Cy, short for Cyclopes, a kitten born with only one eye and no nose, is shown in this photo provided by its owner in Redmond, Oregon, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005. The kitten, a ragdoll breed, which died after living for one day, was one of two in the litter. Its sibling was born normal and healthy.
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Kittens are born with their eyes closed. They don't open for a week to ten days.
Posted by: Jan D. Brown | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 12:04 AM
I initially thought the same thing. It's covered on Snopes today, but they claim that it is authentic. They indicate that:
"Cyclopia (or synophthalmia) is a birth defect in which a normally two-eyed animal is born with only a single fused eye, generally disproportionately large and centered on the face above the area where the nose would usually appear. Typically in cyclopic births the nose is either absent or present as an appendage located above the single eye. (Eyelids are also generally absent in such births, which explains why the eye of the one-day-old kitten pictured above is open even though cats are usually born with their eyes shut and remain in that condition for the first week or two of their lives.)"
Posted by: Jim | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 04:56 AM
Man...Poor kittin. If it would have lived i would have probably kept it. It looks so CUTE!
Posted by: Heather Campbell | Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 03:29 PM
Cute lil thing....it shouldve lived, but i guess it wasnt meant to be :(
Posted by: Dallas | Sunday, January 15, 2006 at 02:03 PM
that is not a real eye it looks soo fake
Posted by: gabrielle | Monday, February 06, 2006 at 12:43 AM
I feel so sad for the kitten! If it would of lived I would have kept it! It is soo CUTE and adorable!!
Posted by: Sadina | Sunday, April 09, 2006 at 10:08 PM