Official Discussion Thread for "New Unfeathered Crown Crates"
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TaSheen✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭SickleCider wrote: »SickleCider wrote: »
It's actually a real mutation! In fact, poly mutations in cats are less uncommon than you would think. Many cats are also born with extra toes, some even functioning more or less like thumbs! Cats are, as ever, weird.
Absolutely this! I've probably had 60 cats over my lifetime. Several had the extra ear thing, and several others had more toes (polydactyl - I had a Maine Cuhn (misspelled because the forum rules are.... uh.... yeah whatever) who had 8 toes on each paw, front and back. This guy stood knee high to me.... HUGE cat....). There are very well known 6 toed cats at the Hemingway Home and Museum:
https://www.hemingwayhome.com/our-cats
That's a lot of kitties! 😱 Do you foster?
Great anecdote and link. 👍 I didn't know about the museum!
I used to - but husband isn't well (he's nearly 90), and we have his "only dog" (a Brittany) who's never been exposed to kitties. She's.... pretty spoiled.... And older (going on 10) so I haven't wanted to try "breaking her in to something new". I love cats, dogs, and horses for sure - our horses got old and died over 10 years ago now, and we were just too old to start over at that point.
The other problem with fostering here is that the area where I live is not..... um.... involved in small animals. So those who do foster eventually find themselves with many many cats, dogs, rabbits, chickens, etc. - and no one wants to adopt.
It's not a great environment - and at this point I just can't take on the emotional fugue;.
We visited the Hemingway Home and Museum when were were in the Keys around a couple of trips to the Bahamas. It's actually a truly wonderful place!Edited by TaSheen on July 18, 2023 2:09AM______________________________________________________
"But even in books, the heroes make mistakes, and there isn't always a happy ending." Mercedes Lackey, Into the West
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Wolf_Eye✭✭✭✭✭
✭.SickleCider wrote: »SickleCider wrote: »
It's actually a real mutation! In fact, poly mutations in cats are less uncommon than you would think. Many cats are also born with extra toes, some even functioning more or less like thumbs! Cats are, as ever, weird.
Absolutely this! I've probably had 60 cats over my lifetime. Several had the extra ear thing, and several others had more toes (polydactyl - I had a Maine Cuhn (misspelled because the forum rules are.... uh.... yeah whatever) who had 8 toes on each paw, front and back. This guy stood knee high to me.... HUGE cat....). There are very well known 6 toed cats at the Hemingway Home and Museum:
https://www.hemingwayhome.com/our-cats
That's a lot of kitties! 😱 Do you foster?
Great anecdote and link. 👍 I didn't know about the museum!
I used to - but husband isn't well (he's nearly 90), and we have his "only dog" (a Brittany) who's never been exposed to kitties. She's.... pretty spoiled.... And older (going on 10) so I haven't wanted to try "breaking her in to something new". I love cats, dogs, and horses for sure - our horses got old and died over 10 years ago now, and we were just too old to start over at that point.
The other problem with fostering here is that the area where I live is not..... um.... involved in small animals. So those who do foster eventually find themselves with many many cats, dogs, rabbits, chickens, etc. - and no one wants to adopt.
It's not a great environment - and at this point I just can't take on the emotional fugue;.
We visited the Hemingway Home and Museum when were were in the Keys around a couple of trips to the Bahamas. It's actually a truly wonderful place!
TaSheen, you are awesome. Fostering people are GOAT (greatest of all time). Even if you are currently "retired" from fostering.
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TaSheen✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭@Wolf_Eye - aw, thank you!
*laughs at self* When you get right down to it, I'm retired from most of everything except taking care of husband. I still donate quite a bit (including having food and supplies delivered as well as money) to several local fostering folks. It's a heavy load for them, so I do what I can.______________________________________________________
"But even in books, the heroes make mistakes, and there isn't always a happy ending." Mercedes Lackey, Into the West
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Kiyakotari✭✭✭✭✭My current cat is polydactyl. She has more than 22 claws, plus a couple of supernumerary digits without them.1 -
TaSheen✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Kiyakotari wrote: »My current cat is polydactyl. She has more than 22 claws, plus a couple of supernumerary digits without them.
Wow! I bet when she hugs your neck you know you've been "bear-hugged"!______________________________________________________
"But even in books, the heroes make mistakes, and there isn't always a happy ending." Mercedes Lackey, Into the West
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