Two new cats were brought to PetSmart on Tuesday. Mouse is a young black female with a sweet disposition. The other guy is a big male named Greco. Greco is so big that he needs to be housed in the big cage! He is a polydactyl cat - that is, he has more than five toes on his paws! Some call these cats "mitten cats." For those of you who do not know the story, Ernest Hemingway was given his first cat by a ship captain in KeyWest, Florida. Yes, it was a polydactyl! Today there is approximatley sixty cats that live at the Ernest Hemingway Museum and Home in Key West. About half of these cats are polydactyls and believed to be direct descendants of Hemingway's first cat. Often people simply refer to polydactyl cats as "Hemingway Cats." I was fortunate enough to meet many of these cats a few years ago during a visit to Key West!
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The arrival of this big male appears to have shaken up the females. Loki and Tucker are not phased but apparently Whitney, Blinky and Mouse were a tad upset Wednesday morning and a little aggressive. Please be aware of this when letting the cats get their exercise. Let me know if the girls continue to be out of sorts. Hopefully everyone will settle in after a day or two.
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Let's hope the adoptions keep moving along like this week! Poor Whitney!! When will she find a home!
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Here is Greco and Mouse:
