Cats with thumbs!

[Dr13Hadley]

I’m just so excited I had to share that these two polydactyl beauties are coming home with us on Friday 😻

One of mine has 25 toes! He has 6 on each back paw and one front and 7 on the other! People are so fascinated when I show them pictures, especially those who’ve never seen a polydactyl before 🐈🐈‍⬛

Yours beats mine by one toe! 😂 both mine have 6 toes on each foot. Each front paw has a very obvious thumb so they look like mittens. I’m fascinated by them (not so much when they’re rooting through my desk drawers though!!)

It must be a delight and shock when people meet your cats for the first time and realise they are Mitten Paws.

DH and I saw the famous Hemmingway Cats in Key West years ago , they havd a waiting list to buy kittens . Most were neutered so probably very few available .

So I'm guessing they can tie their own laces on their trainers? What a pair of beauties!

Oh of course 😊 amongst many other things that need opposable thumbs 🫣 nothing is safe in our house………
I always wonder whether ours see other cats and think they’re missing half their paws 🤔 or whether they know they are special because they have more toes 🤷🏻‍♀️ I wish I could ask them (well, I have asked them but just got a funny look back).

Is the boy on the left ?

Our boy has a long chiseled face , he looks like a pointed eared hare
The girl has a more Retroussé Nose .and a long neck
He has two tufted ears , she has one tufted ear , one plain.
It is fun finding the subtle differences ?

The Thumbed Cats look very at home and in charge

They’re gorgeous! I know someone who has a cat with a thumb, and he can open their cupboards!

this is my lovely lady

Oh she has such lovely markings and looks quite fierce in that photo with her dark lined eyes .
"Yes, I have thumbs . Fear me"