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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2006Did anyone see the one eyed kitten?
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060109/480/nyet27501091906 Story and picture here. Seems the little guy was one of a litter of two and survivied for one day. The other littermate is normal and doing fine. > http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060109/480/nyet27501091906 > > Story and picture here. Seems the little guy was one of a litter of two and > survivied for one day. The other littermate is normal and doing fine. The only thing I wonder about is the fact that newborn kittens do NOT open their eyes a day after their born. Their eyes are shut for a little while. Why is this kitten have a very obvious wide-eyed appearance when it is only 1-2 days old? >>http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060109/480/nyet27501091906 >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > little while. Why is this kitten have a very obvious wide-eyed > appearance when it is only 1-2 days old? Looks like a hoax to me. That is such bull. That's so fake! Something from the inquirer!? o people make me laugh. > That is such bull. That's so fake! Something from the inquirer!? > o people make me laugh. You might want to check this out before you laugh too hard: <http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/cyclopes.asp>  SignatureWeb site: http://www.slywy.com/ Message board: http://www.slywy.com/phpBB2/ Journal: http://slywy.blogspot.com/ > > http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060109/480/nyet27501091906 > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > little while. Why is this kitten have a very obvious wide-eyed > appearance when it is only 1-2 days old? Ummm, because it's not normal? SignatureWeb site: http://www.slywy.com/ Message board: http://www.slywy.com/phpBB2/ Journal: http://slywy.blogspot.com/ <instantgrandma@gmail.com> wrote in message > The only thing I wonder about is the fact that newborn kittens do NOT > open their eyes a day after their born. Their eyes are shut for a > little while. Why is this kitten have a very obvious wide-eyed > appearance when it is only 1-2 days old? It is my understanding that the condition causes the kittens to be born without an eyelid, so the open eye is actually part of the defect. -Toni > http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060109/480/nyet27501091906 > > Story and picture here. Seems the little guy was one of a litter of two > and > survivied for one day. The other littermate is normal and doing fine. Poor little baby. I thought it was a bizarre hoax when I first saw the picture. However, it has apparently checked out. This AP report says the condition is known as "holoprosencephaly," a medical condition which causes facial deformities. According to the National Institutes of Health web site, a single eye is located where the nose should be in the worst cases. Snopes.com also lists this case as "true." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060111/ap_on_re_us/one_eyed_cat MaryL
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