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The eyes

Your cat’s eyes can also tell you something about how he’s feeling, provided you look at the rest of his body language, too. When your cat is feeling mellow, relaxed or sleepy, his pupils will be a pretty good ratio of black pupil to color. But if your cat sees something that catches his attention, such as a bird outside or a toy you have tossed his way, his pupils will narrow as he fixates on the object. Watch as your cat gets ready for the “hunt” as he approaches his “prey,” his pupils dilated to pure black as he goes in for the grab.







Again, depending on the situation, your cat’s eyes might also turn black from fear instead of intense excitement, and those tiny black slits can mean either relaxed contentment or fear. The situation always needs to be considered, as well as your cat’s full body language, in order to completely comprehend what those cat eyes are saying.
Luckily, I didn’t really see much fear in my cats’ eyes, except on one occasion when I was crating them all up. Picasso freaked out a bit and her pupils got wide as she cried while her kitty pals got put into cages. It broke my heart! But then she happily let me put her into a cage without a fuss, so she could come along with me and her pals.