KEY WEST, MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA: Ernest Hemingway’s Key West house is famous for its cats. He loved cats. The news media call them mutant cats by which they mean polydactyl cats i.e. cats with more than the usual toes. They are a great attraction to the site and after his death in 1961 his …
Polydactylism occurs in cats because of a spontaneous genetic mutation.
If you live in America it believed that polydactyl cats were brought to the country as ship’s cats from England. It is said that they originally came from Western England, Wales and Kingston-Upon-Hull. Why do they come from England? A genetic mutation appears to have occurred there which was inherited causing a population of …
Polydactyl cats have one problem which is untypical of domestic cats with the normal amount of toes. A polydactyl cat’s extra toes can cause a problem because the claws on those toes do not get any wear (or less wear) which might cause them to grow into the paw pads. Regularly checking and trimming …
Can big cats be polydactyl? The answer is probably, yes. Although, having read a lot about the big cats and all wild cat species and seen many photographs, I have not seen one polydactyl paw on any wild cat of any size or description. That does not mean that they don’t exist. Update: my …
A Quora.com visitors asks, “I’m getting a polydactyl kitten this week aside from extra toes, are there any other things I need to worry about? The answer is probably known to most cat owners which is that there is nothing to worry about other than the usual things when looking after a domestic cat. …
This is an update on Tootsie, a rescued, polydactyl Maine Coon who has been described as “typey”. That cat breeders’ word means that she looks the way a Maine Coon should look. In other words, Tootsie is a genuine purebred Maine Coon, the salt of the earth American barn cat mouser turned show cat. …
It so happens that this polyfooted mackerel tabby cat is a Pixie-bob, er.. or an American Bobtail! Is this a mackerel tabby coat or a spotted tabby coat? Lying down the coat is striped. Standing up the coat is spotted. Is the coat silver, grey or grey brown? You can see how it gets …
