6 toes on each paw?

Ok, I thought he only had this on his front paws, but there are 6 toes on each paw. He has "thumbs" all around. Here is a video I tried to take of the paws, but he kept trying to play with the camera lanyard.

http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y244/SpyralXXX/Album2/?action=view&current=DSCN0160.flv

awww he wants to play! He is a polydactyl.

From Wikipedia: "sailors were long-known to especially value polydactyl cats for their extraordinary climbing and hunting abilities as an aid in controlling shipboard rodents. Some sailors also considered them to be extremely good luck when at sea"

I have never noticed that polys were more dexterious than other cats but that is one of the tales. It just makes it a bit more special - but you already knew he was

Yep, he sure is a poly - and oh so precious. I am in love with him!

He's like, "No, I won't show you my toes! I want to play!" Cute little guy, even with the extra toes.

What a sweet little boy, toes & all!

I looooove my Poly's! My RB girl Tiger was one, and she'd grab pens and things from your hand when she wanted attention (usually durring homework time!). My parent's have another Poly now, Olivia, she doesn't seem to use her 'thumbs' like Tiger did. Bu Tiger was an unusual cat all round!

Oooooo - what loveable paws!!!!!!!!! I LOVE polydactyls! None of our kitties were blessed with those adorable feet - but I want to kiss those toes!

Laurie

We had a polydactyl in the last litter of orphaned kittens. When we first found him, I thought he had deformed feet, then realized he just had extra toes! "Elwood" was adopted to our dear friend and she tells us of all the things that he can get into that her other cats cannot. The extra toes gives him oposable thumbs. He can do things like turn knobs to open doors. We have a running joke about him that goes something like this:

Elwood is TOE-tally awesome!
Wouldn't he love to live in TOE-peka or TOE-ledo?
(you get the idea)

My friend has a 24-toed lynx-point Siamese kitten.

Oh, your baby is precious! I love those "mittens" on Hemingway cats.

There's a Bob-tail Hemingway on Petfinder now that I'm dying to go get!
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/...?petid=9568201

He is absolutely adorable!

Originally Posted by snuggy's mom

Oh, your baby is precious! I love those "mittens" on Hemingway cats.

There's a Bob-tail Hemingway on Petfinder now that I'm dying to go get!
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/...?petid=9568201

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Oh, I love Harley and Benji Ya just gotta get them

Originally Posted by Bonnie1965

Oh, I love Harley and Benji

Ya just gotta get them

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Trust me, I would love to get them both. My husband would have a cow. I rescued Bella less than a month ago, and he wasn't too thrilled about that. At least Harley and Benji are with a rescue group and not in a shelter.

(Sorry for hijacking your thread, Spyral)

Awww, what a sweetie!!

My RB kitty Chuckie was a poly as well.

It's weird, he can totally paw a piece of food and feed himself from his paw. Tonight I gave him a piece of chicken from a sub I had for dinner. He snatched it from my hand and then brought it to his mouth, clutched with his thumb, and ate it from his paw! I have never seen a cat do that before. I wonder if he can open doors? lol

Originally Posted by Spyral

I wonder if he can open doors? lol

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My friend's cat Elwood figured out how to turn the locking knob on the cat flap to let himself outside. If he didn't have the opposable thumb, he would not have been able to do that. The other cats would watch him do it, then tried to do it themselves in vain. My friend had to remove the flap as she only lets them outside (in her fenced yard) when she is out there with them.

So could he open doors? Probably so.

I can just imagine him unlocking the front door to let other cats in the apartment while I am at work. I can see it now, a dozen cats sitting on my couch watching The Animal Planet special on cats.

He wants to keep those cute little toes all to himself. He is a beautiful cat.

Holden, you are a very lovely boy!