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I live in Southern Ontario and have a lovely 6yo calico cat (at least I think that's what you would call her--mostly white with orange and black splotches and some tabby splotches too, with a ringed brown tabby tail). She has badger-type markings on her face, a pink nose, and a lovely temperament. She shares her home with three Australian Shepherds, an African Grey parrot, a Hahn's Macaw, myself, my husband and my son.
Here's the reason I found the forum and registered. I have a question about color genetics. A few years back, my friend's brown tabby became pregnant with a litter by (probably) a solid black male tomcat. She gave birth to four kittens, all of which were colour-point. Two were brown tabbies with black and slightly striped faces, legs and tails, and two were grey (somewhat like a Russian blue colour) with black faces, legs and tails (no stripes).
The last time I saw them as kittens they were about 12 weeks old and had retained their birth color. However, at around 5 months old, they each turned solid black.
I've never heard of anything like this and have not found any Internet resources that explain this. Any thoughts?
I've attempted to attach a picture of Jade, my girlie. Hope it comes through!
Lisa Giroux
I live in Southern Ontario and have a lovely 6yo calico cat (at least I think that's what you would call her--mostly white with orange and black splotches and some tabby splotches too, with a ringed brown tabby tail). She has badger-type markings on her face, a pink nose, and a lovely temperament. She shares her home with three Australian Shepherds, an African Grey parrot, a Hahn's Macaw, myself, my husband and my son.
Here's the reason I found the forum and registered. I have a question about color genetics. A few years back, my friend's brown tabby became pregnant with a litter by (probably) a solid black male tomcat. She gave birth to four kittens, all of which were colour-point. Two were brown tabbies with black and slightly striped faces, legs and tails, and two were grey (somewhat like a Russian blue colour) with black faces, legs and tails (no stripes).
The last time I saw them as kittens they were about 12 weeks old and had retained their birth color. However, at around 5 months old, they each turned solid black.
I've never heard of anything like this and have not found any Internet resources that explain this. Any thoughts?
I've attempted to attach a picture of Jade, my girlie. Hope it comes through!
Lisa Giroux
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