<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><a rel="nofollow" class="outbound_link" target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/goto/8748447/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/16/matilda-alien-cat-huge-eyes_n_7597726.html%3Fir%3DGreen" style="max-height: 1000000px; text-decoration: none; height: 38px; vertical-align: middle; display: block !important;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Matilda the 'Alien Cat' just wants to cuddle on Caturday. She's suffering from an eye disorder that makes her look like an anime character.</span></font></a></div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the <i>Huffington Post</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/16/matilda-alien-cat-huge-eyes_n_7597726.html?ir=Green">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/16/matilda-alien-cat-huge-eyes_n_7597726.html?ir=Green</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><h1 class="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 26px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 36px; font-size: 32px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Matilda The 'Alien Cat' Just Wants To Cuddle</h1><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Many of us have considered the possibility that cats might be alien beings, but one Canadian feline seems to be confirming those suspicions.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Matilda, a 2-year-old cat who was rescued from a hoarding situation as a kitten, has enormous glassy eyes that give her an otherworldly appearance.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But <a href="http://www.aliencatmatilda.com/" target="_hplink" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Matilda, nicknamed the "alien cat,"</a> didn’t always look this way, her owner, Meghan, told The Huffington Post. When Meghan, who requested that her last name not be used to protect her privacy, and her fiancé adopted Matilda in 2013, she looked like any other adorable kitten.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Just after Matilda’s first birthday, Meghan said, she began to experience an eye issue where one pupil would dilate nearly to the size of the entire eye, then return to normal. Matilda was diagnosed with <a href="http://www.eyecareforanimals.com/animal-eye-conditions/general/237-lens-luxation.html" target="_hplink" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">spontaneous lens luxation</a>, meaning that the lens in her eye had detached. Her left eye soon became affected as well.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As it turned out, Matilda’s siblings suffered from the same condition, Meghan said. However, while their eyes stayed the same size, Matilda's began to get bigger and bigger, which Meghan says has puzzled multiple veterinarians.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We’re still unsure as to why this made her eyes grow,” Meghan said, adding that her vet believes it has “something to do with her collagen structure.” </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She said Matilda also suffered from secondary glaucoma while her eyes were still growing, but it’s now “cleared.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Despite the fact that Matilda’s nearly blind -- she can see “light and some motion,” Meghan said -- Matilda has a sunny attitude.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Her other senses must make up for her lack of sight because you wouldn’t really be able to tell that she’s blind by watching her,” Meghan said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The young cat loves to explore, play and snuggle with humans and her dog brother, according to her owner.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“She loves to cuddle and sit right on top of anyone who will let her,” Meghan noted.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meghan stressed that Matilda is not suffering. “The pressure levels in her eyes are completely normal, which means that there is no pain,” she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Matilda’s vet, a board-certified veterinary ophthalmologist who also spoke to HuffPost on the condition of anonymity to protect her clients' privacy, told HuffPost that many people incorrectly believe Matilda’s condition is painful. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Many people see her photo and assume she is in pain and needs to be taken from her owners,” the vet said. “She is not and does not.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The vet also confirmed that <a href="https://instagram.com/aliencatmatilda/" target="_hplink" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">photos and videos of Matilda on Instagram</a>, where she has over 46,000 followers, have not been altered to make her eyes appear larger.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dr. Louise Murray, vice president of the ASPCA Animal Hospital, looked at pictures of Matilda and told HuffPost that Meghan’s description of the cat's medical condition is “very plausible and consistent with the photos.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To learn more about Matilda, visit her <a href="http://www.aliencatmatilda.com/" target="_hplink" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">website</a>, <a href="https://instagram.com/aliencatmatilda/" target="_hplink" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aliencatmatilda?fref=ts" target="_hplink" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Facebook page</a>.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Photos . . .</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_062015_01.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_062015_01.jpg</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_062015_02.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_062015_02.jpg</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_062015_03.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_062015_03.jpg</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_062015_04.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_062015_04.jpg</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_062015_05.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_062015_05.jpg</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_062015_06.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_062015_06.jpg</a></span></p></div><div>--------------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div></div></body></html>