How long until cats eye color turns permanent?

clary7

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My cat is 7 months old and still has her baby brown eyes. When she was about 3 months old they suddenly started to look orange but that went away after a month and now they are back to the regular dull brown color except the insides are finally turning green. I couldn’t get a good photo of her eyes are right now but here is a photo of her at 9 weeks. Her eyes look the same right now except the insides are now green. I’m just wondering when her full adult eye color is supposed to finish coloring in.
 

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I think you're going to just have to "wait and see." My first abyssinian had amber eyes with a green ring around the pupil. The green eventually expanded so his eyes were completely green, but process took about 4-5 years.
 
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Wow that’s a long time! Most info I see online says the eye color comes in within a few months but I guess I’ll just have to wait lol I don’t mind though, it’s fun to still see her eye color change.
 

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Do you mean baby blue eyes? They are all born with blue eyes and the pigment comes later starting at 4-6 weeks. Depending on the cat/ breed it can take a while. Angie had blue eyes longer and then they turned bright emerald green. I can’t remember how long it took now, a few months maybe.
Your kitten’s eyes look olive green in this pic.

I think I may have posted this to another thread so sorry if it is a repeat. Zena has dichroic eyes, green in the center and yellow at the edges. You can only see it well when his pupils are smaller. I never saw him as a kitten, I just rescued him in December, he was a dumped kitty. He is so happy now 😻 He is about 2-2.5 maybe now.

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