, the colour changes to bright yellow and orange, due to the condition heterochromia.
The endearing cat has been adopted by Gabriela Carvalho, 28, a nursing student from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, after she lost her five-year-old emotional therapy cat Luna.
Some days, Ivory, a ten-year-old domestic short hair cat, has bright fluorescent green and yellow eyes and other days, the colour changes to bright yellow and orange
Gabriela said: ‘I often get comments about her eyes, especially because they seem to change colour depending on the weather, which is quite common in humans.
‘I had never seen that in an animal before. Mostly people just say how beautiful she is, or that usually they’ve only seen blue and yellow before.’
Ivory is a playful cat, even for her age. She loves to ‘chirp’ while birdwatching and catching squirrels.
Despite having almost no teeth, she enjoys eating food and loves Quail eggs and Churu treats.
The endearing cat has been adopted by Gabriela Carvalho, 28, a nursing student from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gabriela said: ‘Ivory maybe ten-year-old but she is wild. Her energy levels are incredible.
‘Since a dental condition means Ivory doesn’t have many teeth left and her shorter lower jaw, she mostly eats wet food blended with bone broth to make it more liquid. She eats a specific wet food that is pretty similar to a raw food diet.
Gabriela adopted Ivory after she went to visit some shelter cats, but had no intention of taking one home with her.
Gabriela said the changing colour eyes is quite common in humans, and she often has people commenting on it.
She said: ‘I had never seen that in an animal before. Mostly people just say how beautiful she is, or that usually they’ve only seen blue and yellow before’
‘I passed by the window of all of these kittens and then Ivory, this beautiful, small adorable white cat just staring at me with these eyes.
When Gabriela went to visit some shelter cats, she loved Ivory’s ‘unique purr, eyes and quirky stuck out tongue’
Despite having almost no teeth due to a dental condition, she enjoys eating food and loves Quail eggs and Churu treats
Ivory is a playful cat, even for her age. She loves to ‘chirp’ while birdwatching and catching squirrels.
‘Ivory came out, walked over to me laid right in my lap and started purring, and she purrs loud and like a pigeon.
‘Though her unique purr, eyes and quirky stuck out tongue were adorable and I loved her then, what made me absolutely know for sure that I was supposed to take her home, was the fact that Ivory wasn’t a Canadian cat.
‘People ask me all the time why this was such a give-away for me? It’s because I spent six months in Jordan about five years previously in the same little town where this sweet girl came from. How often does that happen?
‘I love Ivory to pieces she is a huge blessing and I am so grateful for her. She’s been the best friend through this whole loss and Covid-19. She is precious, and I am thankful that she chose me first.’
Gabriela adopted Ivory after she lost her five-year-old emotional therapy cat Luna (pictured) and visited the shelter where she met Ivory after she returned some food after Luna got sick.
Gabriela said: ‘Ivory maybe ten-year-old but she is wild. Her energy levels are incredible’ and added ‘she mostly eats wet food blended with bone broth to make it more liquid’
When Gabriela visited the animal shelter, she said: ‘Ivory came out, walked over to me laid right in my lap and started purring, and she purrs loud and like a pigeon’
Gabriela knew she was ‘supposed to take Ivory home’ when she found out she wasn’t a Canadian cat and is from the same little town in Jordan Gabriela spent six months in five years ago
What causes a cat to have two different coloured eyes?
A condition called heterochromia can cause a cat to have two different coloured eyes, commonly one which is blue while the other is green, brown or yellow. The condition can affect dogs and humans too.
When a kitten is born, they usually have eyes which appear blue due to the lack of a pigment called melanin in the iris.
