Seeking an orange baby

We have a two months old female dark buff colored kitten in our HS. She isn't the dark, dark orange color, but she is kind of dark to bo considered buff colored(IMO). She does bite, though. And she's in Minnesota, so that would be another long haul.

Good Luck in the search!

Oh my! There is no possible way I could get another kitty right now, especially not from so far away, but there are some kittens on those linked pages I would die for!

I've got e-mails in to all the links you guys sent me. I'm especially impressed with creamsicle. She's beautiful! A bit of a haul though (2 hours). My only concern with her is that she is shy around people. I've already got one of those and it took a tremendous amount of time and patience to get her semi comfortable with us walking around and she's still not 100% ok with it. She scatters very easy and it's upsetting to me. I wish she would just trust us. Anyways - my concern is bringing another skittish one into the house. If I'm going to own cats - I'd like to see them you know??
Anyways- I stressed my concern in my e-mail and asked for their opinion how severe it was.
I'll just wait to hear back now. Thinking I should also make another trip to the MSPCA in our area. They just published an article on the front page of our paper today on how they were "drowning" in cats and kittens!! So sad. They are a kill shelter and they said that only 29% of cats and kittens that were turned in were adopted last year and of that 29% - 15% were owners that had either lost them or changed their minds. 56% had to be euthanized!!
One jerk they were talking about surrendered his cat cause the cat didnt' get along with the new dog.....
IDIOTS!! Who was there first!!!! And if you didn't really want the cat - they why did you get it!!!!
Anyways - not to get anybody riled up here (mainly me) - I"m going to try to hit the shelter today if I can sneak out of work in time to see what they've got.

Ok - I've gotten responses from 3 of the places already - the website wasn't updated and those kittens are gone....
One of them did say though that they've got an orange mommy expecting any day now - so I put in my application there. No way of knowing obviously what she's going to have.

As for the shelter - I've come to the conclusion that I can't go there anymore. Looking at these babies online is alot easier and I don't get as attached. I had 2 in my hands when I was in there. One unfortunately didn't get along with other cats, but she was beautiful! 1 years old, bright blue eyes and a siamese mix with medium length hair - gorgeous! The other one I started filling out the application for (thats how bad I am) and would have walked out the door with her had they not turned off the lights and told me to come back tomorrow. That I was a little ticked off about - if they have such an overabundance, then stay open a few extra minutes if it means another adoption you dummys!
This little girl was beautiful!!!! (Not orange either... ). She was a long hair gray baby with white on her face. She was sooooooo sweet and beautiful.
But I left - and I called my kids and asked what they thought and they both said no - orange....
Guess I can't go back......I'll wind up with a house full.

found another at petfinder:
http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?act...=0&tmpl=&stat=
this is a link broke down to all orange females: http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?act...ex=F&preview=1

Well this is terrific that you've got some leads!! I do hope you find your orange kitty soon. Good luck

I can't stop thinking about that beautiful sweet little girl I saw at the shelter yesterday! Please stop me from going back....arrggghhhhh.
I've got 4 cats already and my kids definitely want an orange one - so I can't take this little girl in too. That would be 6 cats! My home is only 1500 sq ft. Not very big.
What do I do??
I'm torn! My family already thinks I'm nuts. (This is why I can't visit the shelter!!)

If I were in a 1500 sq foot house, I'd have 6 cats... but that's just me. I don't have other humans to live with. As long as they have adequate food, litterboxes, toys and love, and that they all get along.

I live in a 700 sq ft apartment... I have two. I've been wanting another, even in this place, but since I'll very likely be moving again, I think I'll wait.

Talk about it with the kids... ask them what they think. I know it's hard to walk away from a sweet feline... but think on it... talk to the kids.

Amanda

Just a random tidbit of information...the reason why orange males are more common than females is that orange is a trait located on the X chromosome. Males only have one X, so if orange is on that X, they're orange, no matter what other colors they might carry. But a female has to have orange on both of her X's, otherwise she'll turn out calico or totie if its just on one. Hope that was interesting to someone! Good luck with your search!

Hmm.. Genetics. What about female kitties that are just a little orange. Suzie is mostly gray tabby, w/ black legs and paw pads (except one little white mitt on one foot). BUT her nose is orange and she has some orange on her shoulders. Her brother is completely orange tabby. Does she still have the genetic coloring makeup of a tortie or a calico, or are torbies (I think she is one) different?

Originally Posted by Sandtigress

Just a random tidbit of information...the reason why orange males are more common than females is that orange is a trait located on the X chromosome. Males only have one X, so if orange is on that X, they're orange, no matter what other colors they might carry. But a female has to have orange on both of her X's, otherwise she'll turn out calico or totie if its just on one. Hope that was interesting to someone!

Good luck with your search!

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I had no idea why they were so rare. Thanks! That is interesting.

oh this is exciting! I really hope you find your orange girl!

I myself am thinking of one day having a persian, I'm not saying this in a mean way, cuz I love them, but their little squashed up faces and button noses are so darn cute!!! and I don't think I have yet seen a picture of one someone owns on TCS!

Feline colors are indeed seemingly random. Freckles is an orange tabby male. He fathered 3 litters with a female in the house (this was with a previous owner) before she got rid of the female and got him neutered. Only one of the kittens was orange - all the others were black or grey!

I hope you find your orange girl - I'm thinking about a 3rd cat once I move but I'm leaving sex, color and coat open at this time. As long as the newbie gets along with Freckles and Bob, I'll be happy.

Originally Posted by Bob'sMom

Feline colors are indeed seemingly random. Freckles is an orange tabby male. He fathered 3 litters with a female in the house

(this was with a previous owner) before she got rid of the female and got him neutered. Only one of the kittens was orange - all the others were black or grey!

I hope you find your orange girl - I'm thinking about a 3rd cat once I move but I'm leaving sex, color and coat open at this time. As long as the newbie gets along with Freckles and Bob, I'll be happy.

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I completely agree with you - I'll take any color, size, shape, etc as long as they get along (which is why I did go back to the shelter and adopted that little gray girl I was talking about in previous post). I'm not the one who want's orange (although they are cute!!) - it's my kids. They say orange is the last color we need. We have white (with some gray tabby), sealpoint (or tan I suppose), black, and brown (oh yeah! and now gray too). They figured that orange will "round out" the family colors...haha

I'll go along with the others.. I'll take anything in terms of coloring, that tugs my heart really hard... but what I'm really hoping for is a dilute/cream tortie.that was the kitten that set me on this 3rd kitten desire. By the time I had the opportunity to go back and get her, she was alreay gone.

But I'll take nearly anything.

Amanda

Well, our little gray beauty is home and fitting in nicely already. And...because I've rescued a few cats from this shelter - the lady there gave me her e-mail address and said she would watch for an orange female baby for me!

Originally Posted by SillyJilly

found another at petfinder:
http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?act...=0&tmpl=&stat=
this is a link broke down to all orange females: http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?act...ex=F&preview=1

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Ooooh, adopt Roan or Emo! I love those cats! (I know them purrrsonally

The lady at the shelter that was kind enough to keep her eyes open for me has found our little orange baby girl!!!
I'm so excited!! She said this little one was meant for us because her name is Molly (which is what we named the our new little long haired gray girl that I fell in love with when I was searching for a little orange one). WOW! - guess fate works in mysterious ways!

She's only 7 weeks old now, so she's not home yet, but they sent me some pics. She looks like a doll!




And - now that is it!! We are done! 6 is enough! Someone told me I had to have 6 cause it's a nice even number . Well, I fell for that one, but this is it. No more ....hehe - yeah right!

Cool! She is such a little cutie. I was wondering how your search had turned out...

she certainly is a doll she absolutley gorgeous.Well done