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    In addition to our own cats, there are several who eat at the outside bowl.

    One is a young female "catten." Another is a grouchy old tomcat with seven toes on each of his front paws and six on each of his back paws.

    Both were skinny when they started eating here, but not any more. It was neat when they gained some weight and you could not count every rib. Then the catten really started bulging out. We thought she was just barely out of kittenhood, too young to get pregnant until next spring, but we were wrong.

    One day she came by and was skinny again and had nipples and milk. Mrs. UtahMike heard the kittens mewing in a pile of wood in the back yard of the house behind us where nobody seems to live. Then the next day, there was no mewing.

    The mother was small and young, and it was late in the year and cold, so we thought that the kittens had died.

    Guess what tottered into the yard yesterday? One lone kitten following her mother. And guess what? She (?) has six toes on each of her front paws. Any guesses who daddy is?

    We're still going to catch mama and get her spayed, but that sure is the cutest little kitten! She (?) disappeared under a bush, but she'll be back. I held her and she licked some warm milk off my finger, not as much of a scaredy cat as mama, who will come close but will not tolerate being picked up.

    Anyone else have polydactyl cats?

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    Awwwwwww
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    My sister has a polydactyl named Radar, he seriously thinks he's her boyfriend. It's so cute.

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    I had one. My Mom "lost him" just recently. I am really sad about it. I still rubberneck at every roadkill I go by. I want my Guinea back!

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    i think ernest hemingway had polydactyl cats.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mina loy View Post
    i think ernest hemingway had polydactyl cats.
    Yep...the descendants of them live at the Hemingway house in Key West and are taken care of by the caretakers of the house. They are all over the place there!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CKXXX View Post
    Yep...the descendants of them live at the Hemingway house in Key West and are taken care of by the caretakers of the house. They are all over the place there!
    That place is so neat, and the cats are awesome!!

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    One of mine, Holly, is a polydactyl with six toes. I once had a seven-toed cat, whose paws looked like little catcher's mitts.

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    OMG, I'm so jealous! I wants a polydactyl kittie
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    Two more kittens today, but with normal paws.

    SxyBrat, when the kittens are old enough to leave the mother, that one is yours if you really want her (?). I'll even deliver it to SLC to get it a good home with someone I trust to not feed it to a snake or something.

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    And the pictures are?


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    I have one! He's an orange tabby named Orangino (Gino for short). He looks like his tires are flat because his paws are so much wider proportionately. It's adorable. He's got seven on the front and six on the back.
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    ohhhhhhhhhhhhh....Key West cats are famous for 6 toes. I love Key West and all the kitties there.

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    i had one when i was in my teens.
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    I was lucky enough to have my stray pregnant cat blessed me with 5 poly kittens,they had 7 toes on the front 6 on back so freaky!! they are great mouse catchers!Leo the male is our fav. he's soooo sweet loves to cuddle.we also kept mom and bitchy cat sister,we call her stash,and the mom is called love spell.They have enchanted me.

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    Leo, Stash and Love Spell! Those are such cute names.

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