A 26-toed cat!!

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:17 am

"While most cats have just 18 toes-- five on each front paw and four on each hind paw-- Des has a total of 26.

His owner, Alison Thomas, of Felindre, near Swansea, south Wales, said her pet has seven toes on each front paw and six on each back paw."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... cat112.xml

The pictures are rather amusing!

Apparently, a 28-toed cat is the record holder.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:44 am

That's a lot of toes all right.

Those polydactyls weird me out. My friend's cat was one but I think he only had two or three extra toes, can't recall. Some people think their paws look like little mittens.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:42 am

that reminded me of the Hemingway kitties! :-6

http://www.hemingwayhome.com/HTML/our_cats.htm

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:37 pm

sunny104;635852 wrote: that reminded me of the Hemingway kitties! :-6

http://www.hemingwayhome.com/HTML/our_cats.htm

I met them.

Freaky kitties !

crazygal · Post by **crazygal** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:47 am

Eww how weird, good for the extra balance though!