Tricolor cats are three colored cats. The word refers to calico cats: white, orange and black. Calico is an American term. In Britain these cats are referred to as tortoiseshell and white or for short tortie and white. These cats are not a cat breed. The word describes a type of cat coat.
Here is a tortie and white cat:
The neurologic disease that affects tricolor cats is neuraxonal dystrophy. The cat suffers cellular dysfunction and dies. It affects normal tissue and is progressive so the disease becomes more severe over time.
The trait is autosomal (not sex linked) recessive. The symptoms, which normally appear at 5-6 weeks of age, are:
- ataxia (poor coordination)
- hypermetria (movements overreach intended goal – goose stepping)
- abnormal hair coat
If a young calico cat has cerebellar disease, neuraxonal dystrophy is a possibility. It needs to be distinguished from FIP and cerebellar hypoplasia.
Hi my Name is Sarah. I had a cat named Natasha and she a neurologic disease. We didn’t find out until it was here end. She passed away last week on Thursday thanks to this disease. She was a calico tortoiseshell cat. If you have any more information on this please email me back because I want to know more about this after my cat passed away. To get to know this disease will help me understand why she had passed.
Hi Sarah, I don’t know much more about it other than what I have written. Would you like to tell me the symptoms suffered by your cat? Thanks for visiting the site.