Photo of the day… Georgina the polydactyl kitten poses reluctantly to show off the six toes on each of her back feet. Cats “normally” only have four toes on each back foot, but Georgina (named after her probable father) has two extras (on each paw - 6 apiece). She appears to only have five toes on each front foot, which is the normal number expected for cats… but the arrangement is odd, more like five across the front pad, instead of four across the front pad plus another one set back farther. It’s apparently fairly unusual to have more back toes than front toes, or to have polydactyl expression on the back feet but not the front ones. We’ll examine them a bit more closely to see if we’re describing her front paws properly, and let you know. Meanwhile, she’s just a cutie.

polydactyl kitten with six back toes