Siamese mix?

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About a month ago I got a kitten from my aunt after her cat had a litter a few months before. My aunt has no idea who the father is and normally I wouldn't mind, but my kitten (Percy) just doesn't look a thing like her mom or siblings and I have grown quite curious about what breed she could be. While her mom and siblings are black and white, Percy is white with brown stripes. My aunt was thinking Siamese mix, but I'm not sure. Any thoughts on what she could be?
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He is pointed bi color I believe, but he's definitely unique. Someone will come along and give you a more detailed analysis of his coat.
Since none of his other siblings were pointed that means that the father was not pointed himself. It simply means that both your mama cat and the daddy cat were a carrier of the pointed gene, thus resulting in one baby being pointed. He probably has Siamese heritage because he's pointed and this coloration came from Siamese cats, but for all we know it could be 200 years back in his lineage. He has white breaking up his points because his mother is "with white", and he got that from her. What color were the other kittens? That could better lead to what color the daddy was.
 

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And the more I look at him the more confused I am to whether he's truly a point or not- I have never seen a kitty quite like him. StefanZ StefanZ what do you think of this little guy?
 
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He is pointed bi color I believe, but he's definitely unique. Someone will come along and give you a more detailed analysis of his coat.
Since none of his other siblings were pointed that means that the father was not pointed himself. It simply means that both your mama cat and the daddy cat were a carrier of the pointed gene, thus resulting in one baby being pointed. He probably has Siamese heritage because he's pointed and this coloration came from Siamese cats, but for all we know it could be 200 years back in his lineage. He has white breaking up his points because his mother is "with white", and he got that from her. What color were the other kittens? That could better lead to what color the daddy was.
These are her siblings :3

 

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Oops I misgendered your kitty haha! Just give it awhile and StefanZ will come along and give you more information than I can [emoji]128522[/emoji]
 
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She is very pretty but unless you know for sure the breed from papers they are usually classified domestic short hair. I have never seen that before. To me it looks like a dilute of the mom and others.  Maybe even a fever coat. Her is something that explains it. 

http://messybeast.com/indefinable-colours-kittens.htm
Oh wow! Thank you for letting me know. I've heard about the color development and stuff but never the fever coat. :)
 

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Oh wow! Thank you for letting me know. I've heard about the color development and stuff but never the fever coat.
You're welcome but with me fairly new I can be completely wrong. So please wait for an adviser. @StefanZ
 

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She is very pretty but unless you know for sure the breed from papers they are usually classified domestic short hair. I have never seen that before. To me it looks like a dilute of the mom and others.  Maybe even a fever coat. Her is something that explains it. 

http://messybeast.com/indefinable-colours-kittens.htm
Oh wow! Thank you for letting me know. I've heard about the color development and stuff but never the fever coat. :)
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If she has blue eyes, she is a point (as in if her eyes have stayed blue while her siblings eyes have changed to the normal green or yellow).

I doubt she is dilute, as the dilute of black is grey/blue, not brown or cream.

Do you know if she was born all white? All pointed cats are born all white and develop their colors later.

She appears to be a seal lynx point with white to me. With the white covering the paws and part of the mask on the face.
 
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If she has blue eyes, she is a point (as in if her eyes have stayed blue while her siblings eyes have changed to the normal green or yellow).

I doubt she is dilute, as the dilute of black is grey/blue, not brown or cream.

Do you know if she was born all white? All pointed cats are born all white and develop their colors later.

She appears to be a seal lynx point with white to me. With the white covering the paws and part of the mask on the face.
When she was born she had the swirls/stripes and she's also always had blue eyes. When we got her a month ago all her siblings eye colors had started changing, but hers haven't changed at all.
 

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She is beautiful but there is no telling where her colour has come from. With that black tail she is not a real point, and I suspect she will stay more or less the same colour as now. It could be that she has a different father from the other kittens. This can happen if the mother mates more than once. Or she just may be a dilute version of the others.
 

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yeah, a little untypical point, but I think its a point.  That black tail is striking, while what we see of ears and rest of masque isnt that dark...  also, the rows along the back not the common.  Eyes not very blue...

Could it be, the tail is not diluted black, but the forrard end is diluted black?

Still, I do notice the tabby M on forebrow.   Is any of the siblings a tabby?   If not, its quite probable its another father than the rest.  Or even an adopted foster - not common but not totally unique.
 
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yeah, a little untypical point, but I think its a point.  That black tail is striking, while what we see of ears and rest of masque isnt that dark...  also, the rows along the back not the common.  Eyes not very blue...
Could it be, the tail is not diluted black, but the forrard end is diluted black?

Still, I do notice the tabby M on forebrow.   Is any of the siblings a tabby?   If not, its quite probable its another father than the rest.  Or even an adopted foster - not common but not totally unique.
Something I noticed just the other day and haven't noticed before is that on the underside of her tail is a stripe of white and she has some white stripes on her tail. None of her other siblings have any tabby traits, she looks the least like her mom. Many of her siblings had longer fur too, though she is still pretty fuzzy.

 

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Dilute is absolute. You can't have one portion of a cat be dilute and the other not. There could be an additional gene at play causing the black tail tho. It looks like a variety of the white spotting gene partially masked her eyes all the way to her butt but then never made it to the tail. Very unusual. UC Davis does genetic tests that can tell you much more about the genetics behind her coat for around 60 dollars.
 

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It's not a black tail....it's a Seal tail (which is genetically black but looks brown because of the point gene) and she is a Seal Lynx Point and White. The swirls and stripes on her body are a bit uncommon for lynx points since the tabby gene usually only shows on the face, Paws and tail...but it is possible. Even more striking is that she is a classic tabby so she stand out more.

Since seal is black genetically, and her mom is black and white...they are genetically the same except the baby having the point and tabby genes expressed. Momma and dad must have had one copy, so it is hidden, and passed it to just this little one.

She is so very pretty!
 
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