Cats in the News!

never tried to count them lol

Actually, cats with more toes than usual are not at all uncommon. There are several breeds of cat in which six toes on the front paws are quite frequent. The cat doesn't suffer because of it and all toes (and the claws) usually work normally. I think that 24 toes is unusual, however! Humans also can be born with more digits than usual. It is more common to find six toes on the feet than five fingers and a thumb, though that is not unknown. As with the cats, the extra digits are usually functional and normal, not vestigial in any way. The trait usually runs in families because, of course, it is genetic.

hi ElicBxn I am going to have to look that one up, I would love to see a kitty that has twenty four toes. wow.I do so miss not being able to have a cat, of course if I wanted to pay one hundred dollars more which I do not have,per month here at the Gold Crest retirement center I could have a cat. But I cannot afford that so have just got to admire those few here who do have cats. When I did have a cat it only had the normal amount of toes, darn.

[b]Hiya, "cousin!" I'd love to see this poly-dactyl cat--but after copying your URL up there, & pasting it into "search," it basically just gave me a screen that repeated part of the URL! Maggiepie "WHERE'S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE?[/b]

Sorry, i don't have a cat. Sometimes i think i must be the only one on mylot that doesn't have one,lol.

I just ran out the back and took a look at both my cats’ paws and they both have the normal amount of toes, darn it! No Mr or Mrs Toes around here! The real Mr Toes is gorgeous and he sounds as though he has a lovely nature as well. I have actually heard of humans who were born with extra digits but not cats and not so many! Thanks for sharing this Elic!

i havent noticed that except that i have the experience that they can scratch very well but the news which you have provided is so amazing.

my calico has more than that-she has 7,6 front 6,6 back..so,25. there's a picture of her (tearing up a phonebook) in my profile if you wanted to see her:)

Aww--he's a cutie. I actually had a poly cat...though not that many extra toes, Footie had six toes on each of his front paws. Did you know Hemingway was a nutcase about cats and especially the poly cats? even in his will, he instructed that poly-toed cats weren't to be fixed--his estate has a LOT of kitties roaming around

Don't you wonder what happened to cause this to certain animals and not others? I sure do but thankfully they don't know the difference and are able to live a happy life, that is, if they're in a good home which this one seems to be. She said she's having him neutered soon but that won't deter the "girls" from seeing how sexy he is. LMBO! That's really cute!! lol

Our newest addition, Eli, who is named after the NY Giants quarterback, is a big white love of a cat who has 6 toes on front and back feet. He is a wonderful cat, and we are so lucky he was at the shelter when we got there. You can do anything with him, and he'll just purr.

Oh he is sooo cute. It is nice that he found a loving home. I used to have a cat that 6 toes on each front foot but that's the most that I have seen.

He looks very happy. What a sweetie. The cat I had had six toes on each of it's front paws. It looked like his little paws were almost perfectly round because of his toe location..

Very intersting story. a cat with 24 toes. who would have tought such a cat would be living the good life with his owners. lol.

Looks more like two hands on each arm...