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

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Dutchess is a very friendly and gentle Hemingway. She came to us with her three kittens whom she had borne outdoors. We couldn't turn her down as all four stole our hearts! I hope they will steal yours too!

Do you know why cats with extra toes are often 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. And,if you can get close enough, you can count their toes!