Mrs M
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Mrs M
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DRM
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- West Yorks
Alien8
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DRM
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Possibly stuff this, we're going outside!
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Reynard
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Reynard
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I'm not sure those longhair tabbies are siblings of the little shorthaired tortie.
What colour is mum? Do you know?
Because I think you might be looking for two separate mums here.
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They look gorgeous little things though, I love their colouring.
Reynard
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Every day is a school day, genuinely didn't know that, would that include Calico coloured cats as well, I think that's the correct term for white & tortoiseshell cats, as per our feline visitor, who is a she too.
Reynard
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Calico is an "americanism". Correct name for that is a tortie & white.
The reason is that the Y chromosome on a cat is too small to carry the genes for red, so it's only carried on the X chromosome. So a male cat can only be either red or non-red (unless you get the aforementioned genetic hiccup).
In order to be red, a female cat needs *two* copies of the gene for orange, which is why ginger females are far less common than ginger males. If a female only has one gene for red, then she's either a tortioiseshell or a tortie tabby, depending on whether she has the genes for agouti (tabby) or non-agouti (solid colour).
The gene for white spotting works totally separately, but it does affect the tortie pattern. The less white a tortie has on her, the more mingled the black & red patterning is, while if a cat has a good bit of white, the black (or tabby) and the ginger bits become separate blocks of colour.
Each tortie cat is absolutely unique, as the distribution of the different coloured hair follicles depends on how the embryo grows.
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Calico is an "americanism". Correct name for that is a tortie & white.
The reason is that the Y chromosome on a cat is too small to carry the genes for red, so it's only carried on the X chromosome. So a male cat can only be either red or non-red (unless you get the aforementioned genetic hiccup).
In order to be red, a female cat needs *two* copies of the gene for orange, which is why ginger females are far less common than ginger males. If a female only has one gene for red, then she's either a tortioiseshell or a tortie tabby, depending on whether she has the genes for agouti (tabby) or non-agouti (solid colour).
The gene for white spotting works totally separately, but it does affect the tortie pattern. The less white a tortie has on her, the more mingled the black & red patterning is, while if a cat has a good bit of white, the black (or tabby) and the ginger bits become separate blocks of colour.
Each tortie cat is absolutely unique, as the distribution of the different coloured hair follicles depends on how the embryo grows.
Yes, quite,
and the kittens are all lovely. 
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Making my way slowly uphill
Copper - Miniature Labradoodle. Two and a half years old and didn't want to have a walk this morning
DRM
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Cheers, also probably in this instance sleeping beauty, or Rip van Winkle, god knows what she does all night and day, but she comes round to ours, probably about 6pm or so, folds herself up, and has to be woke up and evicted At around 11 pm otherwise she would be there till god only knows what time.LOL
Calico is an "americanism". Correct name for that is a tortie & white
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