[paulat]

So sad...little kitty. The eyes aren't usually open at one day. I hope the kitty saw enough to last him one of his lives.

[cmsgop]

I'm gonna have Nightmares........

[cmsgop]

I'm gonna have Nightmares........

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

EEEWWWWWWWWWW, poor thing. I'm glad it died, it would have lived the life of a freak if it hadn't.

Becky

[kublia khan]

Mutant Kittens have a better chance at life than 1000's of infants get every year. Sad about the kitty, Sadder about us as a people.

[paulat]

ping! I would have thought this was Photo-Shopped...but the Seattle P-I posted it from the AP.

[keithtoo]

It's this type of genetic mutation that the Evol-Doers are pinning their hopes on. Just wait a couple of million years and all cats will have one eye.

[Fire_on_High]

Poor kitty.

[HairOfTheDog]

Or dear... that is a kitten only Steven King could love.

[Slings and Arrows]

I think that AP was snookered - kittens' eyes aren't open after only one day. Besides, with no nose, how did he smell?
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"Terrible!" *rimshot*

[Tabi Katz]

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.

[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.

[Jet Jaguar]

See ya Cy. Have fun playing Up There!

[AmericaUnite]

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.

[GovernmentShrinker]

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.

[Finger Monkey]

Ragdoll ping.

Ping. S. It's horrific.

[goldstategop]

A genetic mutation. No wonder the poor kitty only lived a day. Cats are perfect pets with minimal demands. They're wonderful in every way.

[Lx]

Too bad. I would have taken him in. Just another of our brood.

I think cats mostly breath through their noses so how was this little guy breathing?

I've got two Persians no one wanted because they're 'defective' as far as the breed goes when showing. That's the bad side of over breeding and inbreeding these cats (and dogs too).

The link doesn't work so it's only speculation but is this little guy from a kitty mill?

[LadyDoc]

When I was in med school, we had a baby born like this who lived only a couple days...there is major problems with the brain, so they don't live..

So I feel sorry for the kitty, but more sorry for the baby and her parents...

The myth of the "cyclops" is probably based on this congenital malformation...

[Serb5150]

Poor baby=(

[Termite_Commander]

Photoshopped! =P

I'm still going to have nightmares from it, though.