Always an orange one! (take 2)

creepyowl · Oct 6, 2003

Ok. Since there was some misunderstanding when I tried to post this idea the first time I'm going to try again....

*cough* *cough*

(Best Jerry Sinfeld impression)

You ever notcied that when you see a new litter of kittens there is usually an orange one? Where did it come from? Its mother isn't orange.... its father isn't orange..... yet there is it. Where did it come from? Why orange? Why isn't there always a black one, or all white one....why the orange tabby?

Ok. I hope that made my first post a little more clearer.

sammie5 · Oct 6, 2003

Ok, now that's funny.

I must admit, I didn't get it the first time. Probably because it was a funny conversation, but didn't translate to a monologue. But this, is seriously funny.

creepyowl · Oct 6, 2003

Thank you.

glentheman20 · Oct 6, 2003

In the future, please start off with something like "Wha-ats...the deal?" (if you're not laughing, don't worry, no one gets my humor either)

rfox · Oct 6, 2003

THAT was good!!!

princess purr · Oct 6, 2003

Is that really true??
That is cute but I did three rescues this summer and these were the kittens:

Litter one
White
White
white

litter two
gray tabby
gray
deluted tortie

Litter three
Black
tortie
calico

Hubby and I LOVEEEE orange tabbies, but all of kitten season with all the cats we rescued we never came across one.

mom of 10 cats · Oct 6, 2003

Well Lil is a tortie, we have no clue what her boyfriend looked like, but her litter was:

1 orange tabby
1 buff tabby
1 grey polydactyl (ok, what's up with that?!)

1 brown tabby
1 silver tabby
1 dilute tortie

2 kittens didn't make it

They were a brown tabby and a tortie.

But yup, an orange one sneaked in there!

wellingtoncats · Oct 6, 2003

Sue- I have never heard of a Buff Tabby?

mom of 10 cats · Oct 6, 2003

Sam, My Blondie (your sweetie) is a buff tabby.

wellingtoncats · Oct 6, 2003

Afterwards I thought you may have meant Blondie(What we call Cream Tabby

).

He's just gorgeous!

Thanks Sue

momofmany · Oct 6, 2003

Originally posted by Princess Purr
Hubby and I LOVEEEE orange tabbies, but all of kitten season with all the cats we rescued we never came across one.

You are living in the wrong part of the country. My neck of the woods is swarming with red tabbies. I'm owned by 5 (Stumpy, Bob, Pinky, Ruby and Scarlett), and have adopted out quite a few others from the feral colony. 2 of the fosters (Spanky and Little Oscar) are red or red/white tabbies. We got the red gene here, yes we do!

I love red tabbies (and grey kitties, and black kitties, and tuxedo kitties, and brown tabbies and silver tabbies, and tri-colors, and......)

Thanks for speaking very plainly for us creepyowl!! LOL

creepyowl · Oct 6, 2003

Orange Tabbys are the best. Maybe in different areas there are not so many. Em was one of 2 and a litter my friend's cat had there were 2. When I was looking to get a kitten in the paper most of the ads for kittens had mention of at least one orange one.

Glad everyone understand what I was trying to say in my first post

sid_the_cat_man · Oct 6, 2003

Orange Tabbies are always so friendly and are great. My orange tabby, Majik, is a riot with his personality and energy.

Here is a little info on the orange coloration.
The Red gene (O) is carried on the X chromosome; for this reason it is sex-linked. Males normally only have one X chromosome and so if a male carries the Red gene at all, he will be Red. Females have two X chromosomes; if both X chromosomes carry the Red gene, then the cat will be Red.

So you can have an orange kitten even if neither of the parents is orange because the mother kitty may only have one X chromosome that carries the Red gene and therefore won't be red. But if she passes that one X chromosone onto her son, he will be red. It doesn't matter what color the father is.

princess purr · Oct 7, 2003

Originally posted by Momofmany
You are living in the wrong part of the country. My neck of the woods is swarming with red tabbies. I'm owned by 5 (Stumpy, Bob, Pinky, Ruby and Scarlett), and have adopted out quite a few others from the feral colony. 2 of the fosters (Spanky and Little Oscar) are red or red/white tabbies. We got the red gene here, yes we do!

I love red tabbies (and grey kitties, and black kitties, and tuxedo kitties, and brown tabbies and silver tabbies, and tri-colors, and......)

Thanks for speaking very plainly for us creepyowl!! LOL

We only have two orange tabbies. moe and neo our first babies

Neo is the best kitty in the world. Solid white cats are AWESOME too!! All my solid white babies are sweety pies

so are gray tabbies, and black cats, and calicos

sid_the_cat_man · Oct 7, 2003

Solid white cats are AWESOME too!! All my solid white babies are sweety pies

I agree with that. My all white guy, Neko, is probably my favorite, altho it's hard to have a favorite. He's such a wild and crazy guy. He's the main source of entertainment around here, with his wackiness.

katl8e · Oct 7, 2003

My red tabby and white Opie is very dignified. He will play with Rowdy, in self-defense. Dogs are beyond the pale and are regarded with disgust and contempt.

At certain times, of the day, he wants some lap time and he always tells Bill about his day. Bedtime is "Mommy time". He snuggles up with me and gets his ear scratches and chin rubs. If I'm home, to watch "Jeopardy", Opie parks himself on my chest, for the duration.

If Rowdy gets to be too much, he hauls off and smacks her, but good. It is hilarious to see Opie, running on three legs, whacking Rowdy with the fourth one, hissing and spitting all the way through the house.

creepyowl · Oct 7, 2003

Opie is a little cutie.

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