Edmonton six-legged cat on the mend after surgery [Video]

Bitsy the cat was born with nine lives, six legs and one loving heart.

Christine Koltun says the one-year-old cat is well on her way to having a new lease on life after a recent surgery to remove three of the legs.

“I’m just so happy for her,” said Koltun, the founder and executive director of the Edmonton-based cat rescue Furget Me Not.

“Very grateful that we could help her.”

Koltun said her organization met Bitsy, named after the “Itsy Bitsy Spider” nursery rhyme, after staff got an email last month about a stray cat with extra legs growing out of her side.

Koltun was baffled.

She had seen cats with paws like lobster claws …