Q: Kittens - how old are they when there eyes turn colors

Aug 18, 2009

Usually they start to turn at about 7-8 weeks, but it can take anywhere up to a few months for them to reach their permanent color they will have as adults. I have a litter of kittens right now that are 13 weeks old and their eye colors still seem to be developing and are kind of two-toned.

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Aug 18, 2009

Kittens can develop at different rates but most of the ones I have cared for had their eyes change color before they were 8 to 10 weeks old. The change always seems to surprise me. I look at them one day, notice that the eye color is different and don't remember exactly when it changed. Some cats have blue eyes so they may never change

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Aug 19, 2009

by the third or fourth month their eye color appears to be set. I don't know when it starts turning because the Twins went from opalescent blue to a more crystal blue, but the blue stayed. Tommy is 4 months old or so and the green in his eyes hasn't went away so I think we're keeping green and gold and Ursula has had blue every since three months when we found her.

It really is a cool thing to watch these babies growing up.

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