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Here is the link for that other article on piebaldism / bicolor etc. It is so complicated isn’t it? There are so many inter connected things which align together to create the final result. I had known some of it years ago having looked up my own kitties various colors and patterns and then had read a lot more after getting my Quinn who is a siamese cat.
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You’re welcome I am starting to study their coat color and pattern genetics so I am enjoying reading about it. How the Cat Got Its Coat (and Other Furry Tails) I added it in but it didnt save for some reason. The genetics clearly allow less chance to have a full ginger cat and more chances for other results for the girls. But I think I have seen some ginger female cats listed for adoption at various sites. I was helping tnr a colony at someone’s house 3 years ago with a large number or ginger cats and as far as I know all were male except for the girls who were calico/ tortie, and I volunteered for a rescue for several years where I noticed all of the ginger cats up for adoption were male, it is not a scientific study but it does seem to be a trend for sure. I think her pattern may be harlequin, but I am no expert in this.Ĭlick to expand.You’re welcome I am starting to study their coat color and pattern genetics so I am enjoying reading about it. I think your girl would qualify as bicolor/ red and white which means she has piebaldism. 7+ Bicolor Pattern Variations in Cats (and Why They Occur) Cat coat genetics - Wikipedia How Do Red Tabby Cats Get Their Color?īeautiful kitties I have a ginger tabby tux, Merlin, who I rescued. For females they can have OO = red, Oo = tortie / calico or oo = black or brown. If the male inherits O it is red, red is dominant and inhibits black and other colors. I think all red cats are tabbies as well since the red is dependent on agouti. Boys have one X and a Y and Girls have 2 X chromosomes and can have different variations than males such as being tortie because the black comes through so less chance to be red depending on what the parents/ mom passed on. The O Red gene is sex dependent on the X. The red color as Willowy mentioned is more common in males. And some on the genetics of the red gene which is pretty complicated to say the least. Here is a link that talks about some of the patterns, one article on piebaldism etc. I posted a lot of links about this on someone else’s question about bicolor cats. I think her pattern may be harlequin, but I am no expert in this. View attachment 389690Īnd my little guy being silly and losing his head in the middle of a nap: View attachment 389691Ĭlick to expand.Beautiful kitties I have a ginger tabby tux, Merlin, who I rescued. View attachment 389688 View attachment 389689 View attachment 389692Įxcuse my "dirty" hands I had been spray painting and it took days to get it all off. Here's a couple of pictures for fun the tiny 3 week old kitten in my hands is the buff female at only 3 weeks and still with mommy, plus my own two kitties at various ages up to 4.5 months. So she's a bit of a rare cat altogether, seems like? Anywhoo, I'm just talkin' and having fun thinking about these things. Plus another recessive gene is needed for it to become female. From what I understand, buff orange is still orange and there must be a recessive gene in place for it to become buff or pale orange instead of bright orange. There was also a buff orange female in the same litter that my kittens came from. So: Is a cat who is very mixed with white still considered an orange cat, and would it fall in that category of 80% chance of being male? Is there a line drawn somewhere, with how much white will make it no longer fit that category? Or does it only apply to the solid orange cats? But I also have a female who's orange with a lot of white. According to what I'm finding on google, 80% of orange cats are males, and I do have a fully orange male.