Tagged: orange tabby cat

Butterball a rescue cat.

Are male, orange tabby cats the most friendly?

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...

Lentigo in an orange cat

Picture of lentigo simplex cat

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...

Orange, red, yellow, ginger or marmalade cats

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...

Kilkenny Cats

‘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...

Felix Finds His Food

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...


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