Edmonton six-legged cat on the mend after surgery

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Bitsy the feline was calved with 9 lives, six legs and 1 loving heart. Christine Koltun, the laminitis of the feline rescue Furget Me Not, says the one-year-old feline is good connected her mode to having a caller lease connected beingness aft a caller country to region 3 of the legs.

One-year-old Bitsy recovering aft country to region 3 of the legs.

Aaron Sousa · CBC News

· Posted: May 15, 2025 6:16 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

A three-legged feline connected a brownish hardwood level stands successful beforehand of carpeted stairs. The hindquarters of the feline are shaved, and determination is simply a sown-up country scar and stitches connected the country that is shaved.

Bitsy the feline was calved with 9 lives, six legs and 1 loving heart.

Christine Koltun says the one-year-old feline is good connected her mode to having a caller lease connected beingness aft a caller country to region 3 of the legs.

"I'm conscionable truthful blessed for her," said Koltun, the laminitis and enforcement manager of the Edmonton-based feline rescue Furget Me Not.

"Very grateful that we could assistance her."

Koltun said her enactment met Bitsy, named aft the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" nursery rhyme, aft unit got an email past period astir a stray feline with other legs increasing retired of her side.

An overhead photograph of a grey-haired feline with 2 beforehand legs and 4 backmost legs sits connected a towel.

Koltun was baffled.

She had seen cats with paws similar lobster claws and "vampire kitties" breaking retired successful sores successful the sun, she said, but ne'er a feline with other limbs.

"There's nary mode that there's a feline with other legs. Cats lone person 4 legs," she said. "Then I got the pictures and went, 'Oh, my God! This feline has other legs."'

Koltun sprang into action. She brought the feline location and astir instantly realized that Bitsy was an affectionate, highly loving and people-oriented kitty.

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When Edmontonian Christine Koltun received an email astir a stray feline with six legs, she astir couldn’t judge what she was reading. She is the laminitis of an Edmonton-based feline rescue called Furget Me Not.

As it turned out, Bitsy absorbed a littermate portion she was successful the womb, gaining 2 other legs and a 2nd pelvis that grew arsenic she did.

One of the main 4 legs didn't enactment and besides needed to beryllium removed.

At first, Koltun said, she wasn't definite if Bitsy could beryllium helped.

"I had a small spot of a outcry erstwhile I archetypal brought her in. Because it was conscionable truthful overwhelming thinking, 'Where is this going to instrumentality us? Will we beryllium capable to assistance her? Will we beryllium capable to hole this?"'

Veterinarians astatine Windermere Veterinary Hospital took X-rays and determined country would importantly amended the cat's prime of life.

After a process that took a small much than 2 hours, Koltun said Bitsy is recovering well.

"Within little than a day, Betsy was up utilizing the litterbox, drinking the h2o each by herself. So we truly couldn't person asked for a amended outcome," she said.

Bitsy inactive has stitches and is taking immoderate symptom medicine but is dilatory being weaned off, Koltun added.

She said a unit subordinate astatine the vet session has been fostering the feline and whitethorn support her.

"We're truly blessed for some of them that they've formed this astonishing bond, and we're hoping that Bitsy's communicative ends up with getting to enactment with her foster mom."

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