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Poor little one-eyed cat...(SO SAD HE DIDN'T LIVE...A STRANGELY SWEET PIC)
The Seattle Post -Intelligencer/ The Associated Press ^ | 1/7/06 | Traci Allen

Posted on 01/07/2006 5:24:09 PM PST by paulat

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Cy, short for Cyclops, a kitten born with only one eye and no nose, is shown in this photo provided by its owner in Redmond, Oregon. 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. (AP Photo/Traci Allen) (January 06, 2006)


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cyclopeanism
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To: paulat

You mean I have to READ the threads I ping?


21 posted on 01/07/2006 6:21:07 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("MOO...BANG...MOOO!")
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To: kenth
That's exactly what I thought about posting, but decided not to out of respect for the one eyed cat lovers.

I have a six-month old one-eyed kitten. She lost her left eye from some sort of infection she got in a house with 45 other cats.

She was rescued at four weeks, but the eye had to be surgically removed.

She's a doll; she has to turn her head to see things, but Iris fits in fine with her kitten sister, Lily.

22 posted on 01/07/2006 6:24:57 PM PST by sinkspur (Trust, but vilify.)
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To: paulat

I'm with you. A friend has a beautiful 3-legged cat, and he's perfectly happy and loved. I'm sorry this poor guy didn't make it, and I hope he didn't suffer too much in his short life.


23 posted on 01/07/2006 6:27:18 PM PST by Tabi Katz
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To: sinkspur

LOL!! Iris!! That is sweet!!


24 posted on 01/07/2006 6:30:36 PM PST by paulat
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To: Tabi Katz
I'm sorry this poor guy didn't make it, and I hope he didn't suffer too much in his short life.

I hope this isn't a PhotoShop make-up...but if it is real...the hard part would have been breathing...

25 posted on 01/07/2006 6:32:07 PM PST by paulat
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To: Slings and Arrows

I saw the headline, and couldn't / wouldn't look at the picture.


26 posted on 01/07/2006 6:36:25 PM PST by LucyT (Where is a mooslimb-free country?)
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To: paulat
Oh wait sinkspur is sweet but I am a jerk right because I have a phobia about One Eyed Kittens ???
27 posted on 01/07/2006 6:45:52 PM PST by cmsgop ( Bill Clinton's License Plate..... "Herpes 1")
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To: cmsgop

Ah...take it elsewhere....


28 posted on 01/07/2006 6:50:26 PM PST by paulat
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To: paulat
How would a cat have known it was a freak? You make no sense.

The other cats would have pointed and laughed. The way they would have teased and made fun of the kitten would have been terrible.

Mark

29 posted on 01/07/2006 7:04:32 PM PST by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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To: MarkL
The other cats would have pointed and laughed.

LOL!!! Cat ridicule is cruel!!

30 posted on 01/07/2006 7:07:45 PM PST by paulat
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To: paulat

Poor thing. I've nursed and fostered a lot of sick, injured or dying animals and it's never easy. Sometimes it was the saddest cases that had the most dignity and personality.


31 posted on 01/07/2006 7:12:00 PM PST by zakbrow
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To: paulat

See ya Cy. Have fun playing Up There!


32 posted on 01/07/2006 7:17:40 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: zakbrow
Poor thing. I've nursed and fostered a lot of sick, injured or dying animals and it's never easy. Sometimes it was the saddest cases that had the most dignity and personality.

I hope this isn't a hoax...but this is what i'm talking about...I see something in that little eye. Of course, I may be nutz....

33 posted on 01/07/2006 7:29:37 PM PST by paulat
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To: paulat

"Of course, I may be nutz...."

I think a lot of people think that we "animal" people are all slightly nuts anyway. :-)


34 posted on 01/07/2006 7:33:31 PM PST by zakbrow
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To: paulat

Other cats know its a freak, they will pick on it.


35 posted on 01/07/2006 8:00:02 PM PST by U S Army EOD (LINCOLN COUNTY RED DEVILS STATE CHAMPIONS)
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To: MarkL

Matter of fact they do sense it, other cats would have made life hell on earth for it.


36 posted on 01/07/2006 8:02:30 PM PST by U S Army EOD (LINCOLN COUNTY RED DEVILS STATE CHAMPIONS)
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To: U S Army EOD
Matter of fact they do sense it, other cats would have made life hell on earth for it.

Well, you're right about that. More than likely, it would have been attacked by other cats... Still, I was joking with my comments, as I told a friend who put a bow on her bulldog, how the other dogs in the neighborhood would start laughing and pointing at him, telling jokes and making fun of him.

Mark

37 posted on 01/07/2006 8:44:32 PM PST by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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To: paulat

There's more wrong with this cat then his/her eye. The head is small. Scottish folds bred together can leave a skeletal birth defects and Manx cats bred together can have offspring with spina bifida. Poor little kitty. It looks like the owners did try to comfort him or her until the end.


38 posted on 01/07/2006 9:16:53 PM PST by AmericaUnite
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The key here is "ragdoll". This is the result of deliberate breeding of animals with genetic defects for human amusement. The notion of deliberately breeding cats (or dogs) while millions are being euthanized for lack of homes, is sick IMO. But the profit- and amusement-driven breeding of genetically abnormal animals is even worse. When you deliberately breed cats for traits like an inability to maintain normal muscle tension, there are bound to be a high number of births with even more serious defects.


39 posted on 01/07/2006 9:33:53 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Slings and Arrows

I'm pretty sure that must be Photoshoped. Kittens are born not only with their eyes closed, but blue. Plus they always go through a sort of crusty phase when they open don't they? This one eye is crystal clear. And wouldn't the mouth be more open if it didn't have a nose?


40 posted on 01/07/2006 10:18:13 PM PST by To Hell With Poverty (I don't think I'm half as good as I know I really am.)
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