Someone told me that solid orange tabby cats with no white on them are ALWAYS and ONLY male? IS this true? WOw i didnt know this~! I Knew about calicos and torties only being female but never this!
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solid orange cats ONLY male?
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Nope...we've had SOLID orange female cats...both at the feral cat clinic and at the rescue I volunteer at.
All orange cats are male
No, it is possible to have an orange female. Unlike the orange male, who only needs one copy of the O gene to produce an orange coat, the female requires the O to be on both chromosomes. If she has only one O, the resulting coat colour will be calico.
Katie
All calico (tortoiseshell) cats are female
No, while the vast majority of calico cats are female, there is the occasional male. However, virtually all of these males are sterile. the calico colour is sex linked. For a cat to be calico it must have two X chromosomes ergo the cat is female. In rare instances however a male calico will be produced. This usually happens because the cat has an extra chromosome. So, instead of him being XY, he is XXY. These cats are known as Kleinfelter males.
* Approximately 1-3,000 calico's are male & out of those only 1-10,000 are fertile.
Nope, that is not always the case
- there are solid orange female cats out there as well. Just as there are plenty of male calico/torties out there- they are just an oddity. Whoever told you that probably ment well, but was just misinformed
I had an orange feral once who had kittens. Her fur was a light, slightly pinkish orange.
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SwampWitch
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ok so solid orange is almost always male the way tortie is almost always female tho correct?
There is a much better chance of there being orange females than there is tortie or calico males. Especially in some areas where the orange gene is very dominant, there will be more orange females. It would be fair to say that all orange females are pretty rare, though.
I have an orange girlie! I definitely agree wit Heidi though, while they're not a dime a dozen, there are orange girls out there, but male calicos/tortis? I personally have never seen or even heard of one
I think its normal that they are male..and the torties are female, but its definately not ALL of them
Someone will come along and explain the X and Y stuff...Ooops, someone already did..there you go
Someone will come along and explain the X and Y stuff...Ooops, someone already did..there you go
Saw a beautiful male dilute calico a while back. When it occurs it's a genetic oddity and isn't that common, but it does happen occasionally. He was beautiful and very friendly
My sister has one. She had him for a week or so before anybody actually looked closely and realized he was a male - they just assumed he was a female.Originally Posted by Epona
Saw a beautiful male dilute calico a while back. When it occurs it's a genetic oddity and isn't that common, but it does happen occasionally. He was beautiful and very friendly
