Eyra=jaguarundi:
Cross eyes used to be a common problem in Siamese cats, but it’s been largely bred out of them.
My guess is this cat has a genetic defect. I seriously doubt that there are many jaguarundis available in Germany, and those that are found there are likely derived from a very small population.
I have no idea??
He’s a cross eyed Eyra. Poor fella. It’s a shame they can’t give him some eye muscle surgery like they do on people so he can focus a little better. But then again, cats can’t read eye charts so you’d just have to see if he fell out of a tree or not to judge it’s success.
what horrifies me is that in the video the ZOO is talking about breeding for MORE crosseyed Eyras or getting the animal in film as a money maker. Whatever one may think about private owners/breeders, a zoo ought not to be breeding for defective animals for the sake of “tourist attraction”. They used to breed white tigers, etc for that purpose and one would presume that more wisdom would be applied these days. Apparently not. It’s not always genetic (per http://www.aoa.org/x4700.xml) but breeding FOR it?