Queen the Hemingway's sister, Countess the Hemingway (adopted) can also be seen on our website.
Queen the Hemingway's mother, Dutchess the Hemingway (adopted) can also be seen on our website.

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Queen is a beautiful kitten. She and her family came to us by way of a wonderful person who saved them from the great outdoors! Queen is reserved but affectionate and very curious kitten. She is also a polydactle. And what does that mean? I'm glad you asked!

"The word 'polydactyl,'" she said in an aristocratic British accent, "is derived from the Latin 'poly' meaning 'multiple' and 'dactyl' meaning 'toes.' Thus 'polydactyl' means mult-toes, and in cats, most commonly 6."

Now, here's a bit more trivia for you. Polydactyls are also called Hemingways. It seems that the famous author Ernest Hemingway had an affinity for cats, admiring their independent spirit. The story goes that a sea captain gave him a Maine Coon cat with extra toes. At the time, Hemingway was living in Key West. Not fully appreciating the benefits of spaying and neutering, that cat had kittens that grew into cats, who had kittens who grew into cats, and so on and so on. Many of these cats also had extra toes. Today, if you go to the Key West estate, now the Hemingway Museum, you will see the descendents of the original cat still living on the estate, protected by the terms of Ernest Hemingway's will. And,if you can get close enough, you can count their toes!