This is a picture of a tabby cat with a bowl haircut. Well, it’s not exactly a haircut. It’s a hairstyle. A cat coat pattern. It’s a permanent ‘hair cut’ that this kitty was born with. Or is this a … Continue reading →
Here are a couple of contrasting examples of feline vitiligo which is a form of leukoderma (white patches in the fur). We see these cats quite a lot nowadays thanks to the explosion of the internet and social media. ‘Leukoderma’ … Continue reading →
Introduction I have to make an initial point about colour reproduction. When it comes to fine and precise colour reproduction photography can be unreliable. There are numerous reasons for this including the lighting, the reproduction in books and on the … Continue reading →
The genetics of calico cats are complicated and I don’t pretend to fully understand the science. You can read up about it on Sarah Hartwell’s website messybeast.com [link]. In answering the question in the title, the story of the health … Continue reading →
The time when the blotched or classic tabby pattern, as it is called, emerged among domestic cats is of interest to people in the cat world. The tabby coat is the most common in domestic, stray and feral cats. This … Continue reading →
Having read a lot about domestic cats, I sense that the general feeling is that male, orange tabby cats are, in general, friendlier than the average domestic cat. National Geographic reported that they are the most gregarious and that a … Continue reading →
Despite Cats Protection reporting that their campaign to promote black cats has been successful and that they now spend 11 days less on average in their care before they are adopted, in general we know that the public is prejudiced … Continue reading →
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 →
