Extra Toes

[Mightyqueen801]

I have one cat with six toes on each front paw. Her sister is blind from birth (optic nerve not connected). Must have been some genetic issues going on there.

[OdysseusNY]

+1 on hemingway house if you ever visit key west

if you love cats it's a treat, and if you also love hemingway it's pretty much tops

[Coldjensens]

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[catsmom21]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

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Awwww.....!

Here's mine:

[catsmom21]

a couple more

[Coldjensens]

Her paws look like Michigan!

[ParallelJJCat]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

Her paws look like Michigan!

I totally didn't see it and now I can't unsee it!

(Those thumbs! How do you not just kiss them all day long?!)

[catsmom21]

Originally Posted by ParallelJJCat

(Those thumbs! How do you not just kiss them all day long?!)

Exactly how I feel, every time I look at her!

[Pammyd]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

We took two feral cats from our local shelter as barn cats. One of them has six or seven toes. Her feet are really cool looking. Is this a common mutation, or is it unusual? Just curious. She was feral and very skitterish for three or four months, now she is suddenly sweet and comes up to us to be better, stands at the window and calls us to come out (or maybe she wants in). It is odd, the change to sweet from feral came from nowhere. She was born outside and to our knowlege has never been inside a house. Do cats just have domesticity gentically implanted in them?

Cats with extra toes are often referred to as "double pawed". It's not so unusual but is indeed very cool. I have always had cats and as a child had a cat who was double pawed named Morris. Only issue with Morris was when he took a swipe at you it was a BIG one and hurt. He was tiger striped..a cool guy for sure.

Your Feral cat who is now coming to your window to visit is being grateful to you for "taking her in". Feral cats don't always get enough food to eat nor do they get to have people around them all the time. She is evidently smart enough to understand that you did rescue her and she is being grateful. All our pets are adopted..two cats and a Pit Bull who were all abandoned in one form or another. They make good pets.

God Bless you for opening your home (barn) and your heart to these kitties!

[CSD610]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

We took two feral cats from our local shelter as barn cats. One of them has six or seven toes. Her feet are really cool looking. Is this a common mutation, or is it unusual? Just curious.

She was feral and very skitterish for three or four months, now she is suddenly sweet and comes up to us to be better, stands at the window and calls us to come out (or maybe she wants in). It is odd, the change to sweet from feral came from nowhere. She was born outside and to our knowlege has never been inside a house. Do cats just have domesticity gentically implanted in them?

I had a cat with extra toes on all her paws which is unusual on all four paws. She was part of a litter that all the black females had extra toes but she is the only one to have on all four paws, the others had only one or two paws with extra toes.

There is a specific breed with the extra toes but I do not recall the name.