All cats with 3 or more colors are females!

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All cats with 3 or more colors, like Calicos, are females!!!!!!!!!!!

Did anyone know this? I didn't. I just found it out yesterday! It's such an interesting fact!
 
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Not quite - but because the the way feline genetics work, it's extremely rare for a tricolour to be male - and rarer still for the male to be capable of reproduction.

Both calicos in my sig (Molly on the left, Sláine toward the right) are female - no they are not related (that I know of!)
 
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Typical 'calico' (as in separate patches of colour) cats generally are females, but not all cats with more than 2 colours are... and there is always exceptions to the rules
 
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My Oscar has 3 colors and my dad's RB kitty Sassy had 3 colors and was also male
 
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Originally Posted by Willie'sLove

All cats with 3 or more colors, like Calicos, are females!!!!!!!!!!!

Did anyone know this? I didn't. I just found it out yesterday! It's such an interesting fact!
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Not ALL tri colored cats, just the vast majority. It is really rare to find a male calico or tortie. That is what is usually referred to by 3 colors, a calico or tortie. Other types of cats have three colors or more all blended together and can be male or female.
 
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I have a male (Harley) who is black, brown & white
And Davidson (male) is also gray, white and some black
 
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Cats Considerd Calico or Tri-color tortie's are normally female yes. However once in a blue moon you get a male. which almost 99.999% of the time is sterile.

All tri colored cats are not considered calico's or tortie's Duke is white with 2 varieties of orange on him and is definately not a calico.
 
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Wow...you guys are so..............interesting!!!!

You all have so much to say about everything! That's what I love about TCS!
 
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The animal attendant from the shelter said she's seeing an increase in female ginger cats coming through the shelter. Not a huge amount, but the numbers are increasing every year. I thought that was interesting!

There's some more info for you WilliesLove - ginger cats are almost always male!

I believe I read somewhere that the tortie and ginger colours are the same gene. If a male has that colour gene, they turn out ginger, and if a female has that gene, it makes them tortoiseshell. I'd have to go Googling for confirmation of that though...
 
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Originally Posted by sarahp

The animal attendant from the shelter said she's seeing an increase in female ginger cats coming through the shelter. Not a huge amount, but the numbers are increasing every year. I thought that was interesting!

There's some more info for you WilliesLove - ginger cats are almost always male!

I believe I read somewhere that the tortie and ginger colours are the same gene. If a male has that colour gene, they turn out ginger, and if a female has that gene, it makes them tortoiseshell. I'd have to go Googling for confirmation of that though...
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My niece Jasmine has a ginger female named Miss Kitty. Shes the first girl Ive seen. Thats interesting that there are more cominginto the shelter.
 
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Originally Posted by sarahp

The animal attendant from the shelter said she's seeing an increase in female ginger cats coming through the shelter. Not a huge amount, but the numbers are increasing every year. I thought that was interesting!

There's some more info for you WilliesLove - ginger cats are almost always male!

I believe I read somewhere that the tortie and ginger colours are the same gene. If a male has that colour gene, they turn out ginger, and if a female has that gene, it makes them tortoiseshell. I'd have to go Googling for confirmation of that though...
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The color gene is carried on the X chromosome. In order for a cat to have black and orange, it must have two X chromosomes. In some cases, a male will be born with XXY chromosomes and thus is most like sterile.

In the case of ginger cats, females will have two orange X chromosomes. Rarer than females with a black X and an orange X but not as rare as a male with XXY.
 
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YUP, when people make that statement, they are reffering to the **calicos**.......Because there are ragdoll males amongst the 3 colored cats, and tabby/whites, ect. But it DOES run as a general rule that there are no male calicos. And I think the only few out there are tortie type, not big patches like the actual calico color. ........What about the japanese bobtail who I think is supposed to be white with a few big patches??
 
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Tavia is a ginger and I had a cat named Chevy that was a girl and was all ginger. I had her back when I was married. Was part of the reason I got divorced she had an accident and hubby took her to the pound (I hope) while I was at work without telling me about it.
 
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