Far out! Eye condition gives cat Matilda her 'alien' appearance

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A 2-year-old feline with very large, glassy eyes has been dubbed an 'alien cat.'

The Instagram account for cat Matilda already has 18,400 followers.

It includes the line 'Have you seen anyone else that looks like this? I'm seeking my kind.'

Fan art also featured on the page shows the cat riding in flying saucers.

On a website for Matilda, her owners wrote 'Matilda lives with her loving servants who include The Bearded Man, The Lady, and Dog.

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Uncommon: Matilda, who has very large, glassy eyes, has been dubbed an 'alien cat'

Why hello there! Matilda, her owners have said, has detached eye lenses. Here she is seen draped in clothing

'She was born on Valentine's Day in 2013 in a hoarder house in a small town, and was quickly picked up by a rescue society.'

Her owners wrote occasionally Matilda had a 'squinty eye.'

'Shortly after her first birthday, her right pupil became enlarged and stayed that way for several minutes,' they said on Matilda's website.

Matilda was taken to veterinarians on several occasions and was eventually diagnosed with feline leukemia, her owners said.

However, the 'servants' said they decided to contact her rescue society.

Eventually, it emerged that Matilda was not the only cat with the 'extraterrestrial' features.

Changes:  Matilda's owners said the cat occasionally had a 'squinty eye.' They wrote online 'Shortly after her first birthday, her right pupil became enlarged and stayed that way for several minutes' 

Hired help? A website for Matilda says she 'lives with her loving servants who include The Bearded Man, The Lady, and Dog'

'When [The Lady] heard back from the rescue society there was a surprise - they had moved offices and had lost the contact information for Matilda's servants, and had been trying to reach them for months!' her owners said. 

They continued 'As it turned out, two of Matilda's littermates had developed a mysterious eye condition, and they had been trying to re-find Matilda.'

It later was revealed the cat did not have feline leukemia, but 'Matilda displayed signs of spontaneous lens luxation, just like her siblings,' according to her owners.

They said on Matilda's website the cats have trouble recuperating from wounds and surgeries because they're deficient in collagen.

Both Matilda's right and left lenses have spontaneously detached, her owners wrote online. 

Spooky: Matilda is seen facing away from the camera 

I come in peace! 2-year-old Matilda eyes a slice of watermelon 

The feline has lost her vision, with an Instagram caption from two weeks ago reading 'My eyes grow steadily worse and I can't see anymore.' 

Matilda's owners wrote on her webpage 'After much discussion and consideration, The Lady and The Bearded Man decided with the veterinary ophthamologist's support that we would let Matilda's eyes do what they naturally would, and would not intervene with a traumatic surgery that did not appear to be helpful [sic].'

However, a GoFundMe page said 'She currently takes medicine to make sure she can keep her eyes functioning as well as she can, but inevitably will need surgery to remove them.'

It went on 'To prepare for the day that she needs serious medical care, we are hoping to put away some funds so that help is readily available as soon as she needs it.'

A Friday Instagram caption said 'So happy to have had a super great check-up today with my eye doctor! Confirmed that I am NOT in pain and NOT suffering from glaucoma. Surgery will wait another day!!'

The GoFundMe page is seeking to raise $2,500. If you would like to donate, click here.

For more information on Matilda, you can visit her website.  

Condition: Matilda and her siblings have a condition called lens luxation

Rest: Matilda is seen all curled up.  She has lost her vision, but she doesn't experience pain and does not have glaucoma, her owners have said