What the Heck? Blue Persian becomes Calico?!?!?!

I'm not joking here... I have a Persian CPC girl that she was a blue and white (or was it black/white? Ha Ha she's changed so much I dont' remember). Then when I brought her home she drove me crazy goign from looking blue and white to then looking black/white. Well I trimmed her down and I've noticed that her hair growing back is all different colors. I didn't think much of it but last night I was sitting on the couch with her on my lap and I got to really LOOKING at her hair... she definately has white, black, and brown/red on her - like a calico.

How can this be?!?!? What is going on ?!?!?

Look at these pics. I'll post what her kitten pics looked like in the next post.

~ Charity

Well it could be "fever" coat on the blueish color. But red is a color that comes in slowly. Its quite possible she was a tortie/white as a kitten but didn't show the red at the time - or it was only a small spot of red (looks like a faint hint of "red" around the mouth in the one picture).

I had a tortie rex kitten that was born black - 2 days later where was a very tiny red spot on her back........as she grew, more red showed up but she was mainly a black with only a little red.

What color are the parents/grandparents on the kitten?

The parents are a blue and calico. the grandparents are blue and blue/white and blue and cream (I think that's right).

Was the calico a calico (red/black/white) or a dilute calico (blue/cream/white)? From the description you should have all dilute colors. If the mother was a calico - she could have been a light black or one of the grandparents were mis-colored. Do you have a copy of the pedigree?

With what you gave me, you've always had a tortie/white - just that the red took this long to show up.

Her mom is a calico calico..my girl Lyla.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...s/5_15020a.jpg

and this would be her moms side of the pedigree.

http://scamperfarms.com/LylaP.html

doesnt have the colors, but Lylas Dad was red, lylas mom was high white Calico.

Yes the mother was a dominant calico. Yes I have her pedigree and No, no one was mis colored. Although I have told ya wrong... the dam's sire was a red.

Tortie/white is cool BUT I thought tortie's had smaller patches of coloring.

Thanks Scamper

Then her kitten was a tortie/white all along - just that the red took a long time to show up I prefer to call a cat that has black/red and the white confined to face, chest, feet, belly a "tortie/white".

Calicos are usually mainly white with some patches of black/red. IMO the mom is not a calico - but a tortie/white too

LOL Well Mimi's mom is definately a calico... there is a big difference b/t calico and tortie. I've never seen a tortie with so much white.. normally they have patches of black and brown on them. Hmmm I guess I'll have to check this out some more.