New foster kitten!!

I'm so excited! I got my first foster kitten today. Her name is Liesel, which the shelter named her. But I want to re-name her during her stay. So, I call her Chloe. Chloe is a 8 week old Hemingway Polydactyl (extra toed) Tabby. I love her so much! I have been thinking of adopting a brown tabby kitten for a while now (I need a mouser on the farm) and my Himmy girls are used to the luxurious indoor living and don't want to get their paws dirty catching mice. Silly girls. But, we'll see. I don't think I could afford or have time to care for a kitten right now. So, she is just here till a new family comes to get her. This is Chloe:







Isn't she precious?!

Question: Is the extra toe something that's being bred into some cats, or is it just one of those things that just happens to a cat every now and then?

And does it seem to make a difference to Chloe? Hinder or help anything?

That aside, she's a BEAUTIFUL cat, and whoever adopts her to a forever home will be very lucky. Kudos to you for being a foster meowmy.

I think it's more of a genetics thing. I had Dixie (hence the name) and she was an albino polydactyl. We were told she was spayed (THEY LIED!) and her first litter she had 4....2 were albinos, one orange & white and one calico .. only one was poly and it was the calico female.. then she got pregnant again(thanks to a cat my boys let in the house ) and had 6... ALL SIX were polys! 4 were albinos and only 1 of the six was a female. Tiger was from her first litter. He's neither albino or poly... but he sure has his momma's attitude! Dixie has since been spayed and placed in a perm home and so have her babies

No, it's not something bred into cats intentionally. Well, not that I know of, anyway. It happens sometimes, with gentics and stuff. Confusing stuff. But, nope, she's like any other cat. She walks, plays, balances, etc just a like a normal toed cat.

Oh she's darling, I wouldn't be able to give her up, I couldn't see my self fostering at all, just look at my siggy 6 of these are rescues Say's it all...I Love her feet that's so cute Good luck with her

she's gorgeous! thanks so much for fostering!

She is super sweet! Thats great that you can foster her, and maybe keep her!? I love her feet/toes.

Thanks everyone! She sure is a little joy. My cats are very curious to find out what is behind my bedroom door! (Chloe is in there till I can introduce them.) I keep asking myself, "Is she staying for good? Can I find the time and money to keep her full term? Will she be a good mouser?" I'm still not sure if I should keep her or not. If I do keep her, I'll have to take the animals off their full raw diet and put them on 50/50 raw and commerical food, because I couldn't afford to keep them all on full raw diets. Nor could I find the time. -sigh- We'll just have to wait and see!

Isn't she a little poppet!!

What a cutie! She looks so much like a kitten at the rescue, named Claude

Thank you everyone!

She is just adorable! The rescue I foster for only allows indoor adoptions. Would yours let you keep Chloe if you let her outside, too?!?

What a cutie pie!!!! My goodness. My DH has always been fascinated also by polydactyl kitties (actually we find ourselves fascinated by a great deal of things to be honest). Well, curiousity killed the cat....pardon the pun.

But Chloe is a doll.

You make a good point there, beckiboo. I'm have to check that out! Duh. If I want to adopt her, then I'll for sure want to know about that. -sigh- Well, if they don't allow indoor/outdoor adoptions, then she'll have to be an indoor kitty with leash/harness privileges. Like my other cats. I guess I could always get fourth cat. Psh, yeah right!