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Gorgeous coat! And sh'es got HUGE paws!!
Holy Polydactyly!!
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I originally thought she had six toes on the front
but today I discovered that it is seven.
She has double thumbs, with one tiny third thumb in there too.
but today I discovered that it is seven.
She has double thumbs, with one tiny third thumb in there too.
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Do you count the little pad up on the leg? That counts too, my "Six" actually has 7. But if you didn't count it, yours has EIGHT!!
What a pretty face, she looks like a love!!
What a pretty face, she looks like a love!!
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i f****d up and coulden get the pic cos it was too big and don't know how to resize it.
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OMG a polydactyle group 
ive been keepign breedign uber gatos ever since i was a kid, just got a male lined up for our next generation (4) my youngest girls gettign a little close to beign too old to breed so figured id better get one litter before its too late to keep the blood lines going.
heres a pic of mama SeeAyTee and daughter Sidney Vicious. Sidneys father was a totally unrelated uber gato too as will her mate (he looks liek a simese cross)
ive been keepign breedign uber gatos ever since i was a kid, just got a male lined up for our next generation (4) my youngest girls gettign a little close to beign too old to breed so figured id better get one litter before its too late to keep the blood lines going.
heres a pic of mama SeeAyTee and daughter Sidney Vicious. Sidneys father was a totally unrelated uber gato too as will her mate (he looks liek a simese cross)
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Those are some beautiful cats! I think these extra toes must be an American thing! I have never even heard of this happening before over here.
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"Some American cat lovers, cat publications and breeders (notably early advertising literature about PixieBobs) have claimed that polydactyly is unique to America. In early PixieBob promotional literature "Bigfoot is in the Building!" Brenda Weatherby and Carol Ann Brewer wrote that polydactyly first appeared in Boston in the early 17th century and that polydactyl cats are only found in North America. In actuality, polydactyl cats may have arrived in Boston from England. Polydactyly is emphatically not unique to North America. Any suggestions that polydactyl cats are not found outside of America are factually incorrect and perhaps an American conceit. The trait is found in Britain, some parts of mainland Europe and in Asia. Polydactyly is common enough in some areas of Britain for it to be almost unremarkable and I see several polydactyls per year at the Chelmsford Cats Protection rescue shelter as well as having owned a polydactyl. I found a superb bobtailed polydactyl cat in rural Malaysia (close to Kuantan) where "six-finger cats" are considered lucky. Being an unneutered tomcat, the trait would be perpetuated."
"Some American cat lovers, cat publications and breeders (notably early advertising literature about PixieBobs) have claimed that polydactyly is unique to America. In early PixieBob promotional literature "Bigfoot is in the Building!" Brenda Weatherby and Carol Ann Brewer wrote that polydactyly first appeared in Boston in the early 17th century and that polydactyl cats are only found in North America. In actuality, polydactyl cats may have arrived in Boston from England. Polydactyly is emphatically not unique to North America. Any suggestions that polydactyl cats are not found outside of America are factually incorrect and perhaps an American conceit. The trait is found in Britain, some parts of mainland Europe and in Asia. Polydactyly is common enough in some areas of Britain for it to be almost unremarkable and I see several polydactyls per year at the Chelmsford Cats Protection rescue shelter as well as having owned a polydactyl. I found a superb bobtailed polydactyl cat in rural Malaysia (close to Kuantan) where "six-finger cats" are considered lucky. Being an unneutered tomcat, the trait would be perpetuated."