The cat is blurry. The photo is a little overexposed. The photo was shot in landscape orientation, not portrait orientation. There is a lot of wasted space on the left, which would be more acceptable if the cat was looking outside the frame, to the left. Big rule of thumb, fill your frame unless you have reason not to.
Try to get on their level. Just like photographing children. The same quidelines for human portrait apply to animals. You'll be crawling around! The eyes...