our kitty has 7 claws on one paw

Question
Hi,
My husband and I adopted a stray kitty this morning, that we have decided to call Hemingway(Hemi for short). Hemi has 7 claws on each of his front paws. I am trying to research on the Internet about cats that have extra claws but have not been very successful. Can you recommend a web site or a book that could give us more information on our neat and intriguing little friend?  
thank you ,   Mrs. Alexander

Answer
Cynthia,

This phenomenon is known as polydactylism (the cats are called polydactyls).  Below are some web sites (I did a google search on polydactyl).

Best regards... Norm.


http://www.centralpets.com/animals/mammals/cats/cat5776.html

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1321&articleid=1109

http://www.flickr.com/groups/polydactylity/

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/cats/70538