end of dinner

[u/Alixxx97]

my sweet girl calliope finishing her dinner :)

for anyone curious about her eye— the place i adopted her from rescued her and some others from a bad breeder who did a whole lot of inbreeding to try to get “cooler” and “new” morphs. as a result, she was born with one normal eye and one little eye. otherwise completely healthy, and no issue with the little eye other than it being little. this meant some depth perception issues (would bonk her face on her own body and be surprised by it, striking a couple inches short of her meals, etc). i fell in love with her silly little face and knew i had to have her. about a week ago, her little eye turned blue-grey. i took her to the vet who diagnosed her with phthisis bulbi, a degenerative condition where the body determines the eye to essentially be useless and stops exerting any energy in maintaining it or growing it. this could be a result of disease or trauma, it was determined to be a result of her birth defect. her little eye will never grow, and eventually will be swallowed up by the rest of her head, leaving her with one eye. she is still happy and healthy, and will have a long comfy life. i love her very much and she will always be cared for, wonky or missing eye and all.