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…
No, ‘calico’ is American terminology meaning a tortoiseshell-and-white domestic cat. This means a cat with some white fur mixed in with tortoiseshell fur. These cats can be purebred, pedigree cats or random bred cats. There will be varying amounts of … continue reading…
The temperamental behavior of calico cats has been greatly maligned and misunderstood. These felines are thought to be feisty, stubborn, willful and even arrogant. Some folks in fact, refer to these beautiful cats wearing their striking coat color (albeit often … continue reading…
About 0.033% of calico cats are male, we are told. I am not sure how accurate this figure is. Represented a different way it is one male calico cat for every 3000 female calico cats. In fact, as their existence … continue reading…
This is a nice photo by Julia Holleran of her cat Raja. See: Calico Cats.
continue reading...This British cat story sums up the good and the bad, the misfortune and good luck that a cat can experience during her/his life. All the events are fairly typically, except one. The end is good and it concerns Cats … continue reading…
Calico cats have a type of coat that is colored orange, black and white. People also call orange fur “red”. The orange fur is usually a tabby coat, as well. You will see lots of different sorts of calico cat … continue reading…
By Gabriel This is the stray that came to us after leaving the gym — photo to follow hopefully – update a day late….see photo below: She kept on calling out and rubbing and thus we couldn’t leave her there … continue reading…
By Elisa Black-Taylor Today I’d like to tell all of my friends here about my sweetest cat. MandyLane, or Mandy came to us as part of our first rescue the Friday before Thanksgiving in 2010. I still remember seeing that … continue reading…
This is a hand-made, custom Valentine’s Day card for cat lovers. It is just something that kept me amused for an hour or so. Rarely, some cats have heart-shaped fur patterns. They are ideal for a Valentine Cat card. It … continue reading…
This is a picture of an Exotic Shorthair (short haired extreme Persian) that tells us that the famous two-faced cat, Venus, is not that unique and even not that unusual. I also have a picture of two two-faced cats (2 … continue reading…
By Elisa-Black-Taylor Introduction from Michael: Gizzy is a calico cat – tortoiseshell-and-white. You might say she is a “black tortoiseshell-and-white”. Elisa calls her “torti-tabby” which is fine. She is bit special though because her coat pattern is striking and catches … continue reading…
This page explains the genetics behind the fur pattern on the face of Venus, the famous “two-faced” calico cat. There is no doubt that Venus is a calico cat by which I mean a tortoiseshell-and-white cat. She has some white … continue reading…
As I understand it a ‘blaze’ in the world of cats is a line caused by the demarcation between two colors of fur on, usually, calico (tortoiseshell and white) and tortoiseshell cats. You will often see this line on the … continue reading…
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 … continue reading…
