Cross-eyed Cat Wins Hearts with His Crazy Costumes
People love cute cat photos, but Spangles takes cute to the extreme. The cross-eyed kitty who was caught glowering goofily in pirate hat now has a huge following on Facebook, and is making waves across the internet as well.
"I know how cute he is, but I didn't know that people would like him that much," his owner, 25-year-old Mary Buchanan, told TODAY.com.
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"He was born on July 4. So I came up with his name, Spangles!" Buchanan posted on his Facebook page, where she also posts plenty of photos. The 3-year-old mixed-breed cat was born with his eyes crossed, Buchanan explained, but "He can see perfectly fine. He has been checked out by a vet, and no surgery is needed to correct his sight." Though his favorite pastime may be sneaking around the house in Spartanburg, S.C., Spangles is plenty willing to don crazy costumes and pose for Buchanan's camera. At least, most of the time.
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"I once tried taking pictures in his unicorn outfit, and he wouldn't have it," she confessed. When he doesn't feel like dressing up, "He'll jump down and scoot across the floor."
He also gets into some normal cat-like trouble. One time, Buchanan says, she got up in the middle of the night and found him tangled in fishing line.
"On closer inspection he had a giant catfish hook caught in his left eye," she wrote on Wednesday. "I started to freak out and cry because I thought it was in his eyeball." A late-night trip to the vet and $350 later, Spangles was fine. "The hook totally missed his eye!" Buchanan wrote. "Can we say lucky kitty?"
Fans send Buchanan artwork featuring Spangle's sweet cross-eyed face, and his Facebook page has more than 9,200 "likes." It's easy to see why he makes people so happy.
"If I'm feeling down or depressed I just look at him and start laughing," Buchanan told TODAY.com. "He lifts people up and makes them feel good."
