Tagged: Calico Cats

Brody a Klinefelter's Syndrome sufferer

Are calico cats healthy?

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...

Tortoiseshell and calico cats

Are calico and tortoiseshell the same?

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....

What percentage of calico cats are male?

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...

It’s a Cat’s Life

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...

Calico Cat Facts For Kids

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...

Explaining Venus Two-faced Cat Genetics

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...

Neurologic Disease in Tricolor Cats

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...


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