Two-faced kitten: Multi Face Cat Gone Viral as the News Hit the internet
Two-faced kitten: The multi face cat goe viral over the internet as the new about the kitten with 2 faces hits the internet. Deucy is a what’s known as a Janus cat, born with one body and two faces. Though not unheard of, the mutation that causes the condition, known as diprosopus, is exceedingly rare. Even more rare is seeing a Janus cat without any other congenital ailments that could threaten its life — after all, this is a pretty severe mutation, and those can travel in packs. According to vets, though, Deucy seems as healthy as any other kitten — she just has a little more face on her face than is standard.
One of three kittens in her litter, Deucy was rejected by her mother and is now being cared for by her family, who keep her snuggled up in a dresser drawer and feed her using a syringe. Here’s hoping Deucy’s prognosis stays good and we all get to watch her practically inevitable rise to Internet stardom. You should probably share this link on Facebook and Twitter now, so you have a record that you knew Deucy before she was cool.
two-faced kitten was born in Amity, Ore., on Tuesday. Stephanie Durkee, the owner of both the female kitten and its mother, took the two-faced cat to a vet, who say she's in good health. (She meows "loudly from both mouths," according to the Guardian.) Durkee told Portland's KGW-TV the kitten—named "Deucy"—has been rejected by her mother, so she's been feeding her warmed kitten formula from a syringe.
"The kids ... came in and said, 'Mom there's a kitty with two heads,'" Durkee told Portland's NBC affiliate. "And I said, 'I think you guys are just tired, you're crazy, that doesn't happen.'" Durkee, who plans to keep Deucy, says the kitten was born at "6:11 a.m. on 6/11 under the 'Gemini' astrological sign." Durkee said she "can’t help but wonder at the 'double' coincidences surrounding Deucy’s birth."
Two-faced cats—known as Janus cats, for the two-faced Roman god who also gave us the word "January"—are unusual but not unprecedented. In 2012, a Port Charlotte, Fla., couple's cat gave birth to a two-faced male kitten. (They named him Harvey Dent, after the two-face "Batman" character.)
One of three kittens in her litter, Deucy was rejected by her mother and is now being cared for by her family, who keep her snuggled up in a dresser drawer and feed her using a syringe. Here’s hoping Deucy’s prognosis stays good and we all get to watch her practically inevitable rise to Internet stardom. You should probably share this link on Facebook and Twitter now, so you have a record that you knew Deucy before she was cool.
two-faced kitten was born in Amity, Ore., on Tuesday. Stephanie Durkee, the owner of both the female kitten and its mother, took the two-faced cat to a vet, who say she's in good health. (She meows "loudly from both mouths," according to the Guardian.) Durkee told Portland's KGW-TV the kitten—named "Deucy"—has been rejected by her mother, so she's been feeding her warmed kitten formula from a syringe.
"The kids ... came in and said, 'Mom there's a kitty with two heads,'" Durkee told Portland's NBC affiliate. "And I said, 'I think you guys are just tired, you're crazy, that doesn't happen.'" Durkee, who plans to keep Deucy, says the kitten was born at "6:11 a.m. on 6/11 under the 'Gemini' astrological sign." Durkee said she "can’t help but wonder at the 'double' coincidences surrounding Deucy’s birth."
Two-faced cats—known as Janus cats, for the two-faced Roman god who also gave us the word "January"—are unusual but not unprecedented. In 2012, a Port Charlotte, Fla., couple's cat gave birth to a two-faced male kitten. (They named him Harvey Dent, after the two-face "Batman" character.)
