About 25% of orange tabby cats are females, which means that 75% of orange tabby cats are males. I say that because sometimes internet users search for “What percentage of orange tabbies are male?” Tabby cats are today’s topic so I thought I’d try and answer the question in the title to this post. Most …
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Here is a cool photo by Reddit.com user: u/daantjhuu. This cat looks like a Maine Coon although the photographer and owner does not tell us. I love these before and after montages. If this cat is a Maine Coon he/she is not fully developed as those in the know say that this cats of this …
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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 cat’s personality is linked to their coat colour. The gene that makes the fur orange …
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. Well, they are not a health problem and the experts call this skin ‘disorder’ in …
Different groups of people use different descriptive words for the red (usually tabby) cat. Geneticists use orange Breeders use red. Although I’d like you to read at the base of the page about Marc and the cat he loved and who he named ‘Red’. The public use ginger Story tellers use marmalade In the old …
‘Kilkenny Cats’ refers to soldiers who fight with tenacity and conviction. However, the phrase originates in cat cruelty. It is said that the cat’s aloofness is partly the reason why people were and continue to be cruel to cats. However, today aloofness is more often interpreted as being an animal of independence and deserving respect. …
Ulysses, the ginger tabby cat who is a co-star of the new Coen brothers film about music is in fact three cats. I didn’t realise that but I do know that he is a key player in this acclaimed film, which, I believe, raises the profile of all domestic cats. It makes all domestic cats …
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Here is a thumpingly large Maine Coon. You won’t see a larger domestic cat unless someone calls a tamed puma a domestic cat. The Maine Coon is the largest domestic cat breed (excluding F1 wild cat hybrids). Not only is he impressively large, I have never seen lynx typed ears with such long hair. And …
Cat of the week: the largest Maine Coon I have seen Read More »
I think I like this, although I expect some cat lovers won’t. The photograph is, of course, copyright protected so I admit to being naughty in publishing it here but…it is interesting (complaint?: please comment). The is one of a series of photos in the Sunday Times Style magazine of last weekend. They don’t give …
by Chris McHenry (Pennsylvania) Adult Felix Felix is a orange mackerel tabby that seems to have a mind of his own. This was evident, when I recently came home from work and found the pots and pans pulled out of the pantry and all over the floor! At first, I was not sure if I …
