OMG - You *HAVE* to see this story about a 2-faced kitten!

"Irulan" wrote in message ...
OMG is right. Poor little thing, unfortunately most of the time these things
happen because there's something else very wrong with other parts of the
kitty. I doubt it will live much longer than a few days. Can anyone update
us about this? I'd am very curious.

Poor L'il bit. Yes, often one abnormality indicates others. In this
case, I'm guessing there were supposed to be 2 kittens, and either 1.
One kitten absorbed the other when they were only a few cells big, but
not entirely, leaving the face left over from the other kitten
(chimaera) or 2. The cells attempted to divide, but didn't quite, and
the second face grew from that.

Therefore, the kitten might have extra organs, or organ-and-a-halfs
that don't work like they should.

However, that's a might. I've seen animals with abnormalities (ie no
knee joints, no eyes) that were healthy in every other way. The fact
that Deuce is eating is a good sign.

Bright Blessings to him. If he makes it, he will make for a very
unusual pet.

--Fil

Helen Miles wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote in
message

It will, of course, need a very special home if it
manages to survive.

Tweed

My fear for the kitten would be that it will be treated as a freak
show. I mean, the video of it is when it was 3 hours old and the
owner had already called the press. If that was me, I'd be keeping it
very quiet and would be concentrating on helping the kitten survive.

Just my 0.02c.

Helen M

I agree with what you say. My first thought would not have been "alert the
media".

Jill

On 9 Mar 2005 13:39:21 -0800, "L. (usenetlyn)"
wrote:


Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:
http://www.theindychannel.com/family...57/detail.html

there is a link to a video of this kitten.

Recently there was a baby like this who's second head was removed - it
was basically just a second head hanging off the other one. So sad.


Several years ago, I read an article about a set of human conjoined
twins. If I remember correctly, it was in _Life_ magazine. The
little girls in question had two heads atop a single, wedge-shaped
torso. A vestigial third arm between the two heads had been
surgically removed shortly after her birth. She was described as
generally healthy, bright, and cheerful. One brain controlled the
right side of the body, and one the left side. They had learned to
cooperate enough to walk and swim. Between the separate nervous
systems and shared vital organs, there was no possibility of ever
dividing the two, as both sisters would die.

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"jmcquown" had some very interesting things
to say about OMG - You *HAVE* to see this story about a 2-faced
kitten!:

http://www.theindychannel.com/family...57/detail.html
there is a link to a video of this kitten.
OMG! That's just.... weird.

Poor little thing. :-(

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doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding.
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Karen wrote:
Wow. I highly doubt it will survive. I have seen this before in a cat
book I
had when I was little. I find it kind of sad as I don't think it will
have
much chance.


I think it's terribly sad. I recall another kitten a year or so ago
from a link someone posted, it looked about the same as this one, only
it was gray. It only lived a couple of days IIRC.

John F. Eldredge wrote:.


Several years ago, I read an article about a set of human conjoined
twins. If I remember correctly, it was in _Life_ magazine.

Abby and Britty Hensel.

http://phreeque.tripod.com/hensel_sisters.html

-L.

Karen wrote:
Wow. I highly doubt it will survive. I have seen this before in a cat
book I
had when I was little. I find it kind of sad as I don't think it will
have
much chance.


Survival beyond a few days is unlikely (plenty at
http://www.messybeast.com/freak-face.htm) though Ditto the two-faced
pig made it to adulthood (died of pneumonia after inhaling food through
one snout while eating with the other snout). There are no reported
cases of kittens survivng long-term with the condition. Current
research suggests it isn't classical conjoined twins but is a fault in
a protein called "Sonic hedgehog" that causes structures to be
duplicated in the embryo.

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Karen wrote:
Wow. I highly doubt it will survive. I have seen this before in a cat
book I
had when I was little. I find it kind of sad as I don't think it will
have
much chance.


I think it's terribly sad. I recall another kitten a year or so ago
from a link someone posted, it looked about the same as this one, only
it was gray. It only lived a couple of days IIRC.


It is sad. Poor baby.

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Survival beyond a few days is unlikely (plenty at
http://www.messybeast.com/freak-face.htm) though Ditto the two-faced
pig made it to adulthood (died of pneumonia after inhaling food through
one snout while eating with the other snout). There are no reported
cases of kittens survivng long-term with the condition. Current
research suggests it isn't classical conjoined twins but is a fault in
a protein called "Sonic hedgehog" that causes structures to be
duplicated in the embryo.


Yup - that's the condition I was thinking of. Thanks for reminding me! Poor
kitten. It's a genetic problem with the individual rather than co-joined
twins.I've seen it in pigs before and it occasionally happens in humans
IIRC. I doubt the kitten will survive long. Poor thing. However long it has
I hope it has love and a happy life.

helen s

When they picked it up, it kicked and squirmed very vigorously. I'd bet
that cat survives.

Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:

http://www.theindychannel.com/family...57/detail.html

there is a link to a video of this kitten.


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