A litter of four rescue kittens were born without any toes. <br /><br />Leo, Clara, George and Oberon, who are in the care of the rescue group Motor City Trappers, have no toes and the claws on their front paws are crooked. <br /><br />The kittens are thought to have been born this way as when they were rescued there was no sign of injury.<br /><br />Having no toes does not prevent the moggies from running, jumping and playing around like most kittens. <br /><br />But the litter would have struggled to survive in the wild.<br /><br />Kristy Thornton, 29, a volunteer for Motor City Trappers in Detroit, Michigan, USA, said: "They would never have been able to survive in the wild.<br /><br />"Their crooked claws would basically mean they're unable to hunt.<br /><br />"Aside from that and the fact that they're not the best at balancing, they're perfectly healthy."<br /><br />Kristy received a call on June 19 about a litter of feral kittens in need of rescuing.<br /><br />It was only after she picked them up and brough them back for an assessment that she realised they were missing toes.<br /><br />Kristy said: "When I first went to pick the kittens up, they were feral and spent a lot of the time hissing at me.<br /><br />"But after just a few days around humans, they have become the sweetest little kittens."<br /><br />Motor City Trappers also took care of the kittens' mother by neutering her but she was far too feral to keep or to be put up for adoption.<br /><br />Kirsty said: "We usually don't like to separate the mother from her kittens that young but there is a limited socialisation window.<br /><br />"We do a lot of TNRs (Trap, Neuter, Release) at Motor City Trappers as there are quite a few colonies nearby with feral cats.<br /><br />"These cats are not suitable for fostering or adoption, so we only interact with them to provide them with medical care and then leave them to live their lives."<br /><br />The kittens are now eight weeks old and will be put up for adoption at 12 weeks.
