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Fever coat is an effect known in domestic cats, where a pregnant female cat has a fever or is stressed, causing her unborn kittens' fur to develop a silver-type color (silver-grey, cream, or reddish) rather than what the kitten's genetics would normally cause. After birth, over some weeks the silver fur is replaced naturally by fur colors ...
Orange becomes cream, black becomes gray, etc. Various terms are used for specific colors, for example, gray is also called blue, orange is also called ginger. Therefore, a tortoiseshell cat may be a chocolate tortoiseshell or a blue/cream tortoiseshell or the like, based on the alleles for the (B) and (D) genes.
Roughly 75% of ginger cats are male. [14] Male cats with the gene for orange can be either X°Y ginger or X-Y black or non-ginger tabby. Females with the gene have three possibilities: X-X- black or non-ginger tabby, X°X° ginger, and X-X° tortoiseshell, thus male cats cannot be tortoiseshell unless they have two X chromosomes. [14]
This ginger tabby cat, who goes by the name of Waffles, has its annoyance meows set to maximum such that his human mom has started keeping track of all the things he gets annoyed about over the ...
With its huge bat-like ears, large eyes, and high cheekbones set on a triangular face, the Devon rex is often called the Pixie or Alien Cat – it certainly looks a bit other-worldly, in a ...
A calico cat Calico cat with diluted coloration Calico cat with tabby markings Calico cat with predominantly-black coloration. A calico cat is a domestic cat of any breed with a tri-color coat. The calico cat is most commonly thought of as being 25% to 75% white with large orange and black patches; however, they may have other colors in their ...
Orange, ginger, calico, and tortoiseshell cats seem to be more predisposed to developing these spots. Furthermore, the condition tends to occur more often in cats with light-colored or thin coats ...
The British Shorthair is the pedigree version of the traditional British domestic cat, with a distinctively stocky body, thick coat, and broad face.The most familiar colour variant is the "British Blue", with a solid grey-blue coat, pineapple eyes, and a medium-sized tail.