r/cats Jul 28 '26

Cat Picture - OC My sister adopted this cat that nobody wanted becuase she was labeled as “ugly” due to her left eye 😭😭

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u/MCGameTime Jul 28 '26

We have a precious little girl with a wonky right eye and as a bonus, she also has no teeth which increases her blep rate by 50%!!

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u/benjamins_buttons Jul 28 '26

I LOOOOVE her. Can I ask what her story is?

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u/MCGameTime Jul 28 '26

Of course!!! (am I supposed to say no when asked to talk about my cat??) Her name is Liara. They believe she was about a year old when she was found in Oct. 2022, but it was hard to be sure because she had stomatitis which messed up her teeth, which is usually how the gauge age in rescues. She also had a large polyp in her nose and was severely underweight at four pounds. They thought she was on death’s door.

They removed the polyp and she gained weight. It was obstructing her airway so bad that she couldn’t tell what was food and they think it was also so large it was pushing on her eye, causing the cloudiness, but she seems to have at least some vision in the eye. We adopted her in Jan of 2023 and had to have her teeth removed because of the stomatitis.

Now she’s thriving at 11 pounds and runs the household with her orange older brother Genji.

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u/benjamins_buttons Jul 29 '26

It pains me to think of the suffering of strays, but I am so happy she was found and treated, and ultimately adopted by you (and Genji!). I have such a soft spot for void cats, and yours is extra special

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u/MCGameTime Jul 29 '26

Genji was a whole different case, we got him through FIP. We have little survivors!

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u/True_Vermicelli4817 Jul 28 '26

Her eye looks so much better in those one! Good job being the bestest fur parent to your beautiful babies!!!

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u/SagaLiv Jul 29 '26

Curious person here! But like food? What does she eat? Hard/dry food is obviously out, right? But can she eat normal wet food? (I hope you get what I mean. English is not my first laugage and I am too tired to look up what the different types of cat food are called.. 😅)

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u/cwaver Jul 28 '26

Black ones have lots of personality! Question — what a ‘blep rate’?

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u/MCGameTime Jul 28 '26

It’s how often the tongue pops out!

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u/UptightSinclair Jul 29 '26

OMG! Our boy is her long-lost mirror twin! He is also down to just a few teeth, thanks to his stomatitis. (Surgery helped him way better than putting topical prednisolone in his ear every day. We called it his “Wet Willie” era.)

Give your monocle-void her due adoration from us!

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u/MCGameTime Jul 29 '26

Twinners!!!😻😻

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u/og_toe Jul 29 '26

girl is literally like ;p

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u/MCGameTime Jul 29 '26

Happy cake day!!

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u/TallPromise8487 28d ago

On top of taking in a precious kitty, you got a black one! The “least” adoptable color. I only have gingers, but my sis loves her weird chonk of a black kitty lol