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Old July 21st 06, 12:32 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
jmcquown
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Default Two-faced Kitten Born in Ohio

http://www.nbc10.com/health/9515335/detail.html

This kitten was born on July 12th in Ohio, USA. The vets seem to think
he/she will survive (isn't that a rare occurrence for these mutations?). I
haven't been able to find any further updates about the kitten since this
article was updated on 7/14.

Jill


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Old July 21st 06, 01:39 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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jmcquown wrote:
http://www.nbc10.com/health/9515335/detail.html

This kitten was born on July 12th in Ohio, USA. The vets seem to think
he/she will survive (isn't that a rare occurrence for these mutations?). I
haven't been able to find any further updates about the kitten since this
article was updated on 7/14.

Jill


I will purr for this little bit. Erm, or get the furry overlords to.

Often, animals with gross genetic abnormalities will also have internal
abnormalities that kill them. Or, the mother will reject them.

But it's not impossible for "Tiger" to be pretty healthy inside save
for an odd doubling of the face and throat.

I am glad that Tiger's owner is not rejecting him because of how he
looks, and isn't giving him an awful name like Monster or some such.

--Fil

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Old July 21st 06, 02:07 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Default Two-faced Kitten Born in Ohio

Enfilade wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
http://www.nbc10.com/health/9515335/detail.html

This kitten was born on July 12th in Ohio, USA. The vets seem to
think he/she will survive (isn't that a rare occurrence for these
mutations?). I haven't been able to find any further updates about
the kitten since this article was updated on 7/14.

Jill


I will purr for this little bit. Erm, or get the furry overlords to.

Often, animals with gross genetic abnormalities will also have
internal abnormalities that kill them. Or, the mother will reject
them.

But it's not impossible for "Tiger" to be pretty healthy inside save
for an odd doubling of the face and throat.

I am glad that Tiger's owner is not rejecting him because of how he
looks, and isn't giving him an awful name like Monster or some such.

--Fil


The article indicated Tiger is nursing normally so the mama-cat didn't
reject him/her. Must be interesting (to say the least) having two mouths on
one kitten wanting to nurse!

Jill


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Old July 21st 06, 02:46 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Magic Mood JeepŠ
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Default Two-faced Kitten Born in Ohio

jmcquown wrote:
Enfilade wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
http://www.nbc10.com/health/9515335/detail.html

This kitten was born on July 12th in Ohio, USA. The vets seem to
think he/she will survive (isn't that a rare occurrence for these
mutations?). I haven't been able to find any further updates about
the kitten since this article was updated on 7/14.

Jill


I will purr for this little bit. Erm, or get the furry overlords to.

Often, animals with gross genetic abnormalities will also have
internal abnormalities that kill them. Or, the mother will reject
them.

But it's not impossible for "Tiger" to be pretty healthy inside save
for an odd doubling of the face and throat.

I am glad that Tiger's owner is not rejecting him because of how he
looks, and isn't giving him an awful name like Monster or some such.

--Fil


The article indicated Tiger is nursing normally so the mama-cat didn't
reject him/her. Must be interesting (to say the least) having two
mouths on one kitten wanting to nurse!

Jill


Latest that I heard, the kitten was "missing" since a 1am feeding

http://www.nbc4i.com/news/9527078/detail.html


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Old July 21st 06, 03:01 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
John F. Eldredge
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Default Two-faced Kitten Born in Ohio

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:32:59 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

http://www.nbc10.com/health/9515335/detail.html

This kitten was born on July 12th in Ohio, USA. The vets seem to think
he/she will survive (isn't that a rare occurrence for these mutations?). I
haven't been able to find any further updates about the kitten since this
article was updated on 7/14.


Unfortunately, the kitten disappeared a couple of days later, and
hasn't been seen since, according to
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news...p?story=199951.
Three possible theories offered in the article are that the mother cat
ate the kitten, that she dragged him somewhere outside the house and
abandoned him, or that some human stole the kitten. Once the kitten's
birth was publicized, visitors had come to see him, and the family
accidently left a door unlocked shortly before the kitten was found to
be missing.

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Old July 21st 06, 03:35 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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John F. Eldredge wrote:

Unfortunately, the kitten disappeared a couple of days later, and
hasn't been seen since, according to
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news...p?story=199951.
Three possible theories offered in the article are that the mother cat
ate the kitten, that she dragged him somewhere outside the house and
abandoned him, or that some human stole the kitten. Once the kitten's
birth was publicized, visitors had come to see him, and the family
accidently left a door unlocked shortly before the kitten was found to
be missing.


Such an animal would be worth money - I'm sure some lab would love
to study it.

I remember a few years ago there was a 2-headed kitten who had been
pronounced healthy by a vet, and then mysteriously died. Its body was
then sent to a lab, and I was always suspicious of that - like maybe
the lab offered them a lot of cash.

sigh

Joyce
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Old July 22nd 06, 04:14 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:22:26 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

Magic Mood JeepŠ wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
Enfilade wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
http://www.nbc10.com/health/9515335/detail.html

This kitten was born on July 12th in Ohio, USA. The vets seem to
think he/she will survive (isn't that a rare occurrence for these
mutations?). I haven't been able to find any further updates about
the kitten since this article was updated on 7/14.

Jill

I will purr for this little bit. Erm, or get the furry overlords
to.

Often, animals with gross genetic abnormalities will also have
internal abnormalities that kill them. Or, the mother will reject
them.

But it's not impossible for "Tiger" to be pretty healthy inside save
for an odd doubling of the face and throat.

I am glad that Tiger's owner is not rejecting him because of how he
looks, and isn't giving him an awful name like Monster or some such.

--Fil

The article indicated Tiger is nursing normally so the mama-cat
didn't reject him/her. Must be interesting (to say the least)
having two mouths on one kitten wanting to nurse!

Jill


Latest that I heard, the kitten was "missing" since a 1am feeding

http://www.nbc4i.com/news/9527078/detail.html


AWWWWWW. I doubt this bodes well for the poor little one. I surely did
hope this kitten would survive and have a good home. I'm lighting candles
that this little one is just tucked in a closet someplace. For some reason
I can picture it being beaten up on by its littermates (sadly). Purrs for
the poor kitten who didn't choose to be born this way.

Jill

This is a local story for me, and I've been following it. I'm afraid
something untoward happened to the poor thing, although I really
wonder if it would have survived anyway. Purrs for the little one.

Ginger-lyn

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Old July 22nd 06, 07:30 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Takayuki
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"jmcquown" wrote:
AWWWWWW. I doubt this bodes well for the poor little one. I surely did
hope this kitten would survive and have a good home. I'm lighting candles
that this little one is just tucked in a closet someplace. For some reason
I can picture it being beaten up on by its littermates (sadly). Purrs for
the poor kitten who didn't choose to be born this way.


I've read about several two-faced kittens over the years. I remember
one was given a neat name - "Image". But I've *never* heard of any of
them surviving very long, so whenever I hear one of these stories, I
consider it to be a sad story.

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Old July 22nd 06, 07:32 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:14:13 +0000, glsummer wrote:

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:22:26 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

Magic Mood JeepŠ wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
Enfilade wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
http://www.nbc10.com/health/9515335/detail.html

This kitten was born on July 12th in Ohio, USA. The vets seem to
think he/she will survive (isn't that a rare occurrence for these
mutations?). I haven't been able to find any further updates about
the kitten since this article was updated on 7/14.

Jill

I will purr for this little bit. Erm, or get the furry overlords
to.

Often, animals with gross genetic abnormalities will also have
internal abnormalities that kill them. Or, the mother will reject
them.

But it's not impossible for "Tiger" to be pretty healthy inside save
for an odd doubling of the face and throat.

I am glad that Tiger's owner is not rejecting him because of how he
looks, and isn't giving him an awful name like Monster or some such.

--Fil

The article indicated Tiger is nursing normally so the mama-cat
didn't reject him/her. Must be interesting (to say the least)
having two mouths on one kitten wanting to nurse!

Jill

Latest that I heard, the kitten was "missing" since a 1am feeding

http://www.nbc4i.com/news/9527078/detail.html


AWWWWWW. I doubt this bodes well for the poor little one. I surely did
hope this kitten would survive and have a good home. I'm lighting candles
that this little one is just tucked in a closet someplace. For some reason
I can picture it being beaten up on by its littermates (sadly). Purrs for
the poor kitten who didn't choose to be born this way.

Jill

This is a local story for me, and I've been following it. I'm afraid
something untoward happened to the poor thing, although I really
wonder if it would have survived anyway. Purrs for the little one.

Ginger-lyn

Home Pages:
http://www.moonsummer.com
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy)
http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against
Animals in Movies Website)



As I recall, sometime in the last year another double faced kitten was
born. It lived only one day. As previously stated -- there were
probably other abnormalities. Perhaps someone swiped it to study it.
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