IT could be a case of two heads are better than one after a mutant moggy with two faces was born in Midvale on Wednesday.
The kitten’s owner and a veterinarian had to do a double-take when the rare kitten came into the world at Swan Veterinary Clinic after its mother suffered complications during birth.The kitten eats out of just one mouth because of a cleft palate but both mouths meow simultaneously. Veterinarian George Huber and nurse Louisa Burgess delivered the kitten.Ms Burgess said that in her 12-year career she had never seen a two-faced cat.“I have seen cats with two tails and extra legs, but not this,” she said. Ms Burgess said the cat appeared healthy.“It has a full tummy and it survived the night so that is a good sign,” she said. “It seems content, it meows and purrs.“This is the result of a congenital deformity. Something has gone wrong in the early embryonic development.”The kitten was one of three in the litter - its siblings were born without any deformities.Its Mundaring owner plans to keep the kitten and is thinking of calling it either Mr Men or Quasi Modo.
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