35 Of The Cutest Pets That Were Born Different

Did you know that there are over 2.1 million recognised animal species in the world? As humans, our penchant for domesticating animals has led to quite a fair few of these animals becoming common household pets. There’s a stereotypical blueprint they follow in terms of how they look whether it’s cats, dogs, tortoises, birds, guinea pigs, snakes or any other type of animal.  However, some animals are just born a little different. These unusual pets look like they may been genetically modified with a rare trait but it doesn’t take away from the absolute adorableness of the animal regardless, as you can see for yourself in the gallery below.

#1 Chimeric Cat

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#2 A Cute Dog With Vitiligo

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#3 Deetz

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#4 My Family Makes Fun Of Him Because Of His Ears So Please Tell Him He’s The Cutest Patootie In The Whole World. Meet My Cat, Sheriff

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#5 This Cat I Met Today Has Sauron’s Eyes

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#6 This Cat's Feet Are Units

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#7 My Kittens Eyes Are Currently 2 Distinct Colors

Image source: shirokira1313 I doubt they'll be like this forever, but watching the process of her baby blues transform sure is magical!!

#8 Jedo Has A Reduced Adoption Fee At The Shelter Where I Foster. He’s A Senior Gentlemen Doing His Best To Be Handsome

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#9 My Boy Buster (4yo) Has Completely Changed From Black To White Over The Course Of The Last 2.5 Years

Image source: TallyMatty My dog Buster has the skin condition vitiligo. It causes depigmentation of the skin (and fur). These photos beautifully capture how vitiligo has made Buster even more unique: November 2021, November 2022, August 2023, and April 2024.

#10 My Boys Paws Look So Funny From A Upward Angle. I Love Him

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#11 This Is Emi, She Was Tragically Born With Only One Brain Cell

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#12 Does My Cat Have An Abnormally Long Tail? I Don’t Know That I’ve Seen Another Like It

Image source: criderslider She was a rescue and we weren’t sure she was going to make it with the all of the issues she had. She is the best cat I’ve ever had, super tolerant, cuddly, a little wild, good with kids, maybe a little noisy. She also has the longest frickin tail I’ve ever seen on a cat to the point I feel like it’s abnormal. Anyone else have a cat with a tail like this?

#13 My Blind Cat Has Abnormally Long Whiskers To Compensate For Her Blindness

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#14 This Is Rexy, He Was Born With A Split Nose. We Run A Cattery With Lots Of Cats. We Didn't Think We Could Keep Another Cat, But We Fell In Love With Him! Merry Christmas!

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#15 Saw A Cat With Four Ears

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#16 Meet My Unusual Cat, Owsley! He Was Born With Out Testicles, Stopped Growing At 6 Months And Remains Kitten Sized Today, He Turns 2 Tomorrow!

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#17 This Is Nora Everyone. Born With One Eye And Was At Risk Of Being ‘Disposed Of’ Due To Appearance

Nora and her brother are now living their best life with me, like they deserve. Nora is the sweetest little girl and is definitely a crowd favourite ? Image source: ComprehensiveEagle44

#18 This Two-Headed Tortoise

#19 My Mom's Adoptrd Disabled Cat. The Vet Suspects He Was Born Without Eyes

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#20 Five Years Ago Today, Finnegan Had Been At The Shelter For 9 Months. Then He Hissed At Me And I Brought Him Home

Image source: krankykitty And I have to add here that I did not realize he was polydactyl until we got home - two extra toes on each front foot and one extra toe one his back left foot.

#21 Judging My Life Choices. She Has De Novo Mutation! She Was Born This Way

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#22 After 7 Years Chained Up Outside.. We've Given Her A Forever Home. She Has A Cleft Palate And Dwarfism, But She’s The Loveliest Girl

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#23 I Work At An Animal Shelter, Miss Minnie Decided To Show Off Her Extra Fluffy Extra Toes

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#24 A Melanistic Asian Water Monitor (Varanus Salvator)

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#25 Pippin Found Some Sun

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#26 My Cat Looks Like A Lemur

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#27 My Cat Peanut, Who Has No Control Over The Right Side Of His Face. Constantly Smirking

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#28 My Dog Laika Has Two Different Eyes And Two Different Ears

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#29 Saw This Cat Today

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#30 I Was 2 Minutes Late With Her Dinner Tonight And Olive Told Me That It Was Unacceptable

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#31 Here's My Cat. He Has Thumbs

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#32 This Is Enzo. He Was Born With A Unique Genetic Mutation, Causing A Lil Black Freckle To Appear On His Face. Quite Possibly The Rarest Golden In The Universe.

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#33 My Cat With Iris Melanosis

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#34 Here’s My Albino Doggo Incase You Haven’t Seen One

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#35 Does Cricket Have An Extra-Long Tail, Or Do Kittens Tails Seem Extra-Long Until They Grow Into Them?

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