Narmoush says:
Now to get to my point...Are they rare?
Yes,A lot of us know that tortoiseshell cats are always female, with rare exceptions.
Why is this?
Females have two X chromosomes. If a particular female cat is destined to be a tortie she will have received from her parents an X (Eumelanin) chromosome from one parent and an X chromosome (phaeomelanin) from the other. Each cell can have one X Chromosome activated. A factor in the creation of the tortoiseshell coat is controlled by X Chromosome Inactivation. This process only takes place where there are two X Chromosomes; hence only females are tortoiseshell cats. As the cells divide and multiply patches of the two different types of pigment are created.
About 1 in 3,000 tortoiseshell cats are male
Tortoiseshell describes a coat coloring found in cats. Cats of this color are mottled, with patches of red and black, chocolate, or cinnamon. They are sometimes called torties for short. The term "tortoiseshell" (also called calimanco or clouded tiger in North America) is typically reserved for cats with brindled coats that have relatively few or no white markings. Those that are largely white with red and black patches (rather than a brindled aspect) are described as tortoiseshell-and-white (in the United Kingdom) or calico (in the United States). Tortoiseshells and calicos are not specific breeds of cats. The tortoiseshell markings appear in many different breeds.[1] This pattern is especially preferred in the Japanese Bobtail breed. Both calico and tortoiseshell cats are almost always female.
"Tortoiseshell" or "tortie" is a color pattern on cats. A tortoiseshell cat has patches of color, often grey, brown, or both on a white background, as opposed to a tabby, who has stripes, a so-called "tuxedo" cat with typically white bib and often paws on black or grey fur, or a solid color cat.
The tortoiseshell cat has a main fur color of brown. It's fur is then blotched and speckled with yellows, darker brown, tans, whites, and black. Click the link below to see what a tortoiseshell cat looks like.
Tortoiseshell refers to the colour of the cats coat, some folk call them torties.
Cats belong to the Class Mammalia and the Order Carnivora.
Yes. Male tortishell cats are rare
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That depends entirely on what specific bad thing your cat did.
No the cat daddy and dougie is not the same thing.
there is no such thing as a hypoallergenic cat
Orange cats can be either male or female. The only color that I know of that is most always female is the Calico color. Personally I have never seen a male Calico cat. Most male calico or tortoiseshell cats are sterile.
when 2 girls get into an altercation , sometimes this is called a cat fight. but actual CAT fighting, is no such thing right now
Calico is a co-dominant trait, meaning that half of your black and half of your red genes are shown. ------------- If both of the kittens are female, then it's likely that you have tortishells there! Tortishell pattern is gender-based genetic. It also happens with hamsters (If you breed a male golden (Syrian) hamster with any differant breed/colour of female, the female babys will all be tortishell! (I know because I had a teddy-bear golden! Gorgeous XD)
there is not such thing
lol sadly no. there is no such thing as a rainbow cat. there is such thing as a cat that has the stripes of a tiger :)