I love the little frog hat...
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What color is this cat???
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Man, that was weak..... you can do better than that, Lois.... :rolleyes;Originally Posted by halfpint
I agree Cream and white Tabby who appears to be dressed for Halloween perhaps frog like look, and it's thinking who the heck put this on me
I always thought that when a tortie or calico has red, it always has stripes in it. Sometimes the patches are small, so the stripes can't be easily seen, but they're there.
This is Popcorn
And this is Vegemite
I have always called them calicos but they have stripes in their red patches.
I'd say Purribbit! is the colouring.
Or maybe it's Toadally Lime?
Originally Posted by kluchetta
So I thought I read somewhere once that a red cat always has stripes, but they might not show as much (as in an Aby). Is this true? My calico doesn't seem to have stripes in her colored parts...
Originally Posted by Kumbulu
I always thought that when a tortie or calico has red, it always has stripes in it. Sometimes the patches are small, so the stripes can't be easily seen, but they're there.
Red almost always has stripes. In order to be a brown/blue/silver patched tabby, you have to have stripes in the brown/blue/silver color AND the red - if its red only its not a patched tabby.
I did have a litter of 3 red rexes - one was classic tabby, one was mackeral tabby and the other was a true red with NO stripes (it had more of a ticked tabby without stripes) - that's rare!
I did have a litter of 3 red rexes - one was classic tabby, one was mackeral tabby and the other was a true red with NO stripes (it had more of a ticked tabby without stripes) - that's rare!
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While it is true that almost ALL reds and variations of red has stripes in it or some sort of marking, a true calico should have patches of red and black on a white background.
The CFA standard definition of calico:
CALICO: white with unbrindled patches of black and red. As a preferred minimum, the cat should have white feet, legs, undersides, chest, and muzzle. Less white than this minimum should be penalized proportionately.
I was going to use this picture as a point guess but this cat, owned by a TCSer is on of the better examples:
I have really not yet found the perfect picture of a calico, seriously.
The CFA standard definition of calico:
CALICO: white with unbrindled patches of black and red. As a preferred minimum, the cat should have white feet, legs, undersides, chest, and muzzle. Less white than this minimum should be penalized proportionately.
I was going to use this picture as a point guess but this cat, owned by a TCSer is on of the better examples:
I have really not yet found the perfect picture of a calico, seriously.
TCS and Kitty color thread withdrawls.. My phone and internet have been out for two days....do I care about the phone? NO! I have been dying to check this thread, LOL
Neet, CatsareBetter and IMP
to your froggy kitty descriptions they have me cracking up!
Tiffany awesome job on the pointed kitties. I still need to research them all. You worked hard for those points!
I love the current calico discussion. I have two right now, and one that was a perfect calico face and a torti back. I always though one needed to take into consideration the size of the patches as well as the amount of white.
These are my girl, have to keep in mind these are wild born barn kitties so no color selction for breed standards
Lola the Load after first tasting Venison and Green Pea wet food. food bliss, LOL. I think she is a pretty good calico, but based on Abymummy description she is flawed due to the patch on her leg/foot and her little mustache
This is Izzy the catalope kitty, who actually seems to have too much white for a calico, but too many spots for a Van pattern. She is Lola's sister
and last but not least my rainbow bridge kitty Lily Belle who has a magnificent calico face, but her patches on her back get small enough that I would call them more Torti like than calico. Sorry, she is upside down, I don't really know how to use my scanner!
Neet, CatsareBetter and IMP
Tiffany awesome job on the pointed kitties. I still need to research them all. You worked hard for those points!
I love the current calico discussion. I have two right now, and one that was a perfect calico face and a torti back. I always though one needed to take into consideration the size of the patches as well as the amount of white.
These are my girl, have to keep in mind these are wild born barn kitties so no color selction for breed standards
Lola the Load after first tasting Venison and Green Pea wet food. food bliss, LOL. I think she is a pretty good calico, but based on Abymummy description she is flawed due to the patch on her leg/foot and her little mustache
This is Izzy the catalope kitty, who actually seems to have too much white for a calico, but too many spots for a Van pattern. She is Lola's sister
and last but not least my rainbow bridge kitty Lily Belle who has a magnificent calico face, but her patches on her back get small enough that I would call them more Torti like than calico. Sorry, she is upside down, I don't really know how to use my scanner!
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Lola is not a calico - she has brown tabby markings - not black - so she's a brown patched tabby/white
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Is it the "brindling" that makes it a tortoiseshell? Fenwick has the white, but her red and black blend together. She has a couple clear "just red" or "just black" spots, but most of them are a big splotchy (but beautiful!) mess.
yes, ideally a tortie will have brindling (mixed) rather then the "spots" of color - so she would be more of a tortie/white. If she had a lot more white on her (back), and the spots were more separated with white, then she would be a calico.
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