An Ontario family was shocked when they discovered one their cat’s new kittens was born with two faces.
Published Wednesday, March 27, 2019 6:45PM EDT
London, Ont. resident Jodi Waite and her family had been waiting on their cat Nala to give birth for the past few weeks and as they helped deliver the kittens on Sunday, they were completely caught off guard when they came face-to-face with the cat’s seventh offspring. “One mouth would meow and the next mouth would meow at the same time,” she said. “It was pretty wild.”Waite began looking online and found out Miracle had a rare genetic mutation. Cats with that condition are called Janus cats -- named after the Roman god Janus, who is typically portrayed as having two faces.most of them do not live very long due to the health conditions associated with the deformity.
“It is very rare,” he said. “Some of can have a good quality of life, most of them don’t end up making it to adulthood because of other associated issues.”
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