Her name is Zinnia. There is a faint similarity of the brush strokes and the sharp hair strands of the calico kitten combined with the ginger, black and white colouring of the calico cat which are tortoiseshell-and-white cats. They are … Continue reading →
Here are 6 facts about the grey tabby cat… Spelling I am dictating this. The software spells “grey” rather than “gray”. That tells you that I’m in the UK although I nearly always write about American cats! That is because … Continue reading →
What are the cat coat colours and patterns? I have 14 variants here, on this page. The agouti coat colour and pattern is actually not a pattern at all but an even coat with a salt-and-pepper appearance produced by bands … Continue reading →
A tabby cat can be any one of the following: a random bred domestic cat, a feral cat, a stray cat, a community cat or a purebred, pedigree cat and even a wild cat; all of which have or can … Continue reading →
I feel confident enough to state that there can only be one reason why domestic cats have different coat colours and types. I put forward my thoughts on this page. Orignal domestic cats were brown tabbies We know that the … Continue reading →
The question effectively asks why cats are white all over. It is because they have a dominant gene symbolised by the letter W which removes pigment from the hair strands. It does this by removing the pigment creating cells in … Continue reading →
Yes, the background color of the bobcat can be reddish or yellowish-brown which is effectively orange. It also varies to buff, brown, and light gray. Bobcats can also be all-black (melanistic) and all-white (albino but both are rare). When the … Continue reading →
You know those black freckles on the tip of the nose, gums, eyelids and the lips of an orange (ginger, yellow, red) cat? You have probably seen them and wondered what they were and if they were a health problem. … Continue reading →
To get straight to the point the reason why domestic cats often have white socks is because during the early centuries of cat domestication people liked to see rare tabby cats with white fur on their paws so they made … Continue reading →
This cute cat who looks like a pedigree British Shorthair and she has a spiral tabby coat when curled up resting. When standing the coat would be deep, and high contrast straight lines along the torso which is unusual. The … Continue reading →
