7 toed cat named Jayne

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Posted: 6/17/2016 3:18:57 PM EDT

This little guy was born on our families farm. He was stepped on by a cow and almost died. He got a respiratory infection with the goopy eyes and he almost bought the farm again. We brought him home and nursed him with some powdered tetracycline and lots of love. 6 days and he has a bit of a belly and he is playing happily.

This little guy just hit the jackpot because he will get to live in our home for the rest of his days.

Posted: 6/17/2016 3:21:48 PM EDT

[#1]

You Rock OP!

This is GD though

. The Psychos will be along shortly to shit in this thread...

Posted: 6/17/2016 3:22:49 PM EDT

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Good looking little kitty. Pup looks cute too. Good on you for taking in the cat.

Posted: 6/17/2016 3:22:50 PM EDT

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Rename him Jayne.

Posted: 6/17/2016 3:23:47 PM EDT

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Well done OP, you've just been adopted

Rescue pussy is best pussy

Posted: 6/17/2016 3:24:38 PM EDT

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Has a vet checked him out yet? We rescued a stray cat that had a belly too, except she was full of worms. There really is no such thing as a "free" pet

Posted: 6/17/2016 3:25:16 PM EDT

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I used to have a Poly like that.

Posted: 6/17/2016 3:25:23 PM EDT

[#7]

Extra claws for those extra digits? Ultimate mouse killer.

Posted: 6/17/2016 3:25:48 PM EDT

[#8]

Nice cat, Me an my wife have two strays we took in with dew claws also.

Posted: 6/17/2016 3:25:48 PM EDT

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We wormed him first thing. He was a bag of bones but he is gaining good weight quickly.

Posted: 6/17/2016 3:27:13 PM EDT

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He should be plenty stable! He has 7 toes and 7 claws.

Posted: 6/17/2016 3:29:36 PM EDT

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In the neighborhood where my best friend grew up, there was a big tomcat with 6 claws on both front paws. He was Boss on that street, even the dogs would avoid him.

Posted: 6/17/2016 3:31:04 PM EDT

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This little guy was born on our families farm. He was stepped on by a cow and almost died. He got a respiratory infection with the goopy eyes and he almost bought the farm again. We brought him home and nursed him with some powdered tetracycline and lots of love. 6 days and he has a bit of a belly and he is playing happily.

This little guy just hit the jackpot because he will get to live in our home for the rest of his days.

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Polydactyl cats seem to have the best personalities. Not a-holes like most cats are.

Posted: 6/17/2016 3:31:29 PM EDT

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Badass

I met some people that had a cat with four ears. He's called Yoda and was briefly in the news.

Posted: 6/17/2016 4:56:15 PM EDT

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Local clinic has a 26 toed cat.

Fourteen on the rear paws, twelve on the front.

Posted: 6/17/2016 4:58:10 PM EDT

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Extra flotation in deep snow.

Posted: 6/17/2016 6:51:25 PM EDT

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Ours is 28

Posted: 6/17/2016 6:58:36 PM EDT

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Polydactyl cat

A polydactyl cat is a cat with a congenital physical anomaly called polydactyly (or polydactylism, also known as hyperdactyly), that causes the cat to be born with more than the usual number of toes on one or more of its paws. Cats with this genetically inherited trait are most commonly found along the East Coast of North America (in the United States and Canada) and in South West England and Wales.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyl_cat

Posted: 6/17/2016 7:58:57 PM EDT

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I've got a 6 year old male with seven on each front paw and five on each back paw. The only problem is that he can't clean the claw between his regular four claws and the 'thumb'.

It is a pain to trim that one every couple of weeks.

His mother has a double claw on one of her front paws (another in the litter has the same thing) and a thumb on the other paw.

Posted: 6/17/2016 8:20:37 PM EDT

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He should be plenty stable! He has 7 toes and 7 claws.

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Extra claws for those extra digits? Ultimate mouse killer.

He should be plenty stable! He has 7 toes and 7 claws.

Kool!

Posted: 6/17/2016 8:34:34 PM EDT

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This is GD though

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This. Cute kitty
The sadistic sociopaths are lurking.

Posted: 6/17/2016 10:04:11 PM EDT

[#21]

Good on you OP.

Posted: 6/17/2016 10:13:23 PM EDT

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Good work, OP. I just got a new one too. Found abandoned and starving along an irrigation canal by a friend, weighed about half a pound at far older than he should have weighed half a pound at. He's now chubbing up nicely and playing with the other boys, although the Maine Coon outweighs him by a factor of 20. LOL. He's fearless and keeps coming back for more though!

Thanks for going that extra mile to be kind to an animal.

Posted: 6/17/2016 10:16:11 PM EDT

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So cats are evolving opposable thumbs. We, as humans, are fucked.

Posted: 6/17/2016 10:18:32 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/17/2016 10:22:23 PM EDT

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Was going to post this.

Posted: 6/17/2016 10:32:42 PM EDT

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If I got stepped on by a cow I'd be fucking dead.

Posted: 6/18/2016 12:25:44 AM EDT

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They said they have no idea how he survived. He was in something like a coma for 3 days before he started moving again. They put him in with a nursing mother and she cared for him. Not much they could do for him on the farm.

He is getting his meow back too! It's so soft that his purr seems louder.

Posted: 6/18/2016 12:33:03 AM EDT

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Mutant kitty.

Posted: 6/18/2016 12:36:21 AM EDT

[#29]

How cool, good work OP. 2 extra nails to trim though!

Posted: 6/18/2016 12:43:43 AM EDT

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Badass

I met some people that had a cat with four ears. He's called Yoda and was briefly in the news.

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Posted: 6/18/2016 12:47:01 AM EDT

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Should have named kitty T'pol or after Savek.

Cat is doing "Live Long & Prosper."

Posted: 6/18/2016 12:48:04 AM EDT

[#32]

it's a mutant! That's awesome!

Posted: 6/18/2016 12:59:25 AM EDT

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Posted: 6/18/2016 1:15:41 AM EDT

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When I was a kid we had a black cat with extra toes and crooked back legs

It's name was cripple but sometimes we called it Jocelyn

Jocelyn was the name of a crippled girl at school

Kids can be evil

Posted: 6/18/2016 1:18:41 AM EDT

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Polydactyl cat

A polydactyl cat is a cat with a congenital physical anomaly called polydactyly (or polydactylism, also known as hyperdactyly), that causes the cat to be born with more than the usual number of toes on one or more of its paws. Cats with this genetically inherited trait are most commonly found along the East Coast of North America (in the United States and Canada) and in South West England and Wales.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyl_cat

If you ever get to Key West, visit the Hemingway House museum. They've got a colony of cats descended from cats that Ernest Hemingway had. Over half of them are polydactyl.

Posted: 6/18/2016 1:46:04 AM EDT

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We called them, Mitten Kittens.

Posted: 6/18/2016 3:04:22 AM EDT

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Polydactyl cat

A polydactyl cat is a cat with a congenital physical anomaly called polydactyly (or polydactylism, also known as hyperdactyly), that causes the cat to be born with more than the usual number of toes on one or more of its paws. Cats with this genetically inherited trait are most commonly found along the East Coast of North America (in the United States and Canada) and in South West England and Wales.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyl_cat

If you ever get to Key West, visit the Hemingway House museum. They've got a colony of cats descended from cats that Ernest Hemingway had. Over half of them are polydactyl.

Huh

Never knew it was an east coast thing

I was told polydactyl cats were the result of inbreeding. That seems unlikely if it's a geographical anomaly. Then again.......