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Hemmie came to us after he could no longer be cared for by his dad. He is a wonderful loving big and I mean big guy!

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, protected by the terms of Ernest Hemingway's will. And,if you can get close enough, you can count their toes!