10 Surprising Secrets About Your Cat's Toe Beans (Paw Pads)
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Toe beans, the little digit pads on a cat’s paw pads, are some of the most adored and obsessed-over cat features. They are quite fascinating and provide several valuable functions in your cat’s day-to-day life. Here are 10 surprising facts about your cat’s toe beans.
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Which of these "toe bean" facts did you find the most surprising? 🐈
I never knew they were toe beans I just called an extra toes on my cats
I didn't know that paw pads were called toe beans.😅
I loved all of them
Never herd the term before, and find it annoying. I've always know them as their 'pads' but I guess that term would include the palm area as well. Although after watching this I still think that the lame term 'toe beans' was referring to the palm area as well. Seemed like the video was trying to be cute by calling them that but when used over and over it really started reminding me of when people call they're pets 'babies'. Or themselves as 'fur mom' or 'cat dad'.
So much variation in polydactyl kitties.
Hello. I bring to you my periodic Psa to NEVER declaw any cat.
Yes!
💯!
NEVER DECLAW!!!!!!!!!!
It's against the law now in a lot of places and most vets won't do it anyways! And a very good thing. Horrifying!
Declawing is thankfully banned where I'm from and can only hope one day that there is a nation-wide ban. What I always say: If people don't want to deal with the claws, don't get a cat. Simple as that.
I am so glad you rolled this beautiful bean footage.
😂😂😂 you win the internet today. Terribly underrated comment!
Winner winner chicken dinner 🤣
Love it! Wonder if his name is Jake...
Black toe beans are caffeinated, and pink beans are decaf.
I got a new kitten, black with brindle markings, only time she's not insane is when she's sleeping
My Bella is a cow cat, but she does have licorice jelly beans,black lips and a black heart on the tip of her nose!
So my tuxedo is half-caf?
My kitty has black AND pink toe beans 😝
MOL (meow out loud)! 😹
Yes, once my kitty pounced on a honey 🐝 when she was almost a year old and the stinger lodged between her two front toe-beans. My kitty began to sweat through her paws immediately. It was so painful and shocking to her, yet I was able to get her to hold still to remove the stinger and put an ice pack on her paw to reduce swelling after she calmed down. When I called the vet and they told me to monitor her heart rate and check for signs of allergic reactions. Luckily we were all good❣️🍀🐾 Also their ears, laying on their backs, and or on cool surfaces help cats with managing heat. They are amazing sweet creatures.
My cat had almost the same thing happen. It stuck in her toe pad and I was able to get it out immediately. 😊
I have a Tabby with 15 pink beans and 1 black bean...I think it's the most special black bean in creation
@@jordanodwyer6552 Sounds like there was some sneaky sneaky going on in the past. 💕🫢
We had the same but reversed, all black beans except 1 pink one 🐾 💖
Mottled spotty beans on my torty.
@@MadHax-wt5tl Torties have the most interesting toe beans and nose leathers. Calicoes do as well. (Jan Griffiths).
@@douglasgriffiths3534 Whiskers too, one side are black, the other white.
But we're talking beans today.😸
Toe beans can be helpful when
Scooping water out of their water dish with their paw💕🐾
And food
💯 😂
Lol...one of mine drinks water only off his left paw! 😂
Or for just making a mess in the water dish and getting it everywhere!
@@rampantmantis2788 🤣 too sweet
Cats are some freaking cool biological entities! Every time i watch one of these vids i learn something new!
i have 1 cat with alternating color toe beans. i call them good n plentys! LOL
Omg that's so cool!
Cute!
Awwwww…
@@estibon3872 🤣🤣🥰
@@estibon3872 definitely cute 😻, what are freckled beans? 🤔🤗💖
Growing up, we had a cat with 7 toes on each front foot. His name was “Big Foot”.
Polydactily is so cool 😎
You should of taken that charm to Vegas
Vegas bound?
My Ginger, female, reaches out to me using her right paw when requesting for a snack. It is so adorable how she slowly stretches it out and taps my face. Blessing to all at Purring journal. DVD:)
Mine does the same but only he is male and uses his left paw.
Fun trivia: Most female cats prefer to use their right front paw, whereas male cats prefer to use their left.
My Mini does that, too ....if I dont respond quick enough, then I get another pat, plus 1 toenail!!!!
6th
Some polydactiles are able to use the claw of the extra toes opposing the claws of the main paw. It's not quite as good as an oppsable digit, but when you see a cat pick up a twist tie in one paw, then hop off carrying it in paw... Almost as good.
When trimming your cats nails, be careful not to take too much off.
And it's never OK to declaw your cat.
I agree, declawing is absolutely a terrible mutilation and should be banned in every country.
100%. Declawing is a barbaric practice that is thankfully banned in my state. It's nothing short of animal cruelty.
Never had to trim the claws of my indoor outdoor cats that are now 4 year old. They trim them down with their front teeth. Who trims feral cats paws? No one.
This! Declawing takes off the first joint. Look at your finger at the knuckle below your fingernail. Imagine a knife cutting there. That’s declawing. It is cruel and inhumane and should be illegal.
Well, not never. I would say that a claw (singular) should only ever be removed if it is medically necessary for the cat's health and well-being. Meaning severe injury that can't be fixed or birth defect that makes mobility painful or threatens more severe injury if left. Situations like that are exceedingly rare, but not impossible.
The shock absorbing of the toe beans is cool.
My friend's cats love a paw massage.
They like it when you knead them gently and go in the spaces between the paws. They relax and purr to this ❤
Growing up, I always called my cat's toes "jellybeans" 🥰
Polydactyl = Extra cuteness ❤🥰❤️
I make sure all my cats are right-pawed. It'll make their lives easier as most desks at school are for right-handed purrsons:-)
@@Esquinawatusi 😅 that's cute
@@Esquinawatusi Then you make sure you have male cats!
I lost my soulmate kitty just over a year ago and even though I've adopted 2 new kitties who I love, I will never have the bond of absolute trust and understanding as I did with my Haley. She let me play with her toes and examine her nails and paws in detail. But she didn't actually trust me to clip her claws because I messed up once because I can't see and didn't realize I was clipping too far. I didn't actually hurt her because she definitely let me know immediately, but she avoided my hand specifically if I had clippers in it. So I just let my mother clip nails from then on because she's somehow the master of kitty nail clipping. "both my adult adopted kitty and our new kitten just sort of sigh and let her get on with it, unless they're feeling particularly energetic.
💚
I thought I couldn't be as close and as trusting with my 4 new kittens as only had boys before and now have girls, but they have a way of creeping into your heart and mind without you even realising it's happening, though I loved and will never forget my boys, the girls have filled a hole that was missing the love of the cats that went before❤️❤️❤️
@@michellecoleman5577 I get it ! I had a soulmate cat that passed away in 2020. I adopted 2 kittens and I love them dearly but not quite the same. There was something unique about our bond. I miss him still
It’s wonderful to see so much kindness here. Thank you, everyone!
My cat that I got from a shelter (and that was surrendered as a stray but suspected to originate from a possible backyard breeder) has a condition where her pawpads and toebeans are super soft and squishy. If you were to press a finger into them, they literally hold that shape. Like a balloon filled with gel. The vet suspects it's a genetic defect affecting her connective tissue, but it doesn't appear as if it's causing her any pain. Still, I am extra careful to check her beans regularly, since we aren't sure how this condition might affect her ability of healing should she get a small wound on her paws. Luckily she is super chill about having her paws touched. 😊
So many facts to learn about these sweet guys! Cats are fun.
Wish the manufacturers of sneakers could design their products to be just as long-lasting and durable as the cat toe beans.
My lil girl was left pawed when we first adopted her, but over time she started using her right paw more and more, and she is now entirely right pawed. My best guess is she is attempting to emulate my spouse and me, since we are both right handed and she likes to emulate everything we do anyway!
toe beans are just so cute!
My Kiki had an extra thumb on both front paws, resembling a catcher’s mitt. Cutest toes ever ❤️❤️
Having an extra toe on the front paw is a polydactyal cat, like the Ernest Hemingway cats.
@@marilynstilson4173 yes exactly.
Many years ago I had a male cat that was indeed left pawed. If I slowly pushed a toy towards him, he would either grab it or swat it with his left. The action was very fast. Siting on the sofa, he would often reach out with one of his hind feet and touch it onto my leg. This would most often be his left. I think he did this to be able to know that I moved. He would do it if he was snoozing. If he was watching TV he would face the TV.
Our black, male cat, Azrael is definitely left paw. He's always using it to swat at me lol 😂 he's amazing.
Wonderful to gain better insight into my baby boys toebeans!❤❤❤❤❤
I wasn't aware of the sweat gland info on the toe beans.
Very interesting thank you for sending this out I think a lot of people will be glad to know that and all the info thanks again
I just got a black kitten that has 1 beige paw with all pink and 1 black bean and another paw with 1 beige toe with a pink bean the rest are all black. Coolest beans I've ever seen!
Also very important, as your cat gets older their claws can curve around and dig into the toes.
This happened with my cat, it was almost like it happened over night, so check regularly.
If it does happen, get to the vet. It's easily fixed but you best get some antibiotics.
DO NOT DECLAW!
This is why we trim our indoor cats’ nails, bc they don’t get as much use.
I once had a friend that had a mesoaxil polydactyl cat.
One night when I was over to visit, I called the cat over to me and got her to jump in my lap and she let hold each foot to count her toes and she had 28, 7 on each foot/paw.
And her name was "Mo'toes". 😄😆
Great vid 🐾🐾
Glad you liked it!
"Hemingway Cats" in Florida, are polydactyl kitties...so loved & special...
Toe beans? This is too cute! I am 60 and have never heard of their pads being called beans. Sweet as!
My brother's polydactyl uses her "thumb" to pick up things. We make sure to keep dangerous items out of her way
I love cats with assorted beans, black and pink 🖤🩷
Very interesting video !! Thanks
Glad you liked it!
After this video, I'm gonna check out my Ace's toe beans.
I like to call them little beanie bears 😊
…and build their trust with pawsitive reinforcement. Got it. 😂
I had this one cat when i massaged her feet from a very young age. After a while, i started clipping her claws while doing it. After a time, all i needed to do was click the clippers and she would run right up purring and ready for a pedicure.
I love cats!
I love dogs too, but I really love cats!
My cat is male, he indeed prefers his left paw to reach for me and to open doors, also his black toe beans are samw as his nose.
Cats are perfection ❤️❤️❤️
My cat loves grooming. Nail cutting is a breeze. I dont bathe him because its not necessary. He's always bright and shiny with no smell. Honestly, he's the best pet I've ever had. The trust he has for me is unreal. Unlike any dog I've ever owned.
Most surprising to me was the fact they're called toe beans. I've always called them pads.
Me too.
“paw pads” are normal, but a lot of people say toe beans because it’s cutee
You must not watch many cat videos or cat content if the name surprised you!
But they are so obviously beans!
@@hayleymariemills No, it's that that term didn't exist until more recently. I'm middle age and it wasn't around. Kneading is now referred to as "making biscuits", I'll admit that's sort of cute but I am not into changing everything, including wording & terms, I'll stick to what it was for many years just as you probably would if people of a new generation started calling things different things and you weren't on the band wagon. Then they'll be lecturing you on how you must have been in a hole somewhere you're whole life since you never heard of this stuff!!! 🙄 We've heard of it, I think the question is why change language up and expect everyone to talk like you and use the same phrases, etc.?!?
We had a polydactyl named Mr. Feets. Lol
I had one named Toes. (Jan Griffiths).
Love uour interesting videos ❤🐾❤️🐾❤️🐾❤️
Wonderful! Toe beans, I never heard this before, I love my Poppys toe beans!
I'm surprised you haven't heard this expression before. There are numerous versions of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" online dedicated to cats renamed "Toe Beans." 😂😂
My 17-year-old kitty Jackie whom I love deeply and dearly is VERY polydactyl - she has 2 extra postaxial toes and one mesoaxial toe on each front paw for 8 total on each, and then one extra preaxial toe on each hind paw for 5 on each - that’s 26 total toes (and claws) that she has rather than the normal 18, and as far as I can tell she has ALL THREE types of feline polydactyly - that’s gotta be pretty rare.
I have 4 cats. 2 are polydactyl and 2 are tabbies. So that’s a LOT of toebeans and also multicolored toebeans 💖🐾
6:06 that cat bonked themselves.
I like to think of them as something to be fawned over.
I check my cats beans by kissing them 🤷🏻
Sono creature stupende e la natura in generale sa sempre ciò che è giusto per ognuno
I had a pollydactyl cat with "mitten paws," He was all black with a cute little smudge of white on his chest. Used to lie on his back and let me trim his claws. His nickname was thumbs McGee. I really miss that cat
Why does my cat like to put her paw into the water bowl then lick it off her toe beans?
She's probably testing it, or 'stirring' it so it isn't stagnant water. Some cats are more curious around water, too.
My boy Piss'n'Vinegar only drinks water this way! He'll lap up tuna water or any other liquid from the bowl, but water has to be licked from his left paw! 😂
Some just do. Weird wee beasties.
I’m just gonna post this here cuz I’m getting sick of replying to the ignorant people on this comment section.
If your cat lives strictly indoors or spends very little time outside, you need to trim their claws. Otherwise, they can get split claws, they can get overgrown, they can curl back into the toe beans, and they can develop nail fungus, if the claws are left unchecked and untrimmed. Since indoor cats’ claws don’t see as much use as those of a cat who’s outside more often, it can also lead to scratching problems. Not all cats will accept scratching posts or boards, and sometimes sprays aren’t enough. If you don’t want to clip your cat’s claws, another method is claw caps, small rubber caps that are glued onto the claw and remain there until they fall off or are soaked off with warm water. Just like with human nails, cats whose claws don’t see regular use need regular trimmings and checkups. So please, don’t be like the ignorant cat owners in this section, and actually do something for your indoor kitty.
I've got one cat that sticks out his paws just so I can rub them. If I don't he will spackle me. He's got me trained well.😊
Ahhhh beans …💋💋💋💋💋
My tabby has speckled beans. So darn cute.
Some polydactyl cats with the mitten paws will use that extra digit similar to an opposable thumb. If you watch them closely, you’ll see them using it to help pick up toys and things. It won’t allow for a full grasp like a thumb, but enough so they can get a better purchase on some objects. There is one thing you should watch out for with extra toes, is a tendency for some claws to grow into the skin. If you have a polydactyl, it’s a good idea to examine them for this on occasion.
I had a poly named Toes. He had to have one of his extra toes on each front foot removed because the claw was not retractable, and the claw itself was huge. It grew faster than his other claws. He was just a kitten (4 months) when this was done. All other claws and toes were fine. He was neutered at the same time. He seemed a lot happier after the surgery, and lived a long and happy life. (Jan Griffiths).
I love teaching/informating my students and others of animal facts. I honestly learned 3 facts about cats I never knew. I loved this video!!
toe beans are just so cute 😍
EVERY cat is cat of the week!!! 💗
My cat is mostly Grey with a white chest and paws... her toes beans alternate black pink black pink
Rock and Toe Beans!
the algorithm is full of surprises
Cats can't walk on their tiptoes if they have been cut off by declawing. These poor babies have lifelong deformity and pain. I have seen big cats have to walk on the equivalent to our wrists and elbows. Heartbreaking.
I've seen that too. Look up the Paw Project. They are a team of vets who try to make the cats' lives better by corrective surgery on the feet. My mom in law's cat couldn't walk properly either. He was mutilated (declawed). He kind of shelped along with no breakover. We had him for a short time after she died. My normal (clawed) cats picked on him. I knew why. I ended up taking him to the vet to be put to sleep. If he had his claws, he would have been a much happier cat. This mutilation is now illegal in my state, and I happily signed the petition. (Jan Griffiths).
The cutest things on Earth.
My tuxie boy will do a small handful of tricks as long as treats are involved. While watching your video I realized he does “Kitty High Five” with his left front paw!
❤❤ 🐾🐾🐾 VERY informative!! Thanks 👍🏼
Glad it was helpful! 🐈
My cat loves his paws rubbed, so bizarrely
Think about how awful it is for a cat to lose a toe joint to declawing. Their toe beans just dont work properly afterwards.
The toe beans can be cut during the declaw. My mom in law's cat was declawed, even after I advised her what was actually being done, and told her not to do it. All of his little beans had cuts on them afterward. The cat was never the same, spending most of his time in hiding, and was very withdrawn. After she died, my husband and I took her cat. My cats picked on him, and I know why. He walked different. He didn't run or jump. He was miserable. I took him to the vet and had him put to sleep. I know he was in pretty much constant pain. Thankfully, declawing is now illegal in my state. (Jan Griffiths).
My cat has a deformed back leg and he has no toes at all on that leg. He still runs fast on that stump. He is hilarious
Awesome video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have given all 3 of my cats clawdicures since they were babies. When laying near me, I often play with their feet to keep them used to nail trimming. I was unaware that could over stimulate them.
Hey, I've got a Clawde!!
Bappers! 😺🐾
I just adopted a kitten, and she LOVES for me to massage her toe beans and in between them. She will get on my lap and slap her paw on my chest. That's my cue to give foot massage. Then she'll pull it away, and slap the other one on my chest. She'd rather have them massaged one at a time, but I think she's being considerate, so my hands don't get tired. 🤭
Thanks for this video, very informative & helpful! 🤗😎🙌😻😺😺
Yup my boy Sammy, now passed, had big old catchers mitts!
kitty cat
Don't know why, but I sure love playing with lil kitty feet!
My kids just love a good toe bean massage.
Please keep all fishing line or cording out of your cats reach… they can bind up around their toe(s) and may cut the circulation off to one or all as the cat struggles to remove it. More often than not, it just ends up getting pulled tighter & tighter…
I’ve had roosters that had that happen to them before my family got them. Poor Bob and Larry only had a few toes each, but they still got around just fine, thankfully.
Absolutely delightful and accurate.
My cat Tiger-J has polydactyl paws 🐾 and it looks like he has thumbs.
Very cool!
@@ThePurringJournal Thank you.😺
Beans are the best.
I don't have enough blood to do that to my 3 tom cats. 7:26
The beans sweat for grip more than temperature control, which is mostly done via being apparently lazy, just because exercise generates a lot of metabolic heat, what with pussycats being exotherms, just as we.
Given the hassle of nail-clipping, may I suggest respectfully that you simply don't bother doing it at all? "Your" cat will be eternally grateful, and you have no longer got to bother your obsessive ass with this chore! Super! A win for everyone!
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I have a Tortie that I adopted. She has a blond toe bean. When I first got her she was impossible and I couldn't inspect it easily. I thought it was defective like half there. Then she was kind of chewing on it at one point in time. I'm glad I broke her of that. At least I think I did . Kind of a mixed up kitty
I miss my kittens, im going to asl my cat sitter to send me photos pf my cats toes beans tomorrow ❤
Would the zootopia animals be considered plantigrade since they walk on their heels? But they also go to all fours sometimes and run around much faster that way.
“Gimme those toe beans, gimme those toe beans! I said they’re mine now!”
My cat Chad has an extra bean on each paw, she looks like she has mittens on its so cute
Wow, amazing facts, didn't know a lot of this stuff about their feet, shock absorbers was probably obvious but still didn't think about it was also surprised the beans match their noses now gotta go check my babies feet and noses to see if it right 🤯🤯🤯😺😺😺❤️❤️❤️
I love how the Toe Beans 🫘 were called that all the way through 🎉 interesting film I did learn a new thing about sweating through Toe Beans - I should have k own that, but this confirmed it.
Two of our late great rainbow 🌈 bridge matriarchs were south paws 🐾 so they were bucking the trend!
I think our current matriarch could be, too, and will need to be more observant.
Big boy is a south paw, and I'll need to check his wee sister and her partner in crime ❤
🐾 **touch tone phone noises made as I touch the toe beans**
My black has pink toe beans and a black nose.😊